Originally Posted by las
Originally Posted by JOG
Where there's smoke there's fire and where there's mold there's water. Getting rid of the water gets rid of the mold. Every single successful mold remediation ever conducted first solved a water intrusion problem.

If your house is dry look elsewhere.


Partly true. Mold , if present, stays present, whether or not the moisture problem is resolved. It needs to go also, by remediation. Drying it out may resolve the symptoms when it goes into dormancy, and no longer producing spores, but it is still there. It doesn't "go away".

Once gone, and sans moisture, it won't readily come back.


We aren't disagreeing. Every single successful mold remediation ever conducted first solved a water intrusion problem. In some cases additional remediation might have some benefit.

However, dormant mold and spores are everywhere just waiting for moisture. Nothing short of a full tear out or encapsulation has even a remote shot at preventing recurrence if the moisture returns.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Robert Frost