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How to tarp a roof and window? How to find the source of a musty smell?

We have been struggling with mold in our home for almost 4 years now. It was making us and our baby sick, so we have put all of our money into remediating the mold and are out of money for now. We were out of the house for 10 months while they remediated. When we came back, we became sick again. We have no where to go and we barely have food to eat lately, but now we smell a mustiness coming from the wall where a window is, right above the porch roof. The mustiness is worse after the rain. It makes my baby cough and it makes him congested. Sometimes he is up all night coughing.Could some kind person with smarts point us in the right direction of how to find and hopefully remedy the problem? We were even considering putting a tarp on the porch roof, but we don't know how to put it up there and we don't know if it would fix the problem.Maybe the windows are not flashed correctly I read somewhere. Could anyone please help?

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Damp regions of the country will have more mold problems than the dry ones. Move to a dryer climate into premises that you know won't have leak problems. Ever wonder why so many people move to the south west? The dryer climate has fewer molds. Avoid older remodeled homes. I know this sounds extreme, but if you are sensitive to molds, this might be your solution.
if it were me-and i had no money to get it fixed--I'd climb up on the porch roof with a caulking gun and caulk up that window like no one's business----really look for where it could be leaking--they also make this stuff for caulking leaks on a roof-take that up there too, just in case the leak was where the porch roof met the house...then you are going to have to poke around and look for the wet moldy drywall in the house around the window...you might be able to borrow a moisture meter from someone...or sometimes you can just feel it or see the wet spot...when you find the area you will have to remove any moldy areas and replace the drywall...patching isn't so hard...and the insulation...if its moldy. wear a face mask...clean any other moldy surface with a bleach/water solution. not an expert solution...but i went through this before i got my new roof....and this is pretty much what i did!

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