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Mold found in Tyrone PD

Fri, 10/24/2008 - 2:35pm
By: Ben Nelms

The town of Tyrone says it is set to eliminate the mold found in the basement of the Police Department. Cracks in the outer wall on the building’s south side allowed moisture to enter and mold to form.

Speaking Wednesday, Mayor Don Rehwaldt said the town had been working on the problem since the beginning months of 2008 and has $7,000 in the budget for the remediating work. Rehwaldt, who previously worked at the police department for a period of time, said air quality tests performed approximately two years ago showed no presence of mold inside the building that was constructed in 1980.

Police Chief Brandon Perkins said department staff have reported headaches and a dingy smell present more predominantly in the basement that is used for storage.

In April, Atlanta Mold found a long crack in the outside cinderblock wall and a number of smaller cracks that were verified by Hildebrand Engineers in September, said Perkins. The large crack is approximately six feet above the basement floor and runs approximately three-fourths along the south side of the building, Perkins said. Engineers said the cracking was due to hydrostatic pressure, he said. For years the condensation drains for the air conditioning dumped many gallons of water each day onto the ground immediately adjacent to the building. Those and other drainage issues that have been resolved are likely contributors to the problem.

Perkins said Hildebrand is currently working up the specifications on what needs to be done to remediate the mold problem.

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Safe Mold Removal
Submitted by shamelshipman on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 8:09pm.

Tyrone city officials and police department employees may want to check out the remarkable research on toxic mold removal done by environmental expert Dr Ed Close. Simply diffusing a therapeutic-grade essential oil regularly will likely result in an environment very hostile to mold.
http://www.secretofthieves.com/mold.cfm/79544

It seems like it would make traditional remediation projects easier and more effective, as well as creating a healthier environment in which to work.

In one instance, 10,667 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a per cubic meter area. After diffusing Thieves essential oil for forty-eight hours, Dr Close retested. Only thirteen stachybotrys remained. Similarly, 75,000 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a sample of sheetrock. After seventy-two hours of diffusing, no stachybotrys mold spores remained. (Stachybotrys has a reputation for being the most toxic mold.)

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Calculated or misfortune
Submitted by truthandjustice on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 9:00pm.

Is it just bad timing that within two weeks of the Tyrone Council decision to scrap impact fees that would have funded a new police station that they “discover” mold and structural damage in the existing police station or is it part of Grace Caldwell’s master plan to eliminate Tyrone? Who now will have to pay the costs to correct these problems? Guess they must be looking for another reason to soak the taxpayers. They already are going to raise taxes to repay the developers for impact fees and now even higher taxes for this decision! Where is the accountability and fiscal responsibility they claimed they had?

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A reaction....
Submitted by upwithTyrone on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 1:21pm.

Didn't you even bother to read the article? Moron! There are funds already budgeted to remediate the situation. There is no master plan, the costs are covered...

Some people if handed a million dollar check would complain that one corner is folded over and that the signature is messy....

A voice of reason in a sea of shouted ignorance....

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