Easy Mold removal / Remediation with RM-86
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
- We treat a crawlspace for dormant mold and replace all the insulation and vapor barrier.
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I wanted to tell you: we bought a house! And when I toured the house, it was like I was channeling you: "we're gonna catch this gutter, this gutter, that gutter, and move the water to where it's not a problem anymore." You'd be proud.
Awesome! Congrats! I'm glad you went into it with drainage in mind. I see new house purchases that have massive drainage issues that the buyer didn't know about.
Nice work. When you were pitching that insulation under the house my whole body started to itch with the horror of fiberglass fun. LOL
Concidering how badly the wheel barrels were rutting the ground I think it was a sound decision not to back all the way back to the house with the truck and trailer. Great job as usual from you and your crew.
We called those sprayers "Hand Cans" back in my lawncare days.
It needs ventilation from two sides for air to enter and exit using fans to push air and for it to exit from the other side. Using gravel for the floor to get rid of moisture.
I somehow missed this last week when it came out.......nice to see you guys branching out into a new project type......👍
I had what I was told was a "White wood eating mold" It did lots of costly damage before I knew what was going on. Looks like this was caught very early. Good JOB!
My only concern was the PPE that kind of insulation is a problem for lungs. Glad you're thorough though, good job.
I'm worn out after watching this one! LOL 🤣🤣Tremendous job. And how you film it all Shawn is ridiculously good. Lotsa love in these videos. Love that bonus "toss" at 9:49, like it was nothing! Thanks very much, I now really appreciate crawl spaces. 😲Kudos to your team! 👍
Always great to see another upload
Seems like you always are able to come up with new type of jobs. Awesome teamwork and a great job!
Thank you for sharing!
I have a house down in Raeford. Dreading getting under there.Basically have lay down to do anything. Maybe 3 ft high. Redoing the plumbing and electric so need to get under there for that. I did mold remediation at another home that has a dirt basement and ceiling varies from 2 ft to 5 ft. That was not to bad. I should probably put vapor barrier down at that home.
Hats off to you and the boys. My body is sore just watching this. Results and beauty here 👍👍
Absolutely true about the indoor air quality - especially in an older home - if your home smells funky, check that crawlspace!!
Great job 🇺🇸
Shawn, another banger of a video!!
Great to see you caring about the health of your workers !!
Have to be honest, am disappointed there was no footage of the drainage solution you did there besides the pic of Ron 😂
If anyone wants to step up their respirator a bit, you could pick up a 3m versaflo kit for a around 2k. Basically be able to dive into a vat of mold with it on lol
It's interesting that the mold treatment you use is bleach based. I guess most of them are?
Here in Aus I think more and more people are using cleaning vinegar and water solutions in a spray bottle to do spot treatment, and it's been working quite well for me.
Less noxious as well. I imagine the bleach would clean up the surface a lot better though.
You ought to get yourself a spray foam rig... It's definitely a superior insulation and acts as its own vapor barrier on the sheathing so no mold... Well worth the money.... As far as the floors or dirt side best permanent solution Ive had experienced with was a 2 inch mud layer on top of 6mil... Do it once and done... In the end it's a better vslue because you never do it again and it ca t get holes in it...
I'm kinda surprised you weren't using a much larger sprayer or a fogger. I'm about to upgrade my larger sprayer to 2.4 GPM & a 50ft hose to battle these mosquitoes. I'd also suggest you have a high-pressure blower on a high MERV filter as an intake for jobs like that. Just blowing air around the property is not the same as pulling it out of the air with a filter, especially now that it's pollen season.
This video is timely!! I have a crawl space that is not heated and my sump pump discharge runs the entire length in pvc pipe. I've noticed mold growing on it. The pipe is 2 1/2" PVC. Is there a split foam insulation for that size?
Just curious Shawn, would it be advantageous in a crawlspace situation like this to seal your vapour barrier to the walls/pillars/and at the joints, like using a moisture proof VHB tape or adhesive like lexel or something to help create even more of a seal to help prevent even minimal penetration of moisture into the crawlspace?
I don't this it's needed in a well ventilated crawlspace like this one. If the crawlspace was sealed, you would want to seal up the vapor barrier.
@GCFD My dad had a home remodeling company until about two years ago when he retired. In the last few years of his business he did a few jobs encapsulating crawl spaces and blocking off the foundation vents. Supposedly the latest research is saying it is best to not allow crawl spaces or even attics to vent. I helped my dad on one of the jobs and we out in a dehumidifier to take care of any moisture. Of course I'm sure in 10 years new research will come out saying not to do it...but for now, that's the recommendation. He found many people were wanting to get it done. He turned down a couple toward the end because he didn't have the help to get it done.
Looks like youll be back there fixing their muddy driveway issues, gravel and a culvert
That's actually a sewer right-of-way that was just installed. That is what destroyed their original drainage pipes in the first place.
