How our Alligator Destroyed our House

[@SnakeDiscovery]

For those concerned about the mold- don't worry! It appeared to be isolated to the surface as the drywall was still firm. As instructed, we cleaned it with a bleach water solution. Since it was less than 9 square feet, it was safe for us to do so :)

[@thunderrain789]

I'm honestly surprised that's all the mold there was. Very glad though. The room looks really nice too, good job with that!

[@plaguewifedaydreamingastro8411]

Ah thank goodness, I was searching for this comment.

[@ArsonBeanTanks]

You should pin this comment lol

[@bellaander]

my anxieties have been dispelled

[@xylypotatohead3947]

That's so good to hear. Wishing you all the best 💜💜💜

[@TheTiggy25]

It's like their destructive teen has finally moved to go to university and the parents went in to clean the room and just accepted their damp fate (love you Emily and Ed, thank you for your content)

[@Sam-uh9nt]

This comment is so under rated

[@youtubeuser5402]

A university is a 4 year college (in america!!!)

[@autumnreed6823]

I wanted to put that but I was lazy

[@crystalpeacebear1985]

@@youtubeuser5402 but depending where the op is from University is their name for college

[@youtubeuser5402]

@@crystalpeacebear1985 dude, what r u saying?? "but depending where the op is from university is their name for college" huh??

[@solarcupid2583]

That minnow is a legend. Not only did it survive hungry turtles for who knows how long, but also being in an abandoned tank for literal months. Mike is a new favorite of mine. Also since minnows tend to be schooling fish, Mike needs some buddies!

[@levirundallorr4456]

Some fish are legends we had a tank brake and couldn’t find 2 goldfish for 40 minutes. They survived without water and are still alive today this was years ago.

[@BrendenTurtle]

@@levirundallorr4456 Some fish just don't want to die. I had all the equipment in one of my tanks go down overnight and I didn't prepare a backup. I woke up to find all my tetras dead and half my guppies dead. It was devastating however all my Albino Corydoras survived (except one) and I have them all to this day. One of the worst days of my aquarium keeping life, but I'll never forget how relieved I was to see that some of them survived. Some fish truly are legends.

[@OhItsMaxwell]

I feel you! My aunt got evicted, and she had to bring her goldfish to our house. He lived in his tank, in the car, for two days!! I was amazed!

[@squidgyvr8001]

@@OhItsMaxwell not as bad tho

[@diamondaisy7468]

It’s really sad they neglected a living animal yet own a zoo

[@-leezha-]

Ed's "and you guys STILL think you want an alligator???" Was so quality. It's been so nice to see Ed's confidence in front of the camera grow over the years.

[@Dapper_Frog]

hmm, maybe ed, maybe

[@amanda1271]

I was just thinking this!! It's crazy how much Ed screentime we get since the build started!

[@debbievaneersel]

Ya like....I'm good without an alligator in my basement tbh lol

[@jenniferpadgett1396]

Yessssss

[@keiyakins]

I do! I just happen to want an *Alligator floofiens*, the North American Plush Alligator :P

[@smol_hamster_]

Emily and Ed: "This room is DISGUSTING. There's mold." Also Emily and Ed: *clean it barefoot*

[@jennycatzzbokii3680]

And without masks or gloves

[@catpax6075]

🤢

[@isabellajauregui4844]

Tbh, when you have a lot of animals, you learn it's easier to just go for it and shower after. You're going to have to anyways. Why get your shoes gross and potentially ruin them?

[@PixieSpellsLove]

@@isabellajauregui4844 Ruin their shoes? Really? They can wear rubber boots/gardening shoes! Hell even crocs! There are shoes MADE for this type of stuff. By going barefoot they can track SO much bacteria throughout the house between the room and bathroom.

[@nikeyagentle8684]

fr i watched that too

[@ashleigh-jaynetite7277]

I love Emily's comment "we were worried about how we were going to sell this house with an alligator in the basement".... as if rex was going to give tours to potential buyers or just be left there when the new people move in or something lol

[@nielsleenknegt5839]

I mean if you are touring a house and you want to know whats behind that door and you either show them a visous preditor, or you dont show them and be all shifty and suspisious, witch is not a thing i would want to encounter when i would buy i house

[@Offutticus]

If the walls are drywall, keep an eye on the lower portions. Those moldy parts may need to be replaced. Did you prime with Kilz or similar before painting? If not, the stains are going to come through, even with the color you chose. We had to remove nearly all the drywall in this house. Which was okay because there was nice wood underneath.

[@nixasteria]

Watching the video and seeing them just painting over the mold gave me so much anxiety lol

[@pucklebearry]

When Ed was removing the baseboards i saw Emily scrubbing the mold so hopefully it wasn't just plain hot water, hopefully there were some sterilizing chemicals in there.

[@hukhh3145]

@@pucklebearry isnt scrubbing mold like a horrible idea

[@zebraloverbridget]

That was my thought too only I was surprised they didn't test the wall by removing some of the dry wall to see if it penetrated into the wall or was only at the surface. There's Also the issue of if the mold penetrated then there's a chance that it can continue to spread into the frame for the wall. Which is a lot harder and more expensive to replace compared to just removing and replacing the bottom part of the dry wall.

[@lulucanpy3513]

Yeah I'm kinda surprised they didn't just replace the lower part of that drywall (and the carpet tbh). ETA I wrote this before I saw that the carpet was being replaced lol no one come for me. Not removing the drywall perturbed me too much.

