Hi folks new guy here. I bought a well kept house by an older couple.
I took off the carpet and the wallpaper in the bedroom to repaint and do hardwood floor.
Looks like back in the day the window leaked, there is some water damage on the floorboards? (baseboards the stuff that you put the carpet on) and some solid black spots below the window sill that it looks like have been worked on and painted over.
Now it has been raining here pretty good and both the floor board and the window sill are VERY dry so it looks like they addressed the problem.
Now I poked the drywall below the window sill and it looks a bit flaky and I am concerned about the black spots. Like I said the black spots look like they were worked on painted over there is some spackle on top of them.
Wondering what I should do? Is the mold dead? Or should I rip out the wall below the window?
Will try to get some pictures.
I took off the carpet and the wallpaper in the bedroom to repaint and do hardwood floor.
Looks like back in the day the window leaked, there is some water damage on the floorboards? (baseboards the stuff that you put the carpet on) and some solid black spots below the window sill that it looks like have been worked on and painted over.
Now it has been raining here pretty good and both the floor board and the window sill are VERY dry so it looks like they addressed the problem.
Now I poked the drywall below the window sill and it looks a bit flaky and I am concerned about the black spots. Like I said the black spots look like they were worked on painted over there is some spackle on top of them.
Wondering what I should do? Is the mold dead? Or should I rip out the wall below the window?
Will try to get some pictures.