Preventing, identifying, or treating mold infestations in the home.
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How can I paint an area without color-matching after treating mold?
Is there a clear paint that I can use after I have treated an area for mold in the bathroom? I don't want to try and match the color.
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Was my mold issue handled properly?
I hope we didn't screw this up. We're in a rental and there was mold (blackish/grayish spots but it didn't look fuzzy) on the bare sheetrock garage walls and near a dryer vented into the garage (fixed ...
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Can I kill this mold?
An old house is in the process of being signed over to me. The house has been neglected for several years and I have begun trying to fix the place up. The front of the house has been victim of a ...
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How can I paint over mold to prevent it from coming back again?
The source of the leak has been fixed, however the old mold keeps showing though the new paint.
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What methods exist for filtering air to alleviate allergies?
I've found out that I have an allergy, especially for the mold. I live in a very wet climate, so it's a problem.
I was given advice to buy this AIRFREE E60 air purifier. But now I'm interested to ...
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How do I know which mold agent is best?
I've had several mold remediation specialists come to my home each touting their preferred EPA approved mold killing agent including: Cal-brite, Fiberlock Shockwave, Microban BotaniClean. I've looked ...
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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 type of primer should be used on moisture resistant drywall?
What type of primer should I use my basement bathroom walls? New moisture resistant drywall has been installed, taped and sanded, and is now ready to be primed.
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What are the issues with using sour smelling paint?
My husband touched up the paint in our bedroom. The smell was rancid, like sour milk. I cannot believe he used the paint that went bad. I have a horrible headache and watery eyes, an obvious ...
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What should I do after mistakenly using moldy paint on drywall?
I was painting my basement and used a six year old five gallon bucket of paint. It had about 4 gallons of paint in it. The surface was black, but it didn't smell bad. I thought it was the dye ...
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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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Is the lack of a vapor barrier in the attic causing my mold issue?
For the last couple of days we have noticed more and more mold growth on the ceiling throughout the house. Wondering what was going on, I climbed into the attic this past weekend and notice that no ...
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How do I patch a hole in the slab under a kitchen island?
This is one step further than How do I remove musty smell in coat closet?.
There was a sewage backflow under my kitchen island :( I fixed that problem, but now there's a musty smell in one of the ...
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How do I clean a very dirty refrigerator?
I just got a new house and inherited a very moldy and mildewy refrigerator. My first though it to get some cleaning spray with bleach and just go to town, but I'm worried the bleach might damage the ...
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Why am I having an attic ventilation problem this year when I didn't last year?
This winter in the attic I noticed ice on the roofing nails. Obviously warm moist air condensed and then froze on the cold nails. When the weather broke and warmed up a bit, I was back up in the attic ...
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How serious is mildew on the ceiling of the top floor of a house?
If a house had mildew (I'm assuming it's mildew, it's black and slowly spreading) on the ceiling of the top floor of my house, what could cause this and how serious could it potentially be?
The ...
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Is it a good idea to have an Infrared scan and/or air quality test done during a home inspection?
I'm looking to purchase a home that is only 10 years old, but has a finished basement. There's various home inspection "packages" that are offered with the companies I've looked into. The mid-line ...
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How do I repair wood that's been damaged with mold and bleach
My kitchen tap is set into the wooden counter instead of the metal sink, so water has dripped into the wood around the tap and made it moldy.
I put some bleach on it and it did remