Hello all you roofers,
My name is Antony and I live in the Poconos ( NE PA ) with my wife and two year old. We bought a 2000 sq ft house 5 years ago. Two floors, cathedral ceilings. No access to the roof as it is all tongue and groove, except for a crawl space on one side no bigger than a pool table.
I have recently noticed some raises in the ashphalt shingles. I suspected plywood bumps and got worried. I looked in the crawl space and ripped the insulation down...........no space between it and the plywood. Saw some mold and got even more worried. I think the muppets who put the roof on did not put any spacers in to let the soffits and roof vent talk....
Have sent a sample of the mold off to two labs and it came back as toxic black mold.....only the genus not the speciation.
My 2 yr old sleeps upstairs, and we have moved him.
His side of the house has discolored shingles- baked - and moss. the other side is fine, except for a couple of 6"x6" plywood raises. the sun hits his side for an hour and then gets the other side.
I have had two contractors come out. Both said roof replacement, and that condensation is building up and causing the mold. There is no evidence of water stains on any of the pine T&G, or around the skylight.
How do I find out the real deal and protect my son. I want to rip it all out and do it right, but +- 10G is not in the family budget. Roof is 10 years old.
thanks guys and gals.....
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My name is Antony and I live in the Poconos ( NE PA ) with my wife and two year old. We bought a 2000 sq ft house 5 years ago. Two floors, cathedral ceilings. No access to the roof as it is all tongue and groove, except for a crawl space on one side no bigger than a pool table.
I have recently noticed some raises in the ashphalt shingles. I suspected plywood bumps and got worried. I looked in the crawl space and ripped the insulation down...........no space between it and the plywood. Saw some mold and got even more worried. I think the muppets who put the roof on did not put any spacers in to let the soffits and roof vent talk....
Have sent a sample of the mold off to two labs and it came back as toxic black mold.....only the genus not the speciation.
My 2 yr old sleeps upstairs, and we have moved him.
His side of the house has discolored shingles- baked - and moss. the other side is fine, except for a couple of 6"x6" plywood raises. the sun hits his side for an hour and then gets the other side.
I have had two contractors come out. Both said roof replacement, and that condensation is building up and causing the mold. There is no evidence of water stains on any of the pine T&G, or around the skylight.
How do I find out the real deal and protect my son. I want to rip it all out and do it right, but +- 10G is not in the family budget. Roof is 10 years old.
thanks guys and gals.....
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