[@Undomaranel]

Like many others are saying: painting over mold is never enough. Mold spreads like plants. "Can't go under it, can't go over it, let's go through it!" and will go through the drywall and into the infrastructure. I grew up in a damp environment, once that stuff appears it's game over and you need to replace before it grows bigger than a video game boss in the dark unreachable interiors.

[@LaurieGeePea]

Will mold continue to grow without a source of moisture?

[@smilecentaur]

ou could also kill it with bleach water on the wall

[@TheBlenderweasel]

^ YES. And this is especially true in the upper midwest, our houses up here are built so tightly sealed up to prevent heat escaping in winter that they also have a bad habit of trapping moisture too, making mold very hard to get rid of once it's there. Also, the untreated mold could cause you a serious problem once you're ready to sell the house (I work in real estate). When you sell you'll be required to fill out a seller disclosure and mold/water damage are always asked about. If you fill out a disclosure and say that you had mold that wasn't professionally treated your buyer will probably bring in a mold inspector, and if they find an ongoing mold presence in the house you're going to have a hard time selling/getting the price you want. It's best to be safe and take care of it now rather than wait til you're trying to sell!

[@raycasas2867]

They were spraying what I assume was bleach or mold killer as they were removing parts and painting.

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

@@smilecentaur you have to be careful with mold and bleach. It is actually recommended to use soapy water to clean mold or specific products to deal with mold, not bleach. I think I was told that when bleach is sprayed onto mold it has a defensive reaction and releases spores which isn't good for your lungs and can result in the mold spreading

[@guyventures3498]

As someone who lived in a mold infested apartment for 2 years, and that professionally remediated once, and the mold came back…. I can almost guarantee that those walls have mold inside them. Cleaning the exterior and painting it not enough. That room is a health hazard.

[@Nefairy_ZeldaYT]

i agree

[@xxUncleBuckxx]

I have done mold remediation jobs and you are correct. Those walls need to be striped to the studs at least two feet up from the floor minimum. That should all be done in a negative pressure environment.

[@youraveragegirly2.0]

I am watching this probably earlier than you I don’t really know, but they have said that the mail was limited to the outside

[@rosie6794]

I❤ minnow mike

[@LegendOfPrincessPeachy]

I know you're getting a million warnings, but when me and my BF ignored mold growing in our apartment they took out the entire wall to see that it was COVERED in black mold and a pipe that had been coroding for years. Be safe :)

[@SpeedDemonStar]

That room was not near as bad as I was expecting; that being said, PLEASE get an air quality test done ASAP. I have a friend who just recently got out of the hospital after a long time on a ventilator in the ICU, just from the damage that mold spores did to his lungs after living in their home for only about a month and there being no mold visible on the surface of the drywall. The surface looked completely normal, but when the air quality test came back really bad so they checked the backsides of it, it was solid mold.

[@AK-jt9gx]

Do you know how one would go about getting this kind of test? Googling it isn’t working out for me. Thanks in advance

[@SpeedDemonStar]

@@AK-jt9gx If you're in the US, start with the iaq section on the usepa website.

[@perciusmandate]

I think others have said, but you might have to go back and replace all the drywall around the base of the room. If mold got into the drywall, just painting over it isn't going to fix the problem.

[@sweetluvgurl]

I was kinda thinking the same. I didn’t think just covering it up would fix that. Also, mold is a health hazard

[@bbysiea]

@@sweetluvgurl look at the pinned comment, they mention it!

[@alanwisse192]

Gotta use kilz paint primer to kill seal and destroy mold. As I commented above.

[@raerohan4241]

@@bbysiea I saw it, they used bleach. The problem is that bleach won't kill all the mold in porous surfaces - and drywall is an example of such a surface. What they did is not adequate, unfortunately

[@Oniqueen]

Every time I saw Rex's old room I always worried about all the water damage that it would cause. I hope it can be salvageable!

[@miekekuppen9275]

I´m surprised it wasn´t worse!

[@benten2462]

Ed looks so amazing! I can’t recall what I thought he looked like before (not bad, certainly!) But I think it’s a combination of the stresses mellowing down and his confidence growing, his smile is just absolutely stunning :’)

[@brucedog12345]

Wow I never saw Emily have her hair out like that but that was amazing it it changed so much all the memories you did there with Rex

[@jordansmithson9602]

Emily: "no body needs to know an alligator lived in here" Also Emily: has a KZbin channel showing years of an alligator living in said room.

[@sherlocked776]

I would LOVE to know an alligator lived in one of the rooms (as long as it was fixed, of course!) though I'm sure most homebuyers wouldn't feel the same😂

[@carolbrooks21]

I WOULD BE LIKE I WILL BUY IT but could I ask one favor could I get one of her teeth

[@dirtywhitellama]

Imagine buying that house, then a few months later finding this channel...

[@ashleysmashley9022]

As someone who has lived through hurricanes, moldy walls should be replaced and the studs behind should be tested as well.... if there is mold visible on the outside of the wall (especially since it came about b/c of it being wet) then it is already inside the drywall and just scrubbing off the fruiting portions (that's what's visible) won't get rid of the main structures growing inside the wall...

[@courtneyrichards3895]

Yes! Commenting so maybe they see this!

[@thewolfthatwearsthepurgema1624]

I agree as someone who has also lived through hurricanes and family who are allergic to it

[@sarapeters4165]

yes! and this is proof that they knew there was mold and must be disclosed if they ever sell the house. After seeing this video I would require receipts and statements from a professional remediation company with removal of drywall, baseboards, carpets and underflooring.

[@lisaluebbert5351]

I work for a remediation company and this hurts my brain a little, but not my house.

[@AztecCroc]

That's with mold coming from the outside in though (rain, burst pipe, etc) so you wouldn't see it til it had grown all the way through the drywall. This water started from inside the room so would be starting from inside the room then growing back into the drywall.

[@jesperlivid9184]

"A bit of mouse storage there!" Very bold of that mouse to decide to store it's food in a room that housed both an alligator AND a snapping turtle-

[@hjalfi]

I notice the mouse never came back to collect its seeds, though...

[@SaraAson]

Very bold and smart. No one would have ever thought to look there

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

Don't forget the green tree pythons that were in the closet.

[@snakewithapen5489]

Did that mouse, per chance, happen to go by the name of... Despereaux?

[@spookysugar]

Can't help but love how cheeky Rex looks when smiling and chillin in the zoo while Emily and Ed do back-breacking labor fixing up her mess.

[@MajiggerRose]

Not gonna lie, I started tearing up just seeing her in such a lovely, spacious place. Especially when I think about where she came from. Obviously the swimming pool in your place was an upgrade from where she started, but this is truly what she deserves and you all are amazing for sacrificing so much for her.

[@Zeldur]

Keep an eye on the moldy area of the walls. Even though you bleached it, it may still seep through. If it does, best thing to do is cut out the bottom 1'-2' of drywall and replace it.

[@sheariviri]

As someone who lives in Michigan and has family who work in construction: not ripping out and replacing the moldy drywall has me CRINGING. I appreciate them sharing this process and I really hope we get an update on if they have that mold removed.

[@KattLover5412]

They didn't even paint it with mold paint before painting over it which is like the bare minimum

[@bumblebreeze3285]

from Emilys comment: For those concerned about the mold- don't worry! It appeared to be isolated to the surface as the drywall was still firm. As instructed, we cleaned it with a bleach water solution. Since it was less than 9 square feet, it was safe for us to do so :)

[@happy1pizza]

Finally, another Michigander!

[@spongiformencephalitis]

great vid, but how did you deal with the mold? just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't putting potentially deadly spores into the air... if you're trying to sell the house, the inspector will likely find it during an air quality test (or if the mold starts to grow through the paint, which is inevitable) and you won't pass the inspection... you're probably going to have to replace the drywall

[@IISheireenII]

@@Nika44 mold remover works great for brick walls and similar thick stone walls, but that is drywall. And not just drywall that developed a bit of mold on the surface you can still treat away. This mold has festered for years in a thin porous material. There is bound to be lots of it on the inside. This wall is not salvageble.

[@errinwellman1960]

@@Nika44 in water remediation, drywall is basically considered DOA if it is wet ever. It needs to be removed and replaced or this house can not be sold in good faith.

[@skyllarrk]

Yiiiikes with the mold, guys. Really not done properly. Please get the place thoroughly treated. Especially if you're planning to sell. "Nobody needs to know that she used to live in here," uhhh! Yes they do! Crinnnnging. And the lack of respirators/masks/what have you while dealing with years worth of water damage and months worth of stagnant water and black mold is a serious health concern. I honestly can't believe how reckless you guys were in this video. A lot of professionals left some really great comments and I implore you to gut that room and test your whole house for an infestation.

[@NutmegBGB]

It warms my heart to see someone who cares so deeply for their animals. You two clearly love what you do to the extent that even a dirty job like this is worth it. The world needs more people like you!

[@user-pp6kd7ut4k]

All the animals except that poor minnow lol

[@hant679]

@@user-pp6kd7ut4k yeah, because that was totally intentional 🙄

[@karenk3486]

Emily and Ed, PLEASE get a professional remediation team to clean out the mold from your walls!! As people have said in this thread, it could spread and be much more expensive to repair in the future, and is also a huge health risk!! I know too many people who have gotten extremely sick from unknown mold in their homes. We love you and want you both to be healthy!!

[@jennifer7582]

It may also open them up to civil liability.

[@rdizzy1]

There is also a massive amount of conspiracy theorists thinking they are getting sick from mold with mystery symptoms (very similar to what happens with the people that think they have lyme disease, when they don't), when in reality, humans are inhaling mold spores of many, many different kinds all day and all night (an average of 4000-6000 spores per cubic meter of air indoors and 9000-11000 spores per cubic meter of air outdoors), no matter if you see mold or not, indoors or outdoors, we are always breathing in fungal spores constantly, and our immune system is fine with them. Also 1 black mold is not the same as another black mold, people see a black mold and automatically think it is a toxic stachybotrys mold, and it almost always is not, like 99% of molds that happen to be colored black are not actual toxic black mold, very, very few are toxic to humans in comparison to all possible mold species. (Unless you happen to have some severe immune deficiency) Many mold remediation companies are bullshitting people and scaremongering them into full remediation treatment for no reason, just sucking money out of people, and even lying to people about the species of mold they find (without ever actually testing for species and knowing that elderly people cannot possibly go up into attics and small hidden spaces to actually check for themselves), it is a major issue, at least here in the US.

[@nomdeplume2213]

@@rdizzy1 ive seen ppl die of black mold. Especially those who already have a suppressed immune system. So no, black mold is extraordinarily dangerous.

[@justbecause9645]

@@rdizzy1 A lot of mold is a myth spread by TV shows.

[@SpeedDemonStar]

@@rdizzy1 Tell that to my friend who was intubated in the hospital ICU for several weeks due to mold and who just recently got his trach removed (it's not even fully healed shut yet) and yes, it was confirmed that the illness that tried to kill him was indeed caused by mold. There was no visible mold in his house but after the results came back from the tests of his lungs, an air quality test was ordered on their home, revealing near deadly levels of mold spores in the air. The only reason his wife and kid didn't get as sick (although they suspect that the kid's asthma was likely caused by it and greatly improved almost immediately post-cleanup) is because the worst area was in his bedroom (he and wife don't share a room because of snoring and scheduling conflicts). Moral of the story: mold is NOT something you should just ignore.

[@ChloeTGAP]

I would bring in a professional to deal with that mold. With the moisture in that room for years there is definitely mold in the drywall. Leaving it could be very dangerous.

[@JB-ew1mu]

Don't underestimate that mold, to be on the safe side i would replace the sections of the wall that had mold/water damage. I've had to deal with black mold and no amount of treatment and cleaning and dehumidifying helped because it was rooted behind the walls. It always came back, and I was always sick from living with it.

[@michaelbatman2007]

The carpet installers: what did you have I here a alligator in here Edd and Emily: …

[@Abyssal2808]

I haven't watched this channel in SOOO LONG, (jst since when the zoo was being constructed!) And I forgot how much I loved this channel!!!

[@jamesgalloway9670]

I used to work in fire and water restoration. Mold remediation was a specialty of our company. With the time the wall spent wet and covered with mold especially with it's growth behind the baseboards you need to have the walls opened and the drywall replaced. At minimum the lower half of the wall. You also need an inspection done and a sporicide sprayed on all surfaces both inside and outside the walls. I've seen people combat this problem with bleach and end up deathly ill as it inevitably fails. You are both great people and my wife and I have been enjoying your escapades for quite some time. Be careful, stay safe, and please do not take chances with this!

[@brianchandler7957]

We're living in mold, come help us! Entire house full of mold and land lords won't help us. Kids got hillusonation problems.

[@thecandyunicorn7728]

The whole video: Ed and Emily salvaging what’s left of Rex’s room. Lol

[@NolanStidham]

yeah

[@judybeeding1813]

Clorox bleach kills black mold. Learned that after the flood of 2008.

[@judybeeding1813]

You should wear gloves, protective clothing and masks.

[@heysaucemikehere1804]

@@judybeeding1813 It only kills surface mold

[@charlie2.048]

As someone with permanent damage in his lungs from living somewhere where mold in the drywall was not handled properly, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for your safety get a professional in there to handle the mold. Just cleaning the surface and painting over it will not work and can be very dangerous. Just because the wall didn't feel soft doesn't mean there isn't a mold infestation. I'd hate to see either of you get sick.

[@raenfairy]

If the damage is irreversible would it still be worth going to see a doctor? Just, I've never really considered or known how damaging mold actually can be until seeing comments in this video, however a good... 9ish years ago I stayed at a friend's for a while on their sofa & after a while they ended up pulling out the sofas & half the wall was covered in mold. I don't understand what people mean by drywall or if it's the same way on just a wall 😅 sorry I can be a bit slow & sorry for the long comment, just I've noticed it's caused some form of damage to my chest/lungs but don't know if it would be worth going to a doctor after this long.

[@rubinikie]

@@raenfairy with mold, its usually better to check out what youre experiencing and to know how bad what youre dealing with is! i have a pretty bad mold allergy myself and even if the effects mold can have on you might be irreversible, ive found that its better safe than sorry with it, even if its been a while. doctors also might have ways to help you cope with your situation even if they cant fix it, too!

[@raenfairy]

@@rubinikie Thank you for your reply, I didn't even know you could be allergic to mold 😅 will definetly go get it at looked at then, again, thank you 😊

[@charlie2.048]

@@raenfairy Definitely go to a doctor. For me some of the damage is permanent because of an existing genetic disorder that causes poor healing amount other things so I wound up with scarring in my lungs. But there are medications that can help a lot depending on what exactly is causing your problems.

[@footstol66]

It's strange that they are talking about tearing up some wall to see what the damage is like if there is mould in the wall.

[@chadillacinc]

Oh dear. Apparently you guys weren't informed on how dangerous standing water and mold can be.if I were looking into purchasing that home, I would not do so unless a professional came in and gutted that room. Just saying. It could deffinetly cause problems down the road for you guys. Had there never been an alligator in there , the final result LOOKS great. So kudos to you guys there. You're pretty handy.

[@theprocrastinationofemilyr1418]

Thank you guys so much for not being afraid to show the realities of owning an alligator. Your amazing and my family has learned so much from you !

[@strayiggytv]

The mold definitely needs a bleach or uv treatment before repainting. If you live in a dry climate hostile to mold you can get away with bleaching and drying small areas of mold but if you live anywhere with sufficient humidity you have to rip out and replace stuff.

[@AuttumnDawn]

With them living in Wisconsin. They should have just cut off the bottom 3ft. Treated behind it. N replace.

[@Centrinity]

Agree with everyone saying get the mold dealt with - frankly, we had a flood that resulted in mold and even WITH a remediation team it still came back until they came out a second time because some got missed because it wasn't grown enough to be visible yet! Mold is a horrendously tricky thing to get rid of once its set in and left best to the experts who can test for what you can't see.

[@Bakstrp]

Definitely should have cut and replaced the damaged sheet rock. You don’t want to mess with mold. It stays inside the rock and stains will return. Returning stains means mold is present.

