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Leaky air-conditioning duct joints, especially those running through a hot attic, create a moist environment for toxic black mold & mildew.

Solution: Seal all air conditioning duct joints with the special flexible mastic tape available at heating and cooling supply and do it yourself hardware stores.

Toxic Black Mold Problem #2

In warm environments, impermeable vinyl wall-coverings can trap moisture-laden air as it moves from the warm exterior to the cooler interior. Toxic Black Mold degrades the drywall and adhesive behind the vinyl wall-covering.

Solution: Use paint or apply wall-coverings with permeable paper backings that don't trap moisture on exterior walls.

Toxic Black Mold Problem #3

When washing machines in a room without a floor drain overflow or hose connections burst, water with no point of exit will soak into adjacent carpet, drywall and insulation.

Solution: Always provide a floor drain near the washing machine. Install an overflow pan directly under the machine or install a 1-in. lip at the doorway to contain overflows in main-level or second-story laundry rooms. (An overflow pan is available for about $125 plus shipping from AMI, 800-929-9269.)

Toxic Black Mold Problem #4

Water-resistant drywall used as a the backer quickly degrades once subjected to moisture.

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By Rev Chris Sparks

MILLIONS of books. Millions of sermons. That's how comprehensively the message of Easter has been dealt with over the centuries.

It's enough to make this scribe break out into a cold sweat as a glance at the calendar confirms this week's reflection should focus on Easter.

Anxiety sets in. What can I say that hasn't already been said? How can I convey the incredible, life-changing story of Easter in a way that will connect with people where they're at in their contemporary lives? How can I present something that will be fresh and relevant through the relatively few words I'm privileged to share here?

A PowerPoint slide-show erupts inside my head. My mind begins to focus on memories of Easters celebrated in earlier years. Scenes flash by of poignant moments of solemn reflection as I participate with others in re-enactments of Jesus washing the disciples' feet on the night of his arrest. Then there are the slides of Good Friday services - of deeply loved hymns sung passionately in remembrance of Jesus' death on the cross. Hard on the heels of these come the brightest slides yet, showing incredible scenes of celebration as the tomb in which Jesus' body was interred stands empty and desolate, testifying to the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Joyful singing and eyes shiny with laughter and hope characterise these happy occasions.

Most of the slides are set in conventional, churchy places. But not all. Many show how we've celebrated Easter with simple, outdoor, sunrise services at places like Pilot Hill in Yamba and local lookouts at Orange and Broken Hill. Then there are the very special Easter celebrations on sheep and cattle properties embedded within outback areas where there are few ecclesiastical trimmings - just good, honest, hard-working families who suspend their daily routines just long enough to acknowledge the power of difference the life of that one man, Jesus, has made to the world.

This colourful and joyful PowerPoint presentation within my head eases my anxiety somewhat. But I'm still grappling with the challenge of how I convey the deep, deep significance of Easter through this column.

I know what it means to me. But its significance is truly mind-boggling and difficult to summarise without resorting to well-worn clichs and churchy language.

And then it happens. I realise I don't really need to spell out the significance of the events of that first Easter. Many more eloquent than I have done that over the years. Instead, I'll simply announce the glorious, pivotal Easter message - "Christ is Risen" - and invite everyone to run their own PowerPoint presentation of bygone Easters. And even if, for many people in more recent times, Easter has been largely about having a break from work, eating Easter eggs and travelling to enjoy some special event, there will probably be some slides, somewhere, that bring to mind aspects of the Easter story we have learned in the past - truths that have touched our spirits and caused us to respond. And when that happens, I pray that God will use that recollection to bless and challenge us so that we are once more re-energised by the hope that springs from Easter-biased faith.

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In spite of being well worn and empty for at least five years, 616 Eaton St.'s presence in Old Town is immense -- even at the peak of the Recession in 2009 it was for sale for more than $5 million. Some serious reductions in pricing and a couple of turnovers later, the property's future as a guesthouse is really big, too.

Of course, the stately old mansion set well behind a newly constructed wrought-iron fence will be no ordinary commercial guesthouse; it's in the early throes of becoming the private guesthouse for a new single-family estate.

"We have a collection of houses from Key West to Marathon that we've built from scratch, or renovated. We're selling them to go big at this location," said Kristina Serbinski, who bought last year with her husband Mark what was then a 2,427-square-foot, two-family structure. "We're still working out plans for the property's development."

Already, some permits have been issued, and Key West's Historic Architectural Review Commission has breathed a big sigh of relief because most of the add-ons are being removed. The redesigned two-story guesthouse will have two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs. Downstairs, the two bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms will flow smoothly into and beneath the 14-foot-high ceilings of the living-dining and kitchen's open-floor plan.

But the renovation project is immense: Exploratory work from the ground up includes engineers, local architect Bill Horn, a contractor and builders.

Serbinski said the couple could "band-aid and make do" for 10 or so years, but instead they chose the high road to careful renovation because they want to return the historic house to its heyday from around the turn of the 20th century and, equally important, they want to create a private estate worthy of entertaining lots of friends and family members.

"The siding is holding up the balloon frame, which is in good shape," said Mitch Sammis of Infinity Builders. He was in charge of other Serbinski renovation projects and is overseeing everything here to shore up sagging floor joists, to install new footings and sills, to build a new interior staircase and salvage as much Dade County pine as possible.

"The floor is layer upon layer," Serbinski said. "We just can't save it all."

The big pile of rotten wood discarded in the soon-to-be-torn down dining-room addition at the back of the house goes away, and with it a bathroom addition on the west side.

Here, a new driveway will separate guesthouse and property line, ultimately leading to the new garage and new five-bedroom, seven-bathroom house. This is the primary residence being built behind the historic guesthouse, but connected to it by a skywalk from the garage.

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