Little black spots begin to speckle the wall, as a musty smell fills the room winding its way into your unsuspecting nostrils. You walk across your living room carpet with bare feet and sense an unwelcome sensation of moistness seeping between your toes. Suddenly realizing that water is penetrating the security of your home like a burglar in the night, your first impulse is a sense of low-level panic! Where is the moisture coming from Then, it hits you like a freight train. Those specks on the wall are mold!
Frantically, you begin searching for the source of leakage into your home. Lifting up the carpet, you notice water is all over the floor-base and sections of the wood molding are dry while one long patch under the speckled portion of the wall is completely saturated. The problem could be that the actual leakage is coming from within the wall and not from an easily detectable area such as a patio doorway. You wonder how long this has been happening and what can be done about itfast! You and your wife are elderly and maneuverability is difficult, so tackling this problem could be beyond your physical capabilities. What can you do
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