Could just be some dirt. Whatever those little microbes will eat, like a
hound-dog eatin' his own poop and my 3 year old daughter eatin'
dust-bunnies from under the radiator.
Eric Hammarberg, Assoc. AIA
Vice President
Thornton Tomasetti
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rudy R
Christian
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [BP] Should have built it with wood
Eric,
When we were in the Holy Cross neighborhood after Katrina I did an
assessment of a house which was about to be gutted. Fortunately we saved
that one, but it did have a peculiar condition on the bedroom walls.
They
appeared to be lime based plaster like the rest of the house (and most
of
the unremuddled properties there) but they were exhibiting mold growth
at
the waterline. My trusty pocket knife revealed that a gypsum veneer
(probably Lowes drywall compound) had been applied to the plaster
surface
and the mold was in the veneer. As you suggest, the paper is usually
what
usually supports the mold, put it appears there must be an additive in
the
compound that did too.
Rudy
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Eric
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [BP] Should have built it with wood
Actually the mold grows on the sheetrock paper facing (food source), not
the
gypsum
Eric Hammarberg, Assoc. AIA
Vice President
Thornton Tomasetti
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
T 917.661.7800 F 917.661.7801
D 917.661.8160
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