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had been doing it for awhile as I couldn't find out how the water 
was getting in

then i decided to soak up the water with a wet vac and think I got 
most of my exposure then

Later after having the symptoms I decided to cut the carpet out and 
remove it and then I found patches of black mold

I figure its in the heating system

I'm afraid alittle ozone maker isn't going to do much, though I haven't 
studied them and their effect on mold.

We had to do attack the mold in our last apartment repeatedly over 
the course of several months. Nothing we had would keep it away for 
long, so we just sort of wore it down to something that was easy 
to clean

I just purchased an aranizer today for $660 the SS10 model

We thought we might have some (didn't thankfully), but our insurance 
guy said that if we made a claim on it, to expect them to drop us.

its supposed to put out over 11000 mg/hr of ozone or what they call 
aran air

activated oxygen

It could be under the caulking in your tub, under contact paper in 
the cupboards (if you have it), or pretty much anywhere else it likes

I think its behind the drywall

It can be everywhere. Do you have sheetrocked walls down there, or 
just concrete?

What is the good that ozone is supposed to do for you?

in the basement since my basement is a finished basement

never mind (scrolled back)

Ozone is supposed to be very effective and destroying most organics 
and vocs

Yup. Water and moisture is all it needs. Have you done much research 
on it (the mold)?

Yeah alot

I had the perfect effects for it

I got a clothes dryer, shower, and central heating unit in the basement 
and the dryer vents into a box of water (scrubber)

Water and moisture are hard to avoid in Seattle, that's for sure.

The wet carpet and drywall is ideal for black toxic mold

I hope the ozone works for you, but I imagine you'll need some industrial 
kind of cleanup to get rid of it.

plus the water came in off the straw lain yard

Internal venting for the dryer?

Yes

I need to fix that but the dryer is located under the stairs

thats where the 220 is

Wow. You should be a mold science lab. :-\ (Sorry, I know it's no 
joke)

Yeah your right - its perfect

My wife started complaining of the mold smell first

it would hit you when you went through the front door

I was just bothered with the contractors and figured I would deal 
with it all at the end

but that was too late

It took me awhile to decide between http://www.aranizer.com/and 
http://www.air-zone.com

As I understand it, it can lead to *serious* long term health issues. 
Be careful.

Both of them have high output units

I hadn't thought of mold being on the back side of Drywall...  We 
had a flood in our place in Salt Lake.  We replaced the carpet but 
the smell of mold never went away...

Yeah I know that is what I'm worried about

Yeah Ammon the back side of the drywall it prefers the most

You might find out where you seen it at and knock of a piece near 
the floor and look on the back for signs of mold

I purchased a germicide that will destroy all kinds of fungus and 
bacteria and is concentrated.

I haven't used it yet

mix like 2 ounces to a gallon or so of water

That's sad because I know the guy that owns the place and I KNOW 
he isn't going to replace the drywall. Whoever moved in/will move 
there is undoubtedly have some trouble with it.

Paul - That's what we ended up doing. Don't forget to protect your 
face & skin, and ventilate where possible.

Yeah I did alot of research on the net over this

I found that you can rent foggers and solutions but that might create 
another allergen for someone in the house

Fortunately, I was only renting the upstairs portion so I didn't 
have to deal with the smell too much...