Kitchen Mold Problems
    Q. My wife and I have recently purchased a new home and under the kitchen sink it appears there was a leak at one time and the back wall has some black discoloration. The area is dry now and very little moisture gets in there. How should I clean this area? I don’t see evidence of this “mold” or mildew anywhere else in the house. [Jan. 7, 2005]
        A. Learn about new home mold. You need to investigate as to whether the kitchen sink leak water damage and thus mold growth are present in and under the bottom of the kitchen sink cabinet and adjoining cabinets. Hidden mold growth in those kitchen cabinet areas is very common from a kitchen sink leak. You can open up the bottom of the sink cabinet floor for a visual inspection. You can use a fiber optics inspection device to inspect beneath the under cabinets by drilling access holes. Such a big help is about $300---find one on the internet. You also need to mold test your entire home for possible mold contamination by airborne mold spores.  Do-it-yourself mold air testing can be your first step to determine whether your home or workplace has a serious mold infestation problem. If there is even a hidden mold problem inside walls, ceilings, attic, and the heating/cooling system, usually detectable airborne mold spores will make it into the air. If the indoor mold levels are elevated in comparison to your outdoor mold control test, you know that you probably have a serious mold problem which needs further investigation and possible mold remediation. You can use do-it-yourself mold test kits [available from your local large hardware, home improvement, or safety store] to mold test any visible mold growths, the air of each room, basement, crawl space, attic, garage, the outward air flow from each heating/cooling duct register, and inside the passenger compartment of your vehicles [often mold cross contaminated if your home or office is mold infested]. Watch the mold test kits for 7 days. If any of the test kits show a large number of mold colonies of one more different mold species [visually different to you], you can submit the mold test kits to a Mold Lab for mold analysis and mold species identification.  If mold test results indicate a problem, you may then want to then hire a Certified Mold Inspector to use fiber optics to inspect inside walls, ceilings, and the heating/cooling ducts for evidence of physical mold growth, and to do in depth mold investigation and mold inspection. Learn the 25 steps recommended for safe and effective mold remediation.

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