A century of humid air over packing-shed lumber
Byron’s packing-shed economy — 30 to 40 railcars of peaches shipped some days, through eleven or twelve local sheds — left the town with wood-frame buildings built fast for a booming, decades-long fruit trade, all of it standing through Middle Georgia’s humid subtropical climate since the shed years.
What that means for a mold assessment
Wood-frame construction from Byron’s peach-packing years has had over a century of Middle Georgia’s roughly 51 inches of annual rain and 71-76% average humidity to work into any gap left by the original, hastily built construction. An assessment on one of these older buildings should treat sustained humidity exposure, not just visible water staining, as the real risk factor.
Mold remediation paths for a Byron property
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What a century of Macon humidity looks like
Macon’s own Cotton Avenue district shows how much moisture Middle Georgia’s climate puts on even well-built century-old structures, and the same 71-76% humidity documented for the city extends out to Byron.