If your basement smells musty after rain, your house is telling you something about moisture. It does not automatically mean you have a major mold problem, and it does not mean you should start tearing out drywall. But a rain-triggered odor is worth investigating...
A musty smell in the basement with no visible mold is one of those home problems that can make you second-guess yourself. You walk downstairs, notice the odor, look around, and see nothing obvious. No fuzzy patch on the wall. No black staining. No puddle. Just that...
Mold behind drywall is frustrating because the most important clues are often indirect. You may not see fuzzy growth on the wall surface. Instead, you might notice a stale odor, a stain that keeps returning, paint that bubbles after a wet season, or one room that...
Okay so last spring I walked outside to check my gutters and literally stopped in my tracks. The entire north side of my house—the side that never gets direct sun—looked like it was growing a science experiment. Green streaks, black spots, this weird crusty stuff that...