[@hana1130]

Watching you clean this felt so rewarding! Happy she’s loving her new enclosure and I’m sure the visitors love to see her up close :)

[@sharonlea6898]

You NEED to replace that Sheetrock!! Just painting it isn’t going to take care of the mold!! It’s still just going to grow in the Sheetrock!! And can make you and animals REALLY sick

[@ctang212]

This is incredibly dangerous for not just you but the unsuspecting people who buy your house. That mold isn’t just on the surface, it grows *through* the drywall and on the studs behind it. When we found mold in the house we bought we had to call in a hazmat company to cut the drywall out and remove it, and treat the studs underneath. Bleaching the mold on top and painting over it is just covers up and hides the problem, but it’s still there releasing spores into your air.

[@MsJazzyRay]

@@issadraco532 If you don't like the channel, you can just GO

[@Bijlez]

@@issadraco532 The fact that you decided to take time out of your life write an essay like this

[@lyonessie]

@@issadraco532 rofl you are so mad. I hope this stays rent free in your head for the rest of your pathetic life. Stay bothered pls and thank you.

[@frogsplashley]

@@issadraco532 you must be fun at parties

[@WolfanTerror]

@@issadraco532 Why did you waste your time writing all that that no one cares about

[@jcinkris]

Some helpful advice, you may want to hire a house inspector or someone who can test for mold and wood rot I. The basement before you plan to sell the house cause you could be found liable for any damaged wood structure, or mold growing on the inside of the walls due to moisture and mold spread. It is also a good idea for your own health just to want make sure there is no traceable detections of mold.

[@mostlyghostey]

So my room flooded recently and we called a restoration company to help clean it up. They had to take out the lower half of our wall to make sure no mold was left so it was safe for people to live in. I worry since you just painted over the mold that won't be enough. I don't want you guys getting mold poisoning!

[@jurassica2504]

Just painting over the mold seems so reckless. They really should get a remediation company to assess the room

[@Lucia-yc9zj]

4:57 it’s not like Emily didn’t try to scrub the wall with cleaner, they didn’t JUST paint over it.. but yeah it probably does go beyond the surface.

[@mostlyghostey]

@@Lucia-yc9zj You are absolutely right she did scrub it. I didn't mean to discredit that. Unfortunately, you're also right about there probably being mold deeper in the wall. :( I just want ed and Emily to be safe!

[@sarahbeaulieu999]

@Angelina L 👇💋 this is a family channel

[@enderriolugirl7358]

@@sarahbeaulieu999 Sadly it is a bot. I have seen the same exact message and such dozens of times on diffrent channels and many comment threads. At least this one's profile pic is a tamer one.

[@RipnRev]

You really need to cut open the drywall to see behind the drywall to safely say the mold did not penetrate the walls. It would not take a large cut, something you can patch easily if all is well. I just had a home inspected for mold and mold cannot be 100% killed with bleach.

[@tropical_shorts1100]

They are such great pet owners!I LOVE WATCHING THEM!They are such great and caring people and work so hard for their animals.We love u guys

[@tylerblack9518]

With all of the water that has gotten on the walls over the years there is almost certainly mold on the back side of the dry wall.

[@camdudley428]

I love your channel, so please take this as constructive criticism to save you from the inexplicable amount of damage mold has done to my life. You need to completely remove the drywall in that room because the mold penetrates far deeper than the surface and will just grow back right through the new paint. It also produces spores and mycotoxins, and those spores and mycotoxins are airborne and will deposit on surfaces throughout your home. We were healthy before the mold in our rental and now suffer chronic, debilitating health effects and truly, our entire lives have been destroyed. Hobbies we once loved are impossible since we are now so sensitized to mold, careers have been ruined due to medical problems, and the monetary loss is staggering. It's hard to believe all this could happen due to a fungus, but it's true. I urge you to do some research for yourself. But most of all, save yourself the pain and suffering and please consult a reputable mold remediator (not all are trustworthy, so do some research) to stop this in its tracks before it causes you potentially irreparable harm.

[@skyllarrk]

This comment needs more likes so they can see this. I'm so sorry about what you've gone through. :(

[@Lazysushi18]

Read the pinned comment and stop assuming…

[@camdudley428]

@@Lazysushi18 I'm not assuming anything. I wrote this comment before the pinned comment was posted out of concern for Emily and Ed. There is simply no need for your animosity. I was trying to be helpful. So perhaps you should stop assuming...

[@Lazysushi18]

@@camdudley428 why did you assume I had animosity towards you also why not just delete the comment if you know you’re wrong after reading the pinned comment

[@camdudley428]

It's been 3 months and you are upset about what is phrased as helpful advice. Go troll someone else. I have no need to delete my comment since it is not incorrect. Mold remediation should be taken seriously, and even "professionals" often botch the job since there is no actual oversight governing the field. Clearly Emily and Ed are not upset with my attempt to be helpful, nor are the 97 people who up voted my comment. You are just being rude at this point, and I will not engage with your childish behavior any further.

[@elisabetharbuckle1505]

I expected them to replace the lower drywall. Now I’m worried about mold in their walls.

[@katandi7857]

I wanna see more house renovations with them 😂 it’s so fun

[@Ella-dv1ui]

Emily your hair down looks so good!! The room looks so good! And its so cool that you guys want a new house you have grown so much over the years that ive watched you!!!!

[@joannmathews6852]

And that is why mold and mildew is problematic for buyers - it gets covered.

[@frankajames]

Snicker 🤭 🤭

[@ashlinnmeechan5274]

Me watching baking videos: “man, I wish I had ‘smell-o-vision’!” Me watching this video: “man, I’m so glad I don’t have ‘smell-o-vision’!”

