Mainly around the ridge vent above the flue pipe and attic fan.
White stuff on beams in attic.
The substance in hard and powders when you touch it.
I found this white powdery substance on some of the sheets of plywood and covering the attic insulation.
Similarly when a tree is damaged the sap can bleed out.
Attics tend to have the perfect conditions for mold growth hot humid and an abundant food source with the wood sheathing.
But when i would write this up i would indicate suspect mold and it would have to be tested.
The house was originally built in 1979 but the powder was also in areas of the attic which were added later due to additions.
Can anyone indentify what it is and what s my best course of action.
The white powder that you have shown i have seen on many of my inspections i received some feed back from a mold specialist that indicated to me that it was a type of mold that had dried up and offered no harm as long as it was not present in the living areas.
We are first time buyers so diy would be preferable to an expensive expert.
The attic space is the last.
I was putting some items in my attic for storage and noticed that there is a white substance on some of the attic beams and roof decking.
Had a full building survey which never mentioned it.
It is that dry.
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The white powder wipes off readily with just your hand the vertical line was created by doing this.
On 2019 10 09 mod what is this white moldy stuff in my attic.
If it were on crawlspace concrete i would call it efflourescense.
While there are complex chemical components found in tree sap it s easy to compare sap to blood.
Just bought a home and went up in the attic today to find a white powder on quite a few of the beams.
Bill that could indeed be and looks like a white fungus or mold growth on roof sheathing.
It isn t located everywhere just in some spaces.
Attic ambering refers to wooden beams in the attic having sap leak out.
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Mold growth in an attic comes as a consequence of excess moisture.
I suggested further evaluation but i was wondering if anyone has ran into this before.
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The insulation was contaminated and we inspected the attic side of the ceiling drywall below for signs of leak stains or mold.
There was some moisture damage but the powder was in other areas also.
The sap when in live trees carries nutrients throughout the tree that helps to keep it alive.
There appears to be no damage to the truss material and it is only on the trusses not on the sheathing and seems top be localized over the attic entry and.
One is particularly bad.