Tourmeister
07-29-2003, 03:39 PM
Howdy,
:tab Recently we noticed some mildew on the sheetrock right above the toilet in our master bath. I lightly pressed against the sheetrock and it was cold and soft :shock: Last night I got the razor knife and cutout the sheetrock to find a disaster inside the wall. Our air conditioner drains into a pipe that is inside the wall between our two bathrooms. This pipe comes down a few feet and then has a grease trap like you see under sinks. Then it feeds into the sewer vent pipe that goes up through the roof. Apparently, the grease trap has beel clogged for a long long time, since before we bought the house last May :|
:tab Needless to say, what I found inside the wall is disgusting. There is rotted framing wood, black mold, mildew, and fuzzy stuff about a half inch long! I fear the entire wall structure will have to be removed and replaced. The water made its way down to the base of the wall and appears to have run under the tile floor in both bathrooms and into several carpeted closets. It is likely we will have to remove all the tile in the bathrooms, replace the sink and counters, replace both shower/tubs, and all the sheetrock. We are hoping like crazy that this will be covered on our home owners insurance. If not, this is going to be mucho expensive. :(
:tab The really bad thing about this is that right before we bought the house, the previous owner had all the sheetrock in the house redone and repainted. There is no way in the world that they could have missed this mess when they were redoing everything. So I believe they knowingly covered up the mess hoping to just sell the house and make it someone else's problem. :angryfir: There was no mention of this in the required disclosure at the time of sale of the house to us. The inspectors did not find it either. But looking in both bathrooms we now see where they specifically made cosmetic repairs to hide the damage. I may see if the insurance company would like to pursue legal action against the previous owner. But I hate getting involved in law suits.
:tab So now we wait to hear from out adjuster, a mold specialist, and to get an estimate of the damage and cost of repair. Let the fun begin! :roll:
:tab Recently we noticed some mildew on the sheetrock right above the toilet in our master bath. I lightly pressed against the sheetrock and it was cold and soft :shock: Last night I got the razor knife and cutout the sheetrock to find a disaster inside the wall. Our air conditioner drains into a pipe that is inside the wall between our two bathrooms. This pipe comes down a few feet and then has a grease trap like you see under sinks. Then it feeds into the sewer vent pipe that goes up through the roof. Apparently, the grease trap has beel clogged for a long long time, since before we bought the house last May :|
:tab Needless to say, what I found inside the wall is disgusting. There is rotted framing wood, black mold, mildew, and fuzzy stuff about a half inch long! I fear the entire wall structure will have to be removed and replaced. The water made its way down to the base of the wall and appears to have run under the tile floor in both bathrooms and into several carpeted closets. It is likely we will have to remove all the tile in the bathrooms, replace the sink and counters, replace both shower/tubs, and all the sheetrock. We are hoping like crazy that this will be covered on our home owners insurance. If not, this is going to be mucho expensive. :(
:tab The really bad thing about this is that right before we bought the house, the previous owner had all the sheetrock in the house redone and repainted. There is no way in the world that they could have missed this mess when they were redoing everything. So I believe they knowingly covered up the mess hoping to just sell the house and make it someone else's problem. :angryfir: There was no mention of this in the required disclosure at the time of sale of the house to us. The inspectors did not find it either. But looking in both bathrooms we now see where they specifically made cosmetic repairs to hide the damage. I may see if the insurance company would like to pursue legal action against the previous owner. But I hate getting involved in law suits.
:tab So now we wait to hear from out adjuster, a mold specialist, and to get an estimate of the damage and cost of repair. Let the fun begin! :roll: