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What should I do about a potentially bad repair of a leaking pipe?
In our apartment, the ceiling began leaking in 2 places. One of the places, the water was brownish and had multiple droplets, the other the water was clear. We called maintenance at 8 am and no one ...
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What should be done about water under bathroom floor tiles?
There is water getting under our bathroom floor tiles. The landlord believes that due to a recent remodel of whole bathroom, water is not draining from the window ledge but is instead going into the ...
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How to best keep floor vent by shower dry/mold free?
We just moved into a rental home. It turned out after living there for a few weeks that we discovered the vents were innudated with mold. They were so bad the landlord had to replace all the vents in ...
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How should I prepare the shower walls for tiling to prevent mold and mildew?
What is the proper way to prepare a bathroom wall before tiling for a shower area to prevent the growth of mold and mildew?
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Mold in grout or just stained by mold…is retiling needed?
At my parent's place there's a small bathroom with a shower but the bathroom doesn't have windows (there is a ventilation fan).
I've noticed that in the grout, and some of the caulking around the ...
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What are some methods to get rid of and prevent pink mold in the bathroom?
I have some pink mold on the seam where the bathtub connects to my wall tiles. There's also some on the grout on some of my tiles.
I've tried to clean them with ajax. It doesn't get it all off. I've ...
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Should a bathroom fan vent to a separate duct system?
Is it acceptable to route a bathroom exhaust fan to the return of a central air system? I'm afraid this will cause mold to grow in the air return ducts. There is currently a fan in our bathroom and ...
