I was watching one of those USA renovation programs on TV and they discovered a lot of mold in the wall frames (behind plaster) etc
They Stated the wall had to be pulled down and rebuilt

When that couldn't happen they got someone in with a dry ice machine which supposable took a fine layer of the timber surface off

Is Mold that much of a problem or was it just because it was in a area where it snows.
Or just a hype for the TV show

Do we those have problems here

Mould can be quite a problem -

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/environ...lood_mould.htm

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Oh ok

Its more of a health issue

They made it sound like it was a structure problem

Its more of a problem where there is a big temperature differential, as warm moist air meeting cold air creates condensation. Its also a problem where ever you have moisture that sits for any length of time. The examples that spring to mind more relevant to us would be a leaky bathroom floor/wall or a gutter that backs up over the back of it and runs across the eaves and down a wall. So you end up with mouldy and rotted timber and walls etc...

As you read on http://www.health.vic.gov.au/environ...lood_mould.htm mould is a serious health issue especially with people with chest, bronchial, asthma or allergy problems. With children and elderly it really does restrict their everyday life and the enjoyment of it. The cure to damp/mould is find the source of the problem and repair it but also look at keeping the air healthy. The best known method is to keep the air at a stable level of humidity 30-50%. This can be done via dehumidifiers but is costly and can dry the air out . Better again is a product called Solarventi which is a solar dehumidifier. It draws in clean hot dry fresh air from outside and in time turns your internal environment into a healthy home. This will result in its occupants being more healthy ,less prone to attack, reduced infection within the air and also a warm home in winter, free. The Solarventi is maintenance free and cost free, completely sun run. This product is now in NSW at www.solair.com.au . I hope this helps.

There are moulds and then there are moulds. Mould is a living thing so there are many species of it. There is a few killer strains that if you have a house infected with that then you move out and demolish the house. Mould is suspected to have been one of the plagues to effect the Egyptians in the time of Moses. The drug LSD is mould so is pennicillin so your question can have no defined answer other than its best avoided.

The black heart in sassaffrass is a mold.

Botrytis in wine grapes is a mold.

Dry rot is a mold.

Cheers

Graeme