I am 20 years old and I my room in my parent’s house is in the basement. The basement is considered finished and when I moved in there was wood paneled walls and nice carpeting. Since then there was been three floods in my “room” however so the carpeting has been pulled up and now there are only cement/stone blocks on the floor. After pulling up the carpet we also realized that the “walls” that seperate my room from the rest of the “unfinished” basement are actually about an inch and a half off the floor (this was concealed by carpet). We sucked up the water and had a dehumidifier going at the time of the flood and I thought the problem was fixed and as I spent a great deal away at school was never really “in” my room.

When I came back home though I found that some of my clothes left in wooden drawers near the floor had grown mold! I just got rid of the clothes and didn’t think anything of it. I also notice that I see bugs and spiders in my room not very often but often enough where it isn’t unusual. I was also willing to live with this and shrug it off but today I saw a mouse running across my floor!

We never ripped out the walls when my room was flooded and I’m worried that there might be mold growing in the insulation. The room itself is almost always damp with a slightly unusual smell.

I live at home full time now and I was wondering if anyone thought this might be a dangerous environment to live in??? I know mold can cause very bad respiratory problems! I’m also seeing an increase of black beetle looking bugs since a few days ago when we had a really bad storm!