He's either a liar or an idiot. Neither is a good choice as a contractor!

If he were a doctor he should be struck off! Did you sniff the associated area?. My guess is its smells mouldy.

I have spent all week snifffing that room!

That was my thought was that it was the ceiling - the corner area is where the drywall was marked after the flood and I pointed it out - they cut a square and just taped it back up.

The wood may be dry now, but it was definitely wet at some point, going with the black marks.The smell is probably just the damp hasn't dried out properly.

Do you still smell mould???? I would keep the ceiling down for a couple of weeks, just to air it. It doesn't look as though it's rotting.
I'd clean all the wood, (detergent's good for this) and replace the insulation, and that should get rid of the smell.

I can still smell it but it is not as strong as it was before the ceiling came down - though not sure if this is just because of the wind whistling through it now!

What are you doing at home at 12.27 on a friday anyway? Perks of being self employed?

Believe it or not...I was rained off. The ceiling i was replacing still has water coming through the roof.....so there was me up on the roof covering it with a tarpaulin....so that makes me a qualified roofer.

But the downside is, I'm going to have to work tomorrow morning to make up for it

Ooh about as qualified as most of the others round here then..

That is not good - though you do get Monday off to stuff your face and be thankful :0)

You may also want to spot spray the mold with a strong bleach solution. Use a spray bottle that you can get at the dollar store. That should stop it spreading any further.

that wood has deffo been wet, we come across it all the time, been left out in wood yard for months on end. It does look dry now though and shouldn't give off a mouldy smell.

Also if insulation gets damp that can give off a pretty bad wiff. A bit like stale wee.

Amy - don't take any crap from your construction guy - he's probably sh*tting bricks.

Firstly - bleach does NOT kill or deal with mould. This is a common misconception. You should avoid disturbing the mould as much as is possible, wear protective gear and contain the area when dealing with it. See links below - good luck.

There are many different types, some much more toxic than others. There are rare cases of people becoming extremely ill from some of the more toxic types. You would need lab tests to identify the kind you have, if you wanted to know.

You may be told that once it's dry, it's safe - this is not true, because it is still present - it is just dormant.

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/mah...o/momo_005.cfm

http://www.toronto.ca/health/mould.htm

http://www.mouldx.ca/what_not_to_do.htm

This is really cool - Doggy Mould sniffers (makes sense): http://www.moulddog.ca/

I came across a similar local service, but didn't actually use them, we'd already pulled the house apart and it was staring us in the face.

We suddenly noticed a mouldy smell in our basement a few months after we purchased our house, and it took us quite some time to discover that the previous owners had drywalled over a window on the inside, and on the outside they had covered it over with earth in a window well and put a climbing plant there to hide it! Delightful!

LOL that is funny - our contractor ballsed up a section of the siding and when questioned said "Look, if it was mine, I would just stick a plant in front of it"..lol

LOL - for some reason, after living here for a little while now, that doesn't surprise me!

We had been living in our house for about 5 months when it occured to us that the window well we were cleaning leaves out of didn't actually let any light in, when we went downstairs we checked to make sure we didn't have a window down there - yep it had been dry walled over, not sure why, when we reno the basment the light will once more shine through that window.

This thread is starting to remind me of the old 80's TV series Cowboys, starring Roy Kinnear.