Mold, Mildew and Fungus Usually Hides Behind Your Walls

I have been building and remodeling homes for quiteunderstand what I'm talking about. If you have any
some time now and I have seen mold, mildew andwater damage in an area where water has been
fungus in almost every area that you could possiblyleaking for longer than one month, you could have
imagine in a house. I've seen it under the floor, onmold, fungus or mildew growing behind your walls and
top of the roof, behind your walls and underneath,just because it isn't visible, doesn't mean that it's not
anything that remained moist from a water leak for atheir.
long period of time.I removed a water heater, one time that had water
There are plenty of homeowners that call me toleaking from one of the flexible pipes that connected
repair their water damaged homes and most of thethe water heater, to the main hot water pipe in the
time, I can explain the actual damage that isn't visiblehome. The water leaked for a long period of time
and that it could be hiding behind their walls or evenand I found mold growing behind the drywall, directly
underneath their floors. In other words, if they can'ton the wood framing lumber and there was a fungus
see it, they don't want to spend any more money,growing underneath the plywood water heater
replacing sections of their home that aren't visiblyplatform that I had never seen before.
damaged.Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean that it
Here's a tip for any homeowner that doesn'tisn't there.