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Article: Mold Resisters New building products designed to prevent mold problems later.(Homes Plus)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2007
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Byline: Deborah Donovan Daily Herald Homes Writer
ddonovan@@dailyherald.com
Rich Coon is a builder who had a mold problem, but he thinks he's found a solution for the future.
He's using BluWood and another mold-resistant product in a house under construction.
The Sycamore builder took these steps because mold had to be removed from a house he built last winter. The problem was discovered before the buyers moved in.
"Probably every household has mold in their house - every new construction home," he said.
Coon attributes this to the components of a house that are left open to the elements for long periods during ...