After reading your article regarding mold i checked out my 36 year old home and found very little except in the attic.
White powdery mold in attic.
Attics tend to have the perfect conditions for mold growth hot humid and an abundant food source with the wood sheathing.
White mold can be found anywhere conditions conducive to mold growth are present.
The attic is basically a crawl space with loose insulation between the ceiling joists.
Attics are one of the most common areas of mold growth in the home.
A trained mold inspector can readily determine if the growth structure is from white mold or efflorescence.
White mold is usually found in cool and damp areas such as basement walls.
Closer inspection under good lighting will reveal a fungal growth pattern of spots like tiny mushrooms.
Common areas of white mold growth include attic sheathing and crawlspace framing.
It only shows up near areas of stucco damage on the exterior walls so i think it s from the old stucco perhaps a bad mixture here and there.
Some of the health symptoms that white colored mold can cause include eye irritations dizziness nausea allergic reactions respiratory infections headaches and depression.
If you re ever unsure of what type you have calling in certified professionals to perform mold testing services immediately is important.
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It thrives in warm dark moist areas and produces a musty odor that.
There s also some fine white powder that blew in during the sandblasting.
With that said we ve learned quite a bit about white mold in our many years of mold inspection and removal.
It appears white or light gray like a coating of unsettled dust.
When looking for attic mold trace both leak.
White mold is lesser known but still an incredibly dangerous species of mold to deal with.
White mold can be confused with efflorescence a mineral deposit caused by water seepage.
The photo at page top shows white attic mold on the roof sheathing and rafters and some brown or black mold on the attic side of ceiling drywall where we pulled back insulation.
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In the attic photograph at left we show a mix of green gray and white attic mold.
Mildew grows in a thin black or whitish layer on a variety of materials in your attic.
I found approximately 10 percent of the roof rafters covered in spots with a white powdery substance which i assumed to be mold.
