Re: Sporicidin and Bleach

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Can you please update me on what happened here....? I believe I have the
same issue in my attic and am a bit panicked on where this whole thing may
end up. Smell is prevalent throughout the house......

Did you get the smell resolved and if so how?

On 8/26/07, Rick Kurland wrote:

> I'm in a dire situation.I had a small leak from my
> icemaker while we were on vacation and it leaked into and
> through the wall and a flood and fire repair company that
> I won't name at this time came in to clean it up and dry
> it out. After the tech cut out the wallboard at the base
> of the affected walls he sprayed a chemical into the areas
> that were damaged. My wife asked him what he sprayed and
> he said, "that he did not believe in his companies
> products and that he made his own concoction" with three
> different chemicals. Needless to say this is where the
> nightmare started. We had this done on the 6th of August
> and to make a long story short we were subjected to the
> fumes etc. for 11 days (stomach and headache problems
> etc.) before we evacuated the house which 21 days later we
> are still out of. Through the 11 days of exposure the
> owner of the "flood" repair co. came out and sprayed
> another chemical over the one the tech had created to try
> and what he said neutralize it and at this point we are
> not getting anywhere with them telling us what exactly it
> was he sprayed in addition to the original mixture. It was
> however determined that the original tech mixed sporicidin
> and bleach. He denies using three chemicals that he
> originally mixed.The owner had called me on the 11th day
> of exposure(when we moved out) and said after consulting
> with his chemist back east that his tech created a Phenol
> Based Pesticide. My concern is this, we have two known
> chemicals that were combined and now two that are unknown
> (the third missing from the original mixture) and the one
> the owner sprayed over the top.The odor that was created
> from all this was so thick that it has literally stuck to
> anyone entering the house and even after washing etc. the
> smell is still on the clothing.I demanded a hygenist come
> out to do a sampling of what we were subjected to and when
> he a arrived with his little air cylinder, mind you 18
> days after it happened he walked in and said" smells like
> regular cleaning materials to me" We know who's side he is
> on. My question is has anybody experienced the mixing of
> Sporicidin and bleach, and what could the other two
> unknown chemicals added to it have created? I have my own
> independent hygenist coming in to do hard sampling etc...
> but I'm afraid that to much time has passed eventhough the
> smell is still very strong in the house 21 days later.
> Please help with any insight I have 4 people and two dogs
> that are displaced.