White Powder On Attic Rafters

He basically won t go back until we clean it up which we can t find anyone to do we are doing all this from the mainland or.

White powder on attic rafters.

Once the colonies form white molds will appear as white spots on a surface. When the water evaporates a white fluffy structure is left behind. That could indeed be and looks like a white fungus or mold growth on roof sheathing. He thinks it s some horrifying toxic substance a few 20 year old roach foggers in the area didn t help.

The attic is basically a crawl space with loose insulation between the ceiling joists. The attic seems dry at present. White deposits not dry rot dry rot will show as yellow to deep rust coloured deposits and will eventually produce full scale mushroom like fruits the easiest way to increase the ventilation in your roof space is to fit some tile vents. The white powder that you have shown i have seen on many of my inspections i received some feed back from a mold specialist that indicated to me that it was a type of mold that had dried up and offered no harm as long as it was not present in the living areas.

What is the best way to clean up this problem. Although it can look similar to mildew at first white mold is more harmful since it can grow within organic materials not just at the surface. Frankly nobody who actually knows much about mycology and mold would from looking at the white growth on a surface by naked eye assert that it is a species of aspergillus. I found approximately 10 percent of the roof rafters covered in spots with a white powdery substance which i assumed to be mold.

One is particularly bad. But when i would write this up i would indicate suspect mold and it would have to be tested. Common areas of white mold growth include attic sheathing and crawlspace framing. Had a full building survey which never mentioned it.

White mold can be found anywhere conditions conducive to mold growth are present. Trying to get some electrical work done and this white powder stuff in the attic freaked out the electrician. Below is a photo of white mold growing on wood rafters in an attic. I have some white powder in my attic but nowhere near 4 deep and only in a few places.

Just bought a home and went up in the attic today to find a white powder on quite a few of the beams. It is difficult to declare this one substance over another simply based on one s senses of sight or smell. The client will certainly expect an explanation for this white material on the roof rafters in the attic. It only shows up near areas of stucco damage on the exterior walls so i think it s from the old stucco perhaps a bad mixture here and there.

There s also some fine white powder that blew in during the sandblasting. After all some mold shows up as a white powdery material but more often in a crawl space than an attic.