Sorry in advance for the long post
We're currently having a new home built and I need some public opinion regarding a mold issue........
We check in every few days because we are excited and also to ensure quality work is being done. Everything was fine until the top floor of the house was framed. We noticed that about 15 of the 2x4's used were covered in mold - green mold, blackish mold, brown mold and even white fuzzy stuff. Some of the boards were covered from top to bottom - I don't even know how they got used in the first place, I would have been scared to even touch them..... anyway, so some of the boards were totally covered, and some of the boards had small to medium mold coverage. The rest of the boards were completely clean, so it looked like just a small pile of bad boards had been used.
Anyway......I was pretty freaked out. I don't know too much about mold except that at a minimum it can cause allergies, and some of it can cause long term illness and even terminal disease. I emailed our contact at the builder letting her know there was possibly an issue, and sent along some of the pics I took. She replied, said the site supervisor had taken a look and that they would replace the moldy boards.
That was two weeks ago, and guess what - the boards are still in place. They've even gone ahead with the plumbing rough-in, installing pipes through some of the moldy boards. It also looks like someone tried to wipe down or sand the mold off. The wood is still stained, and the mold has grown back on the same boards. Also.....it seems to be spreading, as we just went back to check it out and counted over 60 boards that were moldy.
I really don't know if I am being overly paranoid, if there is nothing to worry about, and I am being a pain in the ass asking them to take out the boards, especially considering they've already plumbed through some of them. However, we're thinking about starting a family next year, and I really don't want to move in to a brand new home that will make us sick.
Does anyone have any experience with mold, new construction, etc? I've also done some independent research, but am curious as to what the rest of you would do/have done.....
I took some pics also, posted below