Leaking apartment fu$%!

[WETWRKS]

Watch out for mold. Especially black mold but other colors can be hazardous to your health as well.

[Wulf202]

Watch out for mold. Especially black mold but other colors can be hazardous to your health as well.

Totally over blown. There's 2000+ species of mold. Yellow and red are far more dangerous. The one type of black mold you're referring to has a specific set of circumstances that it needs to form over an extended period of time. Which basically is a gentle and constant leak for weeks or months.

If you can poke the bubbles with a screw driver. Leave your ac fab to on and leave the doors open to the effected area. Air flow is important and you want this dry in 72hrs or less.

I'll pm you my cell in case you need to talk to me directly.

[hurley842002]

If you can poke the bubbles with a screw driver. Leave your ac fab to on and leave the doors open to the effected area. Air flow is important and you want this dry in 72hrs or less.

The leak in the bathroom ceiling you can definitely poke with a screw driver, it's was a single spot about the size of a ritz cracker when I left this morning. Air flow will definitely be a problem in the bathroom, as there are no exterior windows in there. Maintenance is coming back on Monday to mitigate damage, and see if drywall needs replaced.

[WETWRKS]

Totally over blown. There's 2000+ species of mold. Yellow and red are far more dangerous. The one type of black mold you're referring to has a specific set of circumstances that it needs to form over an extended period of time. Which basically is a gentle and constant leak for weeks or months.

No constant leak at my place. Simply water from rain and snow. Yet had 2 of the 3 worst types growing. Became quite sick from exposure. Not overblown.

[Wulf202]

No constant leak at my place. Simply water from rain and snow. Yet had 2 of the 3 worst types growing. Became quite sick from exposure. Not overblown.

Slow roof leaks and water pipes with very small leaks that are not found and dealt with are the highest cause of the bad black mold that I've found and yes if you do get it you're in danger.

I've worked atleast 1000 leaks/floods/restorations This type of situation, when dried correctly (honestly even doing nothing will likely work), will have almost zero risk of that unless there were pre existing conditions

So may I amend my previous statement to "the risk of black mold in this particular situation is totally over blown"?

[WETWRKS]

Slow roof leaks and water pipes with very small leaks that are not found and dealt with are the highest cause of the bad black mold that I've found and yes if you do get it you're in danger.

I've worked atleast 1000 leaks/floods/restorations This type of situation, when dried correctly (honestly even doing nothing will likely work), will have almost zero risk of that unless there were pre existing conditions

So may I amend my previous statement to "the risk of black mold in this particular situation is totally over blown"?

Ok.

[brutal]

With all the wind/rain we had last night, I should probably go check my garage. Once prior, I assume rain was forced up under the 2nd story bottom siding edge where it meets the garage roof and penetrated behind the flashing enough to cause the interior drywall to wet. I cut the mud/tape away on the corner to let it dry completely and haven't seen any evidence of further issues now for years.

[Irving]

At least it was CAT 3 water leaking into your place.

[hurley842002]

Well, the plot thickens....

Wife found a puddle of water in the pantry earlier today, she heard maintenance working in the apartment that backs up to ours, so she went over there to try and speak to someone about the leak. Come to find out, it was not only the complex maintenance guy, but a commercial clean up crew, tearing out drywall and bleaching everything, because there was black mold throughout the other apartment on the wall that we share, and to make matters worse, there is still a hole under our kitchen sink, from when they did plumbing work, that is a direct line from our apartment to the infected one (see picture).

My wife talked to the cleanup crew, and allegedly, after their initial assessment, they recommended that we, and the apartment that backs up to us move, and nobody from management mentioned anything to us.

Any input from the peanut gallery what our next step should be?

[Irving]

Document everything. Management won't want to move you. On the other hand, just because that guy works clean up, doesn't mean that he's not some bullshitting moron.