Don?t Get Ripped Off By Mold Remediators

Don?t get ripped off by mold remediators

Last Fall I had my chimney cleaned so I could use the fireplace during the winter.

The guy we had used for years shows up wearing a T-shirt stating ?We are now you mold prevention experts?

He knows how to clean chimneys so therefore he is automatically an expert on a very complicated organism?

I asked him how he kills mold.

?I spray this stuff I bought at the home mega store down the road.?

I asked him what he did for the cause of the mold.

He looked at me like a deer caught in the headlights.

?Well?, I said. ?Mold is caused by something. If you don?t address that the mold will come back.?

Again with the blank stare.

Then he said ?I use this stuff I bought. It?s EPA approved.?

The EPA doesn?t approve things. It ?controls dangerous chemicals.? The EPA doesn?t just approve some things and disapprove others. It tries to keep vendors from killing their customers.

The best mold reducing agent is made from Grapefruit Seed Extract. The EPA won?t even look at it because it?s TOO SAFE. They aren?t allowed to examine ?safe stuff.? You can even drink this stuff and won?t be harmed. Try to get your pest control people to drink their stuff in front of you. Won?t happen more than once.

In addition, most remediators insist on destroying your home and rebuilding it to kill the mold.

Why, is there something wrong with the house?

The cause of the mold is generally a water source like yard drainage, or a leaking roof. That?s what you need to repair. If the walls are okay leave them alone.

Everyone who has ever used a hammer is now a mold expert. Getting rid of the mold isn?t their goal, doing expensive repairs is their goal.

?If it ain?t broke don?t fix it.?

Getting rid of mold should cost you around $2000 plus stopping the water.

Anything beyond that, please, get a second or third opinion.

I have seen people spend tens of thousands of dollars and the mold returns in 3 months and you can?t find your expert anywhere. They won?t return your calls and have probably moved to another community.

I saw one guy promise a ?satisfaction guarantee?.

He said. ?I didn?t say you would be satisfied forever.?

Guidelines:

Safe stuff
Don?t replace it if it?s not broken
Find the cause and fix that and only that
Guarantees are worthless
All tests are flawed in some way, use the cheapest testing method.
The goal of mold removal is to be healthy.

If you don?t get better, they failed.
by Dr GW Graham. For 30 years, Dr Graham has been helping people treat and prevent disease by showing them how to live in a clean environment. Download our ebooks at: http://tennesseemold.com/ebooks.shtml DrGraham@themoldlab.com