{"id":256277,"date":"2016-12-22T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T11:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=f599f2ad7b2463e8ceaa5611e66ceffc"},"modified":"2016-12-22T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T11:45:06","slug":"petes-puzzle-mold-in-certain-closets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/petes-puzzle-mold-in-certain-closets-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete\u2019s Puzzle: Mold in Certain Closets"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    After putting up with mold for a long time, a homeowner finally bites the bullet and hires a moisture management expert        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Yost%20lead%20photo%202.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of a home in upstate New York with a mold problem\" width=\"144\" height=\"112\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/16211548796_197c4f5984_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of moldy drywall\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-3-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Another exterior photo of the house\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-4-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of a disconnected leader\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-5-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the termination of the perimeter foundation drain\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-6-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of a stack of firewood in the basement\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/3424515629_10520f44be_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the kitchen\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/IMG_2157-crop.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the ceiling-mounted exhaust fan in the bathroom\" width=\"144\" height=\"124\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-10-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of a beam\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-11-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo taken in the attic\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/GBA-P2-12-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the rim joist\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Author&rsquo;s Note: I am setting up a series of building investigations that I have done over the years as puzzles, presenting successive pieces as an interesting way to tell the story. As with any story, you can read the end first if you want, but that approach cuts down on the drama (admittedly not a bad thing for some folks&hellip;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/pete-s-puzzle-mold-certain-closets\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14338,14339,10513,7562,14216,14217],"class_list":["post-256277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-assessment","tag-high-humidity","tag-investigation","tag-mold","tag-puzzle","tag-yost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}