Week 154

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Edition 154

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Friday, January 31, 2014

MOULDY MYSTERY Couple “out of pocket” as man disappears By TONY MAYES LA FLORIDA couple, Jim and Jean Emerson are 350 Euros lighter after calling in an “expert” to fix their mould problem in their Orihuela Costa home, only to find it got worse, with the man being unable to be traced, having appar­ ently conducted his business out of a local bar.

The Emersons spotted the fungus on a north­facing bedroom wall, and were told by a local representa­ tive of a company calling themselves Eco Build that the cure was to inject foam into the cavity. The problem was not solved and if any­ thing the mould got worse, but when they tried to con­ tact the builder, they found that he had “disappeared”. To make matters worse, they found that they were dealing with a man who was

sharing a phone line with a bar, which was ironically just 200 yards from their house! Jim and Jean have lived in their property for more than 10 years and have always had a damp problem in the master bedroom, and particularly on the wall which faces north. It was fine in the summer, but in winter, when the weather was cold, water would condense on the wall and generate mould. When they learned that it could be a danger to health, they

decided to do something about it, and spoke to friends in an urbanisation in another part of the Orihuela Costa. They were recom­ mended to a company called Eco Build, whose advert appeared in a local magazine. "A rep called and said he could solve the problem by injecting a foam product in the wall, and they said it would carry a 10­year guar­ antee, “said Jim Emerson." I agreed to have the work done and watched as they drilled holes in the outside wall and injected foam into the brickwork." That was last February, but by June the mould was back. Mr. Emerson man­ aged to contact the compa­ ny rep, and workmen visited and chemically washed the wall, but by November it was back, and if anything it was worse than before. At that time the “cat and mouse” game started, with Jim Emerson continually contacting the “office” and being given assurances that a rep would visit, but nothing happened. At the

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