Posted by Rick Kurland on 8/26/07

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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.

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