Bathroom Mold
It is common to find mold-causing water
leaks in the toilet water supply and drain lines or the toilet itself,
bathroom sink water supply and drain lines or the sink itself, or the
bathtub-shower area [from openings in the tile or due to water leaks in
the tub-shower water supply and drain lines in the wall and floor].
These bathroom water problems allow water penetration into the bathroom
walls and floor, thus facilitating large scale mold growth, which can
spread internally through walls, ceilings, and floors, and from the air
current movement of airborne mold spores thrown into the air by the
bathroom mold infestation. You may need to inspect inside the walls and
floor with fiber optics inspection through a small opening you make in
either side any walls or floors with visible or suspected mold growth.
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Bathroom wall mold growth. |
Severe mold growth in the bathroom floor underneath the pulled back
carpeting. |
Mold growing in a bathroom wall because of a leak in the plumbing of
the bath tub [shown on the right side of the photograph].
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Serious wall mold problem on the surface, and likely inside the bathroom
wall next to the bathtub. |
Yes, the mold is actually growing inside the bathroom wall. This is the same
area opened up shown in the photo on left. |
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Mold growth on and probably inside the wall next to the tub-shower fixture. |
Large scale mold growth inside a bathroom shower.
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Bathroom Mold Questions & Answers
Q.
My home is three years old and I have a problem in my walking
glass shower enclosure. I have black mold growing behind the clear silicon
caulk in the shower enclosure frame at the bottom of the door frame. I have
tried everything in the super market (even a Clorox-water solution). I have
injected these products in the drain holes at the bottom section of the door
frame as this is the only way I can get behind the silicon caulk. Help! Do
you have any suggestions? [Nov. 8, 2005]
A.
Remove and discard the caulking. Then
inspect and test the wall at the back side of tile lines for possible
mold infestation. It is very common for showers to have leaks into the
walls and floor behind and beneath the shower. You may need to open up
the shower walls from the backside of the shower area [such as a common
wall with a hallway, bedroom, or closet] for very thorough mold
inspection and testing. If you find no evidence of mold infestation
inside the walls and floors, re-caulk the tile lines When washing the
shower surface, clean with Borax laundry detergent, a natural mold
cleaner, in warm water. You should also mold test the air of the
bathroom
by using do it yourself
mold test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store.
Also use a digital hygrometer [$30 from a large hardware or home
improvement store] to check your bathroom before and after showers for
high humidity [50 to 60 percent upward] that by itself can cause mold
growth. While taking a bath or shower, be sure you are running a strong
bathroom exhaust fan directly vented to the outdoors to quickly remove
moisture-laden air. Read the 25 steps for safe and effective
mold remediation
Q.
I have a bath with black all around the tub and underneath the caulking.
I have removed and cleaned twice and it keeps coming back. Now that I
have read all the side effects to mold, I think I might have an allergy
to it. Is there someone in the St. Louis area that is in the "mold
business"? Also does your do it yourself test kits include the dangerous
black mold test? [June 25, 2003]
A.
You may have a water leak INSIDE your bathroom wall or floor that
enables the mold to grow and to keep re-appearing. Alternatively or in
addition to a water intrusion problem, you may also have too high a
humidity in the bathroom [above 60% humidity level enables mold to
grow], thus enabling mold to grow.. During and after tub baths and
showers, you should be running an exhaust fan that exhausts the humid
bathroom air directly to the outside. Be sure your bathroom and kitchen
exhaust fans exhaust air directly to the outside and NOT [as
is frequently found] into wall cavities, floor cavities, the attic, the
basement, or into a crawl space. Exhaust fans can put large amounts of
moisture-laden air into such areas, and thus cause serious mold growth
and problems. You can read all about
mold inspection,
mold testing, and
removing bathroom mold on the how to, informative pages of
Mold and
Mold Inspector.
Use do it yourself mold
test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store.
Q.
We have mold growing on the walls in our bathroom. I am unsure if it is
hazardous our not. It is black/brownish in color and appears in spots all
over the walls toward the top and ceilings. Also there are a few spots on
the walls that are sticky and have a gooey substance. I am not sure if this
is mold related or not--cleaning any of these with surface cleaners helps,
but it always returns. My husband feels this is only a surface issue, but I
believe it to be a deeper more hazardous problem. How can we find out?
A.
Any mold in elevated levels indoors is hazardous to your family health. To
get rid of the surface mold and any mold growing inside the walls and behind
the walls/ceilings, follow the 25 steps for safe and
effective mold remediation. The sticky, gooey substance might be
the deadly toxic mold Stachybotrys. You would be wise to mold test all
visible mold growths and the air of each room, basement, crawl space, attic,
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