[@AuttumnDawn]

Yeah, I'm like no thanks

[@Robynhoodlum]

You ain't just whistling Dixie. I've cleaned my fair share of turtle tanks, even with a proper filter set up, that smell will knock you over, I can't even imagine Rex's 3mo old pool!

[@elisecobb1528]

Ed and Emily: No human babies, should be easy *Adopt Alligator* Rex: I am angsty teen Ed and Emily: Oh

[@jvseventeen]

For one, this makes me feel a lot better about myself leaving things uncleaned for a few days or weeks due to depression or just being busy. For two, if you don't deliberately paint your painting shirt, it's not really a painting shirt lol But most importantly: Mike the Minnow is an unstoppable force and I love him, he's so cute😅

[@Savanna_vigil]

I watched this and wanted to cry i will miss the memores we had with rex

[@littlebadger]

I struggle with mold in my very humid house and would always recommend a fungicidal spray solution rinsedown before repainting, but I have traditional brick walls. With drywall it's not considered safe again unless it's replaced, sadly.

[@AramatiPaz]

I need find some it those. My brick house is danm humid and there's Soo much mold around my bed.

[@kristyrowland111]

Honestly, I felt with this level of damage at my house (bought it like that) and you should gut it. That carpet was not only stained but harbouring bacteria and mold. Also you can’t paint over mold. It’s better to nip it in the bud and replace the drywall. Also the mold up our walls in the room we gutted was like 1/4 as bad but the insulation was black and mold filled. It had to be replaced on that wall as well.

[@loraknight1611]

Emily: “it’s full of alligator poop” Also Emily:*grabs it with her whole hand without thinking twice*

[@nikeyagentle8684]

frr bruh

[@agoldfishwithinternet2382]

Seems crazy ,but when you work with animals on a daily basis poop and getting it on you is inevitable and you thbecome quickly desensitised to it ,enough so to do stuff like that.I work with birds of prey ,and generally if you’re not scraping/scrubbing/wiping poop you’re being pooped on(sometimes at ,depends one bird lol)the “that’s gross” aspect gets old FAST. you just scrub your hands well before you move on to the next job .

[@debbievaneersel]

Working with animals does that to you yeah :) no matter what animal feces, we can wash our hands no problem no double thoughts lol

[@meimei]

love how the videos have shown her growth and now we can see her chill just floating in water and stretch fully!

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

If you cant get rid of all the mold by scrubbing, you need to cut that drywall put and replace it. Or at the very least, sand the crap put of it first. It'll spread if there's ANYTHING left. And there's a bunch left in that basement

[@jasonrumfelt2990]

You really should have done a "flood cut" on that drywall. That's just going to mold again. ...before everyone beats me up over this, I would have you know... a couple of months ago, my reptile room flooded. I lost everything - including my wife to suicide - so my advice is to cut that drywall out and fix it right (same thing they are doing with my now abandoned home) if you hope to recover the value and not smell mold in perpetuity

[@lulucanpy3513]

Agreed. Our home flooded and we had to do that. Drywall isn't **that** expensive to replace either.

[@jennifermiller5041]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Toxic mold is a neurotoxin and can lead to suicide. My heart breaks for you. I lost my nephew to suicide, and its absolutely got wrenching.

[@jasonrumfelt2990]

@@jennifermiller5041 thank you for the condolences. To be clear, we lost the house to water, I lost my wife to the circumstances surrounding it and not the actual mold itself. my kids and I ( who have all met Emily and Ed ) don’t have a choice but to continue on and the kindness of strangers has been crucial to that process. I appreciate you reaching out. Didn’t mean to drag everyone down but certainly appreciate you all and your support ❤️

[@jasonrumfelt2990]

Also Jennifer, I’m sorry about your loss. No feeling is final and I wish we could help more people understand that. ❤️

[@nomdeplume2213]

Ive replaced thousands of panels of moldy drywall in my lifetime and youre 100% correct. Its an absolute impossibility that mold isnt on the other side of the drywall. Its going to ruin the new carpet and the framework if they dont actually replace it

[@midnull6009]

I wouldn't have even put the carpet back. I'd use vinyl, linoleum, or wood flooring. It's a lot easier to clean. Also, since it looks like it's dry wall I'd take some of that wall off to see what the base condition is then repatch it if there is no continued dmg. Good job!

[@lulucanpy3513]

Agreed about the carpet, but carpet is cheaper and a surprising number of people like having carpet in their basement

[@opheliaettienne8269]

I absolutely despise hard floors lmao 😭 carpet everywhere I can get away with it, except for the porch, kitchen and bathroom

[@lulucanpy3513]

@@opheliaettienne8269 Rugs are your friend

[@dagmar0904]

yeah same. Im not from the us, so having carpet floors seems so weird to me...

[@riabouchinska]

@@dagmar0904 I didn't know it was specifically an American thing... I live here and I've always been kind of grossed out by wall-to-wall carpeting, I think it should have gone the way of the dodo bird by now

[@TheUglyFish]

I really do hope they read the comments here, that room could be festering with mold as many has said. At least get someone to inspect it so you don't run into any problems if you're ever trying to sell the house later. Or just for your own health.

[@maddya16]

Mike the survivor what a true hero

[@aimeew3079]

Ice floats because of the molecular structure created as water freezes. It leaves space for air, making it lighter than water in liquid form. Pretty cool considering how many creatures could not survive if ice sank. It would be a very different Earth. I love your quirky notes at the end.

