I have a section of original hardwoods, and there is subfloor and hardwoods. No moisture barrier at all. House is about 3 ft off the ground in this section.
Today, we noticed the floors under the rug were becoming uneven, we pick up the rug and there is 2 areas of noticeable mold growth on the rug. We do some googling and realize that the Ruggable pads do cause this issue for people with crawl spaces and original floors in humid locations since the pads don't breath well.
We call a neighborhood guy that works as a manger of a water remediation crew. He's going to get it removed and treated on top and under the house with professional microbial spray.
He tested the moisture levels of the floor section in question and it has really high readings. Not really surprising. He goes to my new hardwoods (2 levels of moisture barrier) and gets an intermediate reading, goes to another room with the originals and also gets a high reading. That floor has had a normal rug on top and we check for mold growth and there is nothing.
I checked the house perimeter in these sections and it doesn't seem like any water would be falling towards the home while raining. But, I will be adding more grade to the perimeter just in case.
Anyone have experience with a similar situation?
Today, we noticed the floors under the rug were becoming uneven, we pick up the rug and there is 2 areas of noticeable mold growth on the rug. We do some googling and realize that the Ruggable pads do cause this issue for people with crawl spaces and original floors in humid locations since the pads don't breath well.
We call a neighborhood guy that works as a manger of a water remediation crew. He's going to get it removed and treated on top and under the house with professional microbial spray.
He tested the moisture levels of the floor section in question and it has really high readings. Not really surprising. He goes to my new hardwoods (2 levels of moisture barrier) and gets an intermediate reading, goes to another room with the originals and also gets a high reading. That floor has had a normal rug on top and we check for mold growth and there is nothing.
I checked the house perimeter in these sections and it doesn't seem like any water would be falling towards the home while raining. But, I will be adding more grade to the perimeter just in case.
Anyone have experience with a similar situation?
