The place I'm staying in is all carpeted except linoleum in the kitchen and bathroom. Thing is, it's a converted stand-alone garage so there's no foundation, it's just ground, concrete, padding, then carpet. When it rains, water seeps up from cracks in the concrete. The carpets get slightly damp, repeatedly. It has been like this since the mid 90s. I know I'm getting fucking poisoned with mold, like literally, I have some weird neurological issues that my psychiatrist was convinced was the result of mold toxicity before knowing anything about my living situation. But I have nowhere else to go, so every day I feel like total shit and wonder how much long term health damage is being inflicted on me by fucking spores emanating from carpet.
Yea, I can relate; got some mold here too, though probably not as bad. It's a fucked up feeling when you know each breath is detrimental to your health, and that there's nothing you can really do about it. Masks maybe, but you can't really wear those at night... I hope you can get out of there somehow soon.
It’s a fucked up feeling when you know each breath is detrimental to your health
It really, really is, and it makes for a nice little closed loop of health deterioration because constantly recognizing that^ fact is also detrimental to mental health.
Thanks. I'd like to get out of here too, but I don't know if that will ever happen. It's weird because in other ways I know I'm really lucky to have it as good as I do, being able to stay here basically rent-free with no income. I'm rather stuck.
Anyway, yeah I likewise hope you can get a place where you don't have to worry about that shit either, or if it's not too extensive, get the mold dealt with somehow, ideally by the fucking landlord, assuming you rent.
Yep, that's what I do. I've got a HEPA running 24/7. And I sleep next to an open window with a little fan directing their airflow towards my head to try to get as much fresh, outside air as possible. It's a bit much when it's a real cold night, but still worth it.
I dunno, that sounds pretty bad to me. Even with the door closed, the fucking spores can still permeate the whole space pretty easily. If it's that thick, I'd be surprised if you weren't still being exposed quite a bit unfortunately. And from my limited understanding, a person may not feel effected by it at all until a certain threshold is reached. A threshold of either amount of exposure, length of time exposed, or getting sick in some other way just being too much for the immune system which then suddenly can't deal with the mold toxins even though it previously had.
Yes, the Maoist revolution can't come soon enough.
Also, too bad BMF isn't still around to guide us through these issues.
There's gotta be some law or something that says you can't poison your tenant like that. Or maybe you can at least make them think there is so they'll replace the carpet with linoleum or something.
I should look into that, yeah. But complicating everything is that the landlord is a relative who is letting me stay here more or less without having to really pay rent. It's a weird situation and I'll spare the details, but yeah, I am trying to look into what can be done without upsetting too many balances.
The place I'm staying in is all carpeted except linoleum in the kitchen and bathroom. Thing is, it's a converted stand-alone garage so there's no foundation, it's just ground, concrete, padding, then carpet. When it rains, water seeps up from cracks in the concrete. The carpets get slightly damp, repeatedly. It has been like this since the mid 90s. I know I'm getting fucking poisoned with mold, like literally, I have some weird neurological issues that my psychiatrist was convinced was the result of mold toxicity before knowing anything about my living situation. But I have nowhere else to go, so every day I feel like total shit and wonder how much long term health damage is being inflicted on me by fucking spores emanating from carpet.
Yea, I can relate; got some mold here too, though probably not as bad. It's a fucked up feeling when you know each breath is detrimental to your health, and that there's nothing you can really do about it. Masks maybe, but you can't really wear those at night... I hope you can get out of there somehow soon.
It really, really is, and it makes for a nice little closed loop of health deterioration because constantly recognizing that^ fact is also detrimental to mental health.
Thanks. I'd like to get out of here too, but I don't know if that will ever happen. It's weird because in other ways I know I'm really lucky to have it as good as I do, being able to stay here basically rent-free with no income. I'm rather stuck. Anyway, yeah I likewise hope you can get a place where you don't have to worry about that shit either, or if it's not too extensive, get the mold dealt with somehow, ideally by the fucking landlord, assuming you rent.
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Yep, that's what I do. I've got a HEPA running 24/7. And I sleep next to an open window with a little fan directing their airflow towards my head to try to get as much fresh, outside air as possible. It's a bit much when it's a real cold night, but still worth it.
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I dunno, that sounds pretty bad to me. Even with the door closed, the fucking spores can still permeate the whole space pretty easily. If it's that thick, I'd be surprised if you weren't still being exposed quite a bit unfortunately. And from my limited understanding, a person may not feel effected by it at all until a certain threshold is reached. A threshold of either amount of exposure, length of time exposed, or getting sick in some other way just being too much for the immune system which then suddenly can't deal with the mold toxins even though it previously had.
Yes, the Maoist revolution can't come soon enough.
Also, too bad BMF isn't still around to guide us through these issues.
I have good news for you.
I mean, call the city inspectors, but who knows how they'll actually deal with it
There's gotta be some law or something that says you can't poison your tenant like that. Or maybe you can at least make them think there is so they'll replace the carpet with linoleum or something.
I should look into that, yeah. But complicating everything is that the landlord is a relative who is letting me stay here more or less without having to really pay rent. It's a weird situation and I'll spare the details, but yeah, I am trying to look into what can be done without upsetting too many balances.