Test Your Knowledge -- Columns-Mold -- January 2004

True or False? Indoor mold is not a problem in states with dry climates such as Colorado.

False. According to Rick Mendez, Chief Building Official of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado, no other major building region in the country has as much of an expansive soil problem as does the Colorado Front Range. To solve the problem of damage to basement slabs caused by expansive soils, structural wood sub-floors were introduced to the area during the mid-1980s. However, Mendez says that the resultant crawl space traps or creates moisture accumulations that, in turn, support the …