Why Humidity and Rain are Irrelevant Factors in Mold Avoidance

Rain might actually be important for the locations effect, but as a positive factor, as it cleans the air (dramatically so for PM 2.5, unsure about other pollutants)

I lived in Peten Guatemala for about a year. Always sticky. Humidity is nearly 100% most of the time, and no one gets sick from mold.

You have a calming voice plus me being mold and chemical injured I could listen to this topic almost all day. Thank you

Thanks for making this video clarifying the role of rain and humidity on buildings and outdoor air. Love the way you explained everything...so understandable. You mentioned the Caribbean as being a good location for mold avoidance. Have you done any videos on how to evaluate the various Caribbean islands and housing options. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience

So helpful - as always! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

I want to point something out - I've noticed that our family (my parents and me) started having mold (on the two coldest angles in the apartment) in the new apartment. WHILE previous owners never had mold problems. So I figure that quite a bit depends on one's habits, how they use a house, what they do and what they don't do. For example my parents removed the kitchen vent right away ("because it looks ugly"...), but I'm not sure if only that is responsible for our mold problem, maybe we don't leave the door between shower and the rest of the house open after a warm shower, or something like that. In fact, I'm now in the process figuring it out, asking previous owners about how they used the house, so we can "copy" them. 🤷 We had a lot of mold in our previous apartment's bathroom (coldest corner of the apartment), and that's why I'm suspecting we're doing something wrong, it's not the apartments that are problematic in our case (I don't remember seeing mold problems in any other house I know, so it seems that there's probably one little habit we have that with time, slowly but surely, makes mold grow in apartments that we inhabit). P.S. When we started seeing mold growing in this new apartment, we "figured out" that after we take a warm shower, we should close the door and open the window, in winter too, "to allow humidity to exit", but now I'm really questioning if it isn't worsening the problem, by creating sudden changes in that angle's temperature, everyday basically. And when I asked the previous owners, they said they basically never open the windows after showering, instead they actually open the door to the rest of the house, to mix the humidity from the bathroom with the rest of the house. I'm still trying to figuring this out though.

I live in the Seattle area right now and mold has really decimated my health here. I have lived in 6 different buildings and mold was a major problem in 3 of them. The place I’m staying now does not seem to have a mold problem but I’m still fighting mold toxicity daily. I’m really really considering leaving my dream job here to try and escape this mold problem. I seem to do OK if I go to sauna 3x a week but due to COVID, I have not been able to so my symptoms are returning. Trying to decide where to go. I didn’t have issues in Tucson AZ or Ft. Collins CO so I’m considering these states and also considering Utah.

Hey Corrinne, great channel and interesting vid. Very surprised you recommend high rise as best, it’s because of their higher building standards? Guessing to still avoid any with drywall? Also Canary Islands looks great on paper so surprised it didn’t work for you. I also wonder if it might be different from island to island. Another option is the Azores of the coast of Portugal, just north of Canaries...

Does anybody know when Corrine says everyone is talking about blank in the "group's." what groups she's talking about?

What do you think about the Azores such as São Miguel, have you heard any experiences about it?

Great! thx!

Sorry but within the first minute you directly contradict yourself. Less rain makes it less likely that building materials get rained on during construction. Also higher humidity just make it much easier for mold to grow, there’s just no getting around that

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