Tile It Over

Unfortunately the Westport school administration did not follow our request to test the carpet and the flooring beneath the carpet in room 28. The administration had a luan plywood sub-floor tacked to the bare floor and then covered with adhesive and tile. Our video of room 28 flooring taken after the carpet was removed suggests the wood on the base floor has decomposed. We will try and post this video in the next few days.

As Marian Heyman mentioned in her presentation, painting over mold won't kill it. Installing a layer of plywood over mold won't kill it either. We expect the KHS Maintenance Committee will look into this area.

As we mentioned in an earlier post, there are serious questions around the care with which the carpet was removed from King's Highway Elementary. This new photo clearly shows that no precaution was taken to enclose pieces on their way from the school to Wallingford nor to protect the workers who were transporting the material for the roughly 1 hour drive. [click on photo to enlarge]