The Fungi go marching one by one, ah-choo! ah-choo! The Fungi go marching three by three, The Fungi go marching five by five, ah-choo! ah-choo! The Fungi go marching seven by seven, ah-choo! ah-choo! Seattle Home Inspectors and Structural Pest Inspectors look for fungal growth. And this is what the Fungi did to the floor joists along one side of the 30’ long crawl space. Charles Buell
The Fungi go marching one by one, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching one by one,
The little one runs to avoid the sun,
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching two by two, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching two by two, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching two by two,
The little one has a spore to spew
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching three by three, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching three by three, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The little one stops to cut make the cheese
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching four by four, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching four by four, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching four by four,
The little one stops to release some MORE spores
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching five by five, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching five by five,
The little one stops to munch----so good to arrive
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching six by six, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching six by sex, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching sex by six,
The little one stops to do its tricks
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching seven by seven, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to bloat like leaven
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching eight by eight, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching eight by eight, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to say it’s TOO late
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching nine by nine, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching nine by nine, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to bask in his prime
And they all go marching up, from the ground
To get into the wood, SQUISH! SLIME! SQUISH!
The Fungi go marching ten by ten, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching ten by ten, ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say "THE END"
And they all go marching down, to the ground
To find some new wood, CRASH! SLIME! BOOM!
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I know crawl spaces can be dark, dirty, cramped spaces but as a homeowner you got to go down there and take a look around every now and then!! It could save you a lot money down the road!
Charles, I would have to say, you don't get paid enough for what you encounter!
Dan you are so right. The damage in the pictures of the post (all from one crawl space) did not happen over night.
Paul, I agree:) Good thing its fun:)
Who says there's no entertaining or interesting way to present a post about home inspections. You've sure done it here. Very creative!
That "fungus" looks like pumpkin.
I pray that I never have a listing like this!
Charlie, You are fun guy.
Did you invert the first photo?
Margaret, thanks
Vince, pumpkin guts for sure
Damon---yup----to be avoided if possible:)
James, yes:)
Yikes - I don'd think you could pay me enough to do down there! This would make a great horror story lol! Great presentation - reallly- I mean, come on, who has so much fun with home inspectors?
Love it! ( and hate the idea of going down there!)
That was really funny Charlie...I' talking about the rhyme :~) The mold would send me into an asthma attack!
WOW. I think I would have died if I lived in that house. I don't have to run check anything this time Charles. My crawl spaces are dry and clean and covered.
Anna, this one even gave me pause----can't resist the blog fodder potential however:)
Kelli, thanks
Tammy, fortunately not a house. Commercial building and former pet store.
Charles - I was going to say - where are they going? but I see it was a 24-hr buffet... ~Rita
Rita, yup 24 hour and "all you can eat."
Song request:
Can you re-do the song with "mold spores". The condos here reduced to $20,000 (from I think $250k or something similar a few yrs ago) need Steve's respirator at the door. And a cd titled "The Spores Go Marching One By One". Kate
Oh Mr Charles,
You have me falling down, and rolling over, with hysterical laughing. That is what Nutsy has to say.
Kate, I prefer: The smores go marching....."
Nutsy, don't split an acorn laughing:)
Ewww, nasty pictures, but cute song.
Makes me want to check the crawl space when I get home or, even better, send the husband down there, and stay up here away from any possible ickies! :)
The pictures made me shudder but your song makes me laugh!
OMG....what a story, Good post for sure on inspections.
Patricia
Charles,
I see lots of money remedying this one. Holy crap!
MMmmmmm MMmm! Apparently the pet store had other pets. I have occasionally gone into attics for clients, but never ever ever ever ever ever will i venture into the crawl. I'll pay you guys any day of the week!!
Charles.. you have way too much time on your hands.
(there's a fungus among us)
BTW Charles I love the plural of fungus. Reminds me of the law of entropy that everything sooner or later devolves to chaos.
First you give me a phobia about my HVAC filters and now I've got this fungi song stuck in my head!
If your blogs weren't so darned good, I'd have to unsubscribe!!!!
As a song writer, well, your a great photographer. As a photographer those are some great pictures.
Charles, I've seen a lot of pretty pictures on AR. These are not on the list. Wow! Was this a surprise to the potential purchaser or was it expected?
Put it to music, video it, and get on youtube, and you too may be asked to be on American Idol. I'll vote for you.
Cute little diddy!!! Nasty pictures that make me cringe and wanna sneeze just from looking.
Raine---good place for husbands right?:)
Susan, I don't like the song much myself but it is way better than the rot
Patricia, thanks
Terry, I gotta think you are right about that
Sheree, there were lots of patches over holes in the interior and I honestly couldn't tell if they were trying to keep critters in----or out-----or both:)
Alan---and tooooo much time on my hands (and knees) in this crawl space.
Craig the next one will have to be an adaptation of something by Tiny Tim----"Tip Toe Through the fungus......"
Jack, well said
John, when I walk up to a 1910 building in Seattle and know there is a crawl space and see that there are no crawl space vents----this is exactly what I expect. The buyers were happy I found it.
Joe, you can go for it if you want:)
Carol, pretty gross for sure.
Oh . . . so that's what those funny rectangle things are in the side of houses -- AIR VENTS!!
;-)
Funny post, and fungi too
I'm going to have nightmares - I'm pretty sure this is the set of a horror film!
Charles, you just get more creative all the time. You and Ms Kate featured at the same time??!!! I promise that my godson and I will not hi-jack your blogs. Congratulations.
Carla---good idea to have them when you need them:)
Malita----if you could pay the actors enought to go in there:)
Barbara, that is OK----I think the fungi have already taken it over:) And thanks----I would never have even considered that this would get featured----you never know what is going to tickle the AR gods.
The Fungi do lots of damage,
ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi do lots of damage,
ah-choo! ah-choo!
The Fungi do lots of damage,
which can be expensive too.
ah-choo! ah-choo!
I can't stand it -- the song will be going through my head all night long ("The fungi go marching all night long, ah-choo! ah-choo!")... this is hysterical, complete with the outstanding illustrations! And I would not want to walk into that building. What would be lurking in the pet food, I wonder? Charles, you have out-done yourself this time...!
Judi, I like it!----better than the original:)
Shoshana, thanks----enjoy the music in your head:)
Hi Charles:
I have to level with you and say those pictures really grossed me out! LOL! I was just appreciative I wasn't eating when I looked at them but excellent information!
:)
Matt
Matt, today's postis kind of "desert" for this one:)
How come when I read that song, I want to sing it to myself?
I remember that song from Camp Shippitawkin'. I don't remember those words though...
Great way to describe the process. Great headline: Damp Destruction Destroys Delapidated Domicile.
That was all from the same house?
Jay, yes----same building----small commercial building from 1910.