“That’s when I first saw what was an alarming amount of black mold all over the stud work, the wood, the drywall behind there, the insulation was covered in black,” Heidi described.
One picture showing the blackened insulation is date-stamped Jan. 3, 2018. Other photos showing repairmen working, and mold still in the home, are date-stamped: Feb. 13, 2018. That’s six weeks after workers first found it.
Heidi feared the family had been exposed for quite a while.
Lincoln Military Housing is the contractor responsible for running and fixing more than 1,100 homes on Quantico. Trent Duffy, the company’s media liaison, said they responded to the Starrs’ burst pipe within minutes; the repair work took weeks and was done in phases. Duffy explained maintained the mold in the February photos was in an area they couldn’t see until they started installing the new cabinets.
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