Florida mold bill SB440 filed

[Richard L. Bennett]

I see the problem now

Any one with a moisture meter better have a license to carry same

HVAC - Roofer - HI - Plumber - etc

This is out of hand!

Here is another side of the coin --- Someone buying a new home will not have the $ to fix a problem -- someone selling a home normally does have some equity to clean it up thus a dirty home will not become a problem for an insurance company or bank

So lets look at the insurance lobby also

This is a BIG mess

Gerry thank you for finding same

Now is the time for us to get a plan together and get off our buts

rlb

[Carl Pennick]

Originally Posted by gporter

How would this be bad. Don't most of us do Mold?

Garry to carry on doing mold testing you will need to have done a 2 year microbiology course. Under this bill you cannot do home inspection without doing a mold test. Do you see where this is going!!

[Greg Bell]

It will be interesting to see what group is behind this bill. I bet it is the HBA. This bill in effect will give only licensed contractors the ability of conducting a legal home inspection until other qualifications have been developed and approved..

[Richard L. Bennett]

As I read it licensed contractors will have to do the CE and carry the same insurance like the rest of us. This will be a mess for them also.

Contractors in this area do not want to do HI work because they enjoy building and thus making more $$

Perhaps this whole thing is written in error and was not to try to regulate HI's at all. Esp when it gets into the shorts of roofers, HVAC and other CONTRACTORS

------ Short war story ---- bad mold problem in new custom built home --- health issues --- etc. $45,000 issue

Cause of problem ----- OVER SIZED HVAC


------ A good HI found the problem. The builder and HVAC contractor split the damages.

HI did the inspection for the lawyer

rlb

[gporter]

We need to ensure the realtors see this bill