The “10 square foot” was written and adopted in to law for one purpose and one purpose only. I leave it to your imagination to figure out how I know why we had it written in to law. Don’t like the law? Complain to your legislator. But it is the law.
Nick,
I have no doubt that you worked very hard to have this included, but what does it accomplish?
If I were a licensed assessor, I would interpret this rule to exclude any air samples, and be limited strictluy to swab or tape samples for visible mold. I would go after those offering air samples, as it cannot meet the spirit of the rules.
10 square feet ls like seeing or suspecting mold at 6"x20’, 1’x10’, 2’x5’ or roughly 3’x3’. That ain’t much mold…
The 10 square foot thing allows home inspectors to offer mold inspection services when they see no mold. Get it?
My guess is
The 10 square ft rule was from the old New York City Guide Lines for homeowners for mold, since then the guidelines have been changed. With nationally accepted industry standards we now have such as the S520 the 10 square ft is a “joke”.
Advertise mold inspections and testing without a license in Florida after July 1, 2011. I personally would enjoy seeing that. We think the “real” mold remediators will throw the incompetent or unlicensed mold assessors under the bus in a heartbeat.
Remember the remediators will be bidding jobs based on the inspectors report. Elevated Air samples only means they need “further investigation” to identify the “source, extent and amplification” (rest of the assessment).
Assessors find the mold
Remediators cleanup the mold.
It will be fun to watch this summer.
I don’t think the 10’-rule was designed to put home inspectors into the mold assessment business.
It was designed to allow home inspectors who encountered less than 10 sqft of mold contamination to test via swab/tape and not have to leave the potential buyer hanging.
Joe Burkeson is basically correct, although I wouldn’t have put it exactly that way.
The HI could make a little money on inspecting the mold (less then 10 sf) and would not need the services of another licensed individual!
I personally think its going to be a mute point. I bet the license gets tossed.
I hope you are right but I doubt the State will toss another source of income and then refund all the money already spent.
This should be in large letters, so consumers can see it better.
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