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Nick Gromicko, CMI Founder World's biggest, best inspection association "Planet InterNACHI... resistance is futile" |
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Yeah tell that to my clients who are suing the hell out of a remediation company who sold them on this crap!
Ozone does not kill mold! I have just completed a full spectrum sampling protocol on a commercial building where we found high cfm counts in three different types of pen-asp, stachy, and cladosporium after the ozone remediation. The ozone smell is still in the building after 2 months. Don't be fooled |
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Mark,
Was this the same outfit? Were they using the same machines? In the video Bob Wegbreit discusses some of the problems with older systems, and how his sysem is different (more improved). Bottom line, if your clients used Bob's company/system and it didn't work then there is no point in persuing it. If theirs was something different, then may be it does work. Sincerely wanting to know. Mark N. Mark Nahrgang Kingdom Inspection Network Group-Saint Louis www.KingdomInspections.com www.HeyMark.info Last edited by mnahrgang; 12/3/07 at 3:09 PM. |
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I'm not sure if it was the same company. I doubt it. But it was the newest and greatest machines. I don't know of any IH who believes it works.
Just to give you an example. I had Stachy chartarum at 4,000 CFU on a viable test after a complete ozone eradication. If you know about the different mold species than you would know that chartarum is the bad boy of the stachy family and is defiantly toxic. |
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I watched the show, but it seemed to be a common sense approach to removing mold, with minimal remediation(they define removal of building material and expensive). Addressed the cause, then kill the mold, then remove the visible mold/spores.
Wasn't this a sound idea? tom Hellertown, Pa 18055 NACHI ID: NACHI06101299 Northampton County Home Inspector, Monroe County Home Inspector Help Me Save Money For My Kids' Education. "Might as well stick a fork in it, the real estate industry is done for now." - Tom Dietrich November 4th 2008 Ayers: Obama was 'family friend' |
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Here is what my clients were left with after ozone remediation. Notice the mold is still there. They only removed insulation an some wall board but didn't scrape, sand, or spray seal anything. No hepa vacs no nothing just removal of some dry wall and power up the machines.
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The guest on the show addressed this pretty well I thought. www.nachi.tv
Nick Gromicko, CMI Founder World's biggest, best inspection association "Planet InterNACHI... resistance is futile" |
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Guess what? Same company, how interesting.
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Please Note:
dplummer is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Dry Ice Blasting would work very well in the photo's shown. Doug
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That's what was done the second time around.
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Mark,
I had a mold expert scare the crap out of one of my clients after finding 4,000 CFUs in a 4"x4" square behind the paneling. Ask Dr. Shane about this count. Granted, the species was aspergillus, but Dr. Shane's response to a 4,000 CFU count was eye opening. Like, try 4,000,000 CFUs |
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The 4,000 cfu count is for Stachy chartarum. Not good... Would you agree?
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Does it matter what species of mold is present?
Also, was this count derived via air sample or swab? |
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Is there ANY third party source to verify that ozone works for
mold remediation? Hmmm. John McKenna, CMI
President - Master Inspector Certification Board Inspector & TREC Approved Instructor (TREC #4565) FLIR (ITC) Certified Thermographer (#33493) American Home Inspection - East Texas. |