Video: Checking for Mold During a Remodel

OAKLAND — Host, Sarah Rutan: If you’re remodeling an older home, be sure to look at what’s behind the walls. Today we’re in Oakland with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Michael Ghanivand of Advance Construction to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Michael Ghanivand: In any remodeling project, big or small, whether it is a bathroom or the entire house, like we are doing right now, the homeowner always needs to make sure that they need to think about what’s behind the wall, especially in the older house. Like, we are doing this remodeling and addition in the Berkeley area, and when we open up the wall from the inside, it looks really healthy and good, but when we are farther down the road, we saw all the mold and mildew and ended up taking everything apart. That’s the best way of us to keep in mind that any older house – even a newer house – water can create a bigger damage than you are anticipating to have.

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