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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:
> Warren, if the drainage is good, what do you think about sterilizing
> it with steam, then coating the inside with a non-permeable paint or
> plaster?

I had both mildew in the cellar of my earlier house and a friend who  
was a microbiologist (for the department of Interior - working on the  
very strange organisms that could grow in lead and tin mine runoff  
areas).  She told me that the only practical way to get rid of mildew  
was household bleach. Applied full strength and possibly repeated.

I'm not sure you can get that tank and its surrounding dirt hot enough  
with any steam treatment to do any good.

Note: the old septic tank abandoned last year here had to be, by  
health department regulation, crushed and filled in with dirt or the  
like.  I'm now left with a sunken place at the rear porch steps that I  
need to fill in further.

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180