Assessment of Mold Growing on Wood in New Construction Home

Maybe you’re building your dream home, or maybe you’ve decided to buy a new construction home with a new neighborhood. Whatever path you’ve chosen, finding mold within the property during the construction phase is never fun to deal with.
In this video, we take a look at some mold developments and all the moisture that comes with it at a property I visited earlier today. After some thorough reporting and subsequent mold remediation work by a restoration contractor, these findings should be a mere thing of the past.

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Would you then recommend the builder to replace all the pieces with mold growth?

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Great question! Not at all… I don’t feel that replacement of structural wooden framing members is required, in order to achieve a satisfactory level of cleanliness.
In a perfect world, sure! Replace it all. However, with the advancement in cleaning products that professionals have access to nowadays, we can get the vast majority of that wood cleaned up, before the builder moves on to drywall, insulation, etc.
In this instance, it was my recommendation to use a product like Serum Systems - which is a 20% hydrogen peroxide cleaner. Using this, an individual can apply this product to the surface of the wood, allowing for enough dwell time for the peroxide to lift the fungal growth to the surface and allow for HEPA vacuuming of the contamination from the surface.