Sewer right of way? Can you explain? Or...do a vid on it!
Strap pallet to barrow strap inslation to pallet do 8 at a time
As soon as I saw you wheeling the insulation back to the house with the camera wand in your hand, I knew that you would only do that one time. That looked very awkward.
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Would it be a good idea to concrete screed and tile that crawl space?
Is there a reason to go with fiberglass insulation vs spray foam?
What are your thoughts about painting the wood joists so that the mould never returns, thus making the plastic vapour barrier redundant ?
Might have been more money but i would have found someone to spray foam it with 2 pound closed foam. Way easier in the long run and no air leaks.
Are vapour barriers but in the US? I'd have thought air flow removing the vapour\moisture would be preferred.
I started filtering anything that I pour in those sprayers.
Yes they do clog up easily. I try to keep the inlet areas very clean from any sand or dirt.
Being a retired construction superintendent, I can appreciate you listening to your workers instead of listening to your ego. Good job, that’s how you do it. And when you do, you get more of their support.👍
Yes for sure! My help is my biggest asset for sure.
I like the video. Have a question? Does bleach completely kill the mold, could you use a vinegar product? I don't know what works just asking.
Does owinngs corning have formaldehyde in the batting? Why does john Manville say its free of it?
Like anlemeinthegame said above, it's an eccentric coupler. 👍
Those joists are going to mold back up in the summer with that non insulated hvac ducting starts sweating again.
They molded up when the sewer right-of-way went in, destroying the drainage pipes. This flooded the crawl for a few months and we replaced all those pipes. This crawl is well ventilated so I don't foresee a problem but I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for the advice Chris!
I would have used the spray foam...from a local company in your area. The spray foam has much higher insulation factor and it seals and adheres to the rafters 100%. Next time use the spray foam...but educate yourself in the mean time. Blue Sky's.
Did you offer them the option of R-38? Probably overkill but just curious
The crawl space is the least effective when it comes to insulation, so R 38 would be a gigantic waste of money. I like using it in the attic where it pays off the most
Higher concentration vinegar also does a pretty good job killing mold and smells a lot better than bleach. Have you ever tried that?
The buyer likely wanted the stains to disappear🎉
I suppose it depends how bad the stains are. I had some whitish colored mold in my basement and you can’t tell it was ever there.
I would have done RMR-141 followed by RMR-86
Always wear the respiratory equipment before you enter a moldy area. Preferably suited but definitely with the respiratory protection.
When there's fungus among us wear respiratory equipment.
For sure!
No respirator when removing the molding stuff?
Exactly! The fans we use completely eliminate the dust.
You would be cheaper buying a 25 gallon tub of hydrochloride acid and water it down aka bleach than rm86, also after reading the ingredients of rm86 it has no biocide in it so if/when the crawl space gets damp problems again the mould will come back and feed on the residue of the mould that was just killed off. The use of a biocide spray would have left a residue and not allowed the mould to grow back as quick
Great points! I like bleach because it doesn't leave a residue behind.
Shawn, we can tell your pullout game is strong 😂@@GCFD
Rm 86 should be used with RM 141. 141 is used first. It’s a fungicide. The 86 is just used for clean up and stain removal. i.e. grout and surface mold on wood.
Respectfully, my belief is that trapping the ground moisture with 6mil plastic creates another mold issue and the plastic will eventually just disintegrate. The crawl space and ground moisture needs venting and the plastic moisture barrier would likely be more effective stapled to the floor joists after installing the cavity floor insulation. I would also make that sizable crawl space entry door mostly a vent-like critter proof steel screen for more natural air-flow and sunlight. Crawl spaces notoriously never have enough air venting or air movement to dry out the ground moisture that's contained and covering it in plastic seems temporary and has no where to go or no way to really dry out.
If you've ever lived in a house with a crawlspace or even an older house with no access and dirt floor - but with no plastic on the ground - you might change your tune. The moisture would come up and into the insulation, the joists, subfloor, and the wood floor in no time at all. Rather have the moisture under the plastic than in the joists. Don't forget, the put plastic under concrete floors for a vapor barrier as well. Of course, a completely closed and conditioned space would be best!
I live in a house with a crawlspacce surrounded by other thousands of homes with crawlspaces. I'm a residential contractor. Crawlspaces need airflow. Plastic on the ground disintegrates. Vapor barriers need to be attached to floor joists after insulation and simply not effective on dirt in crawlspaces unless they are rated as such. Shawn will tell you in his multiple videos that wet ground under homes need to be diverted rain gutters,/concrete/hard pack earth and NOT simply covered up. Thx @@maddierosemusic
Id want to wear a helmet in there.
These home owners need drainage redirection from you. Pronto! Those lanes are rutted and boggy!
Who else paused the video @ 7:49 to check their phone?
It looked dry under that old plastic why add more?
Great job.
Thank you Brent!