Mold Feeds On Wood, Paper, And Cardboard

During a recent seminar put on by a professional home inspector, the inspector told the audience that"... mold feeds on paper and cardboard". He stated emphatically that:"... we do the wrong things when we store cardboard boxes full of our possessions in basements, garages, crawl spaces, and attics". "You can go a long way towards eliminating mold by removing all these food sources for mold," he told the listeners.

hhmmmmm..... makes sense...... at least to me.

Fast forward to today... at the dentists office. While I was browsing a home remodeling magazine, I saw a great advertisment by Georgia Pacific along the same topic idea. Georgia Pacific is marketing a "paperless drywall". Their claim is that the product will not be a food source for mold. Makes one wonder why didn't someone think of it before? Genius!

Long ago manufacturers made a specific drywall for high moisture areas such as bathrooms and showers, as well as a below grade (i.e. basements) drywall. Now we have still another improvement in the product, technology marches on.

Because it was a copyrighted ad, allow me to post a link so that you will be able to see the new product as the advertiser intended:

http://www.gp.com/build/product.aspx?pname=DensArmor%c2%ae+Plus+Interior+Wallboard&pid=4659&hierarchy=pc

Thanks,
Best regards,
Jim Dvorovy