[@mirandaf6186]

Okay but if that is black mold in the wall y’all are gonna need to research how to properly clean and dispose of everything in this room. Black Mold releases spores and while being deadly it is also very hard to get rid of. Seriously you need to research that black mold can come back and IF you are selling your house you have to disclose that there has been mold in your house.

[@zebraloverbridget]

I don't think it is necessarily black mold. Yes, it's mold, but the color could just be from the aligator poop. I still think they should have ripped out some drywall to see how far it penetrated so they could remove the moldy parts and replace it

[@mirandaf6186]

@@zebraloverbridget I agree that’s why I said if. Regardless it’s mold and needed to be properly researched and cleaned. It can make them or any animals left in their house sick. Or anyone who buys their house sick.

[@jellypug5732]

I like how Emily doesn’t make us wait for a part 2. She takes a couple of weeks to make us happy. Get her to 3 Million!!!!

[@OfelieArt]

I was panicking so hard while watching you just painting over mold, and then saw that literally every 2/3 comments are about that 😭😭😭

[@ILoveILore]

I LOVE the name Rex! My little short-haired red dachshund was Rex. Cute little name for a cute little animal.🤍🧡🤍💚🤍

[@aliciairis2157]

You guys definitely put up the new trim over still-active mold, you really really need to get a team in to fix that because that can get you and your animals super sick.

[@heliagrey]

I am AMAZED about that feeder minnow! Wow. That's a long time to live in the dredges of a tank that's been unoccupied for so long. Even if the tank HAD been cycled- if there was any waste left behind at all, it'd be making ammonia and just building up, which would be a problem- also, I'd doubt there would be a lot of food. Must have been enough algae in there for it to survive... but even so, I'm super impressed by that little one's resilience. o_O

[@TheCaptaininsaino]

I have these recurring nightmares where I find myself in an old, dark basement. I walk through cobwebs and broken glass and by the light of a flickering, dying bulb I see a series of cages and tanks. There are fish, gasping in inches of black sludge. There are hamsters, who are nothing but skin and bone, crawling in their own excrement. And I realize, to my horror, that these are my childhood pets who I haven't taken care of for DECADES. For the record, I always took very good care of my pets and they were never neglected in real life. I don't know why I have these horrific dreams. Seeing that poor minnow really triggered me.

[@heliagrey]

@@TheCaptaininsaino obviously everyone is different… but for what it’s worth, I had VERY similar dreams for years- about “forgetting” pets- some I actually had in real life, and others that I’ve never owned, but in the dream was neglecting terribly. My therapist suggested it was because I was neglecting a part of myself, and had nothing to do with the pets- but nothing I tried made the decades- long haunts go away. Until a new therapist suggested I was prone to blaming myself. Not neglecting myself, but assuming things were my fault, or that I was disappointing others, etc. she had me say to myself- in writing and in a mirror “it’s not my fault, it wasn’t my fault” (relative to current, every day life and also to childhood traumas). Within a month of doing that work, the dreams stopped. And never came back. In fact, the closest I had to one was when someone tried to give me one of THEIR neglected pets and I told them sorry, I couldn’t help them, I had enough on my plate.

[@fatorc4228]

I would urge you to get a professional mold clean up team to look into that room and DEFINITELY look into getting the dry wall replaced. With that room being as moist and the mold being hidden for so long theirs definitely more of it inside the walls.

[@MoonS1337]

With all that mold, you should have really replaced EVERYTHING. The walls AND carpet at least. You have no idea if that mold penetrated to inside of the wall. On top of that, if the vent was rusty, that means that there was moisture in and around the vent. You might have mold spores circulating through the ventilation system of your house. You should really call a professional to run some tests. And selling a house without telling the potential buyers that there could be a major mold problem is a really evil thing to do.

[@MOVEDCHANNELSS]

“Well, are you ready to smell like alligator poop today?” -Emily 2021

[@susanrenovated4728]

It’s very dangerous to just paint over mold.l without doing proper mold remediation. I knew someone who died after doing that because her lungs filled up with mold spores. She was 25. Please please please take the proper steps. Just because you covered it up doesn’t mean it’s not still there and flourishing.

[@drgaming3219]

She removed it

[@RiptxdeVR]

Bro she literally took it all off

[@m0sshroom]

You guys honestly might want to replace the lower portions of the walls. It looks pretty moldy in there and that stuff sticks around for a long time. Even if you get killz paint, it doesn't actually kill mold you have to remove it first. Only saying this because we have been dealing with mold for so long and it sucks to have all your money wasted by it coming back.

[@tess2082]

I have some serious respect for that daredevil of a mouse. Stealing food from a bird and hiding it in the enclosure of an alligator.

[@theclimbingchef]

Hero of 2021

[@Jay-ch7fp]

Yeah that mold is not good. We had to replace all of the drywall in the basement when the house flooded, and only the bottom bit was moldy. It was still firm, but it was moldy and it wasn’t good. Mold is not something to mess with. It completely screws up your lungs.

[@SukiMightBite2]

I just followed you on twitch!❤ I didn’t know what you streamed on tho😅 I also followed you on tik tok❤ your videos are amazing btw!

[@nataliemartinez7431]

Hi Emily, You got me into the reptile community and I'm so grateful. I now own 2 ball pythons a leopard gecko, and I used to own a snapping turtle. Thank you so much!

[@lolabunnie85]

That's awesome!!

[@dragonbowlsupper]

You're going to have to replace the drywall where the mold was. As someone who lives in a hurricane zone, the mold will continue to grow within the wall and can be very dangerous to you over time.

[@AztecCroc]

That's water coming from outside the wall into the room, this water started from the room.

[@lulucanpy3513]

@@AztecCroc Doesn't matter. That water/moisture was constantly barraging that wall for years. Also, a burst pipe (where the water touches the walls from the inside of the house) would do the same thing. Better safe than sorry for mold.

[@unkn0wn_us3r67]

“There aren’t many pets that will leave tooth marks on your wall” Fun fact: When my dog was teething she ATE the walls of my house

[@jasminpovey49]

We had one who did similar because of anxiety 😅

[@dominowolf3408]

Haha! My Belgian mal went running across the wood floor and smashed her head through the Sheetrock when she was a puppy.

[@Typhio]

When my dog was a puppy she ate the MIDDLE of the wall and the middle of the carpet 😭 Like how do you get your lil jaws around the center of a wall I still don’t understand

[@shisurvives2635]

No one is allowed to see underneath my bed until I fill in the wall and paint over it for Christmas 💀 she ate the corners, the middle just bit her way through to the cement

[@thatonedog819]

Same. We never got it replaced because now that's the only corner the animals bother

[@-RubbingAlcohol-]

I loved watching carpet people replace my carpet, but this was interesting since I couldn't watch everything the people at my house were doing

[@LinNeTule]

Huh. You guys carry yourselves so positively that I removed my first worries of: wow I wonder how they waterproofed a room in their house for Rex! They must have done it! Everything must be 100 percent working as good as it should be working besides the space!

[@EvieSmith-ix9mh]

Anyone else worried about all of that black mold…..

[@presmisspearlthesnake699]

No they will take care of it

[@hant679]

They followed the governmental guidelines for mold, so it's all good.

[@brionygliddon5868]

No

[@IISheireenII]

That is definetly a "make it look pretty so we can sell" and not a "undo damage" renovation. That mold worries me. Even if you scrubbed it down with bleach, with those wall types there is bound to be more on the inside :/ The poor unsuspecting person who is going to buy the house.

[@cynthiab3168]

I know... Reminded me of a bad landlord I had once 😬

[@sparkles7111]

@@scapegoatmiller9110 *people CANT buy houses anymore

[@pivinne5536]

i sincerely doubt that ed and emily realised that they have a serious mould issue- they're not the 'make pretty so we can sell' type are they? Most people who havent had to deal with it before dont realise that just clearing the visible mould isnt enough

[@OfelieArt]

Ikr when I saw the renovation was *only* $1400 I was like there's definitely more damage there....

[@violethelianthus1436]

According to them, the drywall itself was still firm and the mold appeared to just be on the surface. Also it was less than nine square feet, so it was safe for them to clean it as they did.

[@thesoapcrate596]

The sheetrock from 3ft down, I would replace 75% of it so you can get rid of all the mold and not risk any new issues. Painting over it is not a good idea at all. The mold you see is only 25% of the mold in that room.

[@lazariswann2028]

Ed and Emily are litterally couple goals.

[@Moonlight44445]

7:39 My Dog: Am I A Joke To You? ( In My Dogs Old Room She Strached The Wall😅 )

[@PHN-2024]

The Word Emily is looking for is “Base Boards”. They are Boards installed at the Base of the Wall, and are actual above the Floor so that Carpet, Tile or Hard Wood Floors can be seemingly tucked under them.

[@amberhorstmeier7018]

Just to let you know from personal experience and training from water reclamation and mold specialist, once drywall gets wet, you really need to replace it. It will look fine on the side that you see, but on the back side in the dark, mold is starting to take hold, they love the darkness and live on the cellulose, it will quietly grow and spread with out you being able to see the damage. The only way to possibly avoid this would to have poked holes in the drywall and ran a large fan to get dry air circulating behind the wall to get the back side dried quickly. At least drywall is fairly cheap and not to hard to put up.

[@TheMadWrldEffct]

I hope Emily and Ed see the comments about the mold, I’m very concerned about them living with that ;3;

[@Skywreckdemon]

Worse still, they're planning to sell. Can you imagine buying this house and not knowing there's mold that was barely covered in the walls? What if someone sleeps in this room and gets really sick or even dies? They're being incredibly irresponsible.

[@Blue_Lugia]

Emily: "Let's tear up the floor!" Ed: "Hurray!" 😂🤣

[@Noah-cx2zn]

I’ve been watching this channel for forever and it makes me kind of sad to see kind of the wreckage of what was once my favorite thing but it’s OK. I’m glad that everything has new enclosure.😊

[@farrah2253]

You need to rip out that Sheetrock up about three feet and replace. Black mold !! It will be behind sheetrock

[@jgberzerker]

I appreciate that you are showing the aftermath of keeping large reptiles in doors.

[@sdqsdq6274]

if its well plan and design , i see no issues

[@dagmar0904]

@@sdqsdq6274 yeah, but a lot of people dont do that...

[@alataadvenavod]

This is difficult to get rid of the dark mold. It still can appear again because it already lives in the material of the walls. Usually acid and other heavy chemicals are used to fight the mold. It is also a common practice to remove a infested part of the wall at all.

[@michellehughes576]

When Emily squeezed the filter my dog sitting next to me farted so it was perfectly timed I felt as if you did have Smellshare

[@umathewu]

That carpet makes me very nostalgic! I immigrated from Wisconsin to South African about 2 years ago. That carpet scream Midwest house. I miss it.

[@Giirag]

You reaalllyyy should replace the bottom 3-4 feet of drywall there :P That mold is for sure on the inside of the walls there, possibly in the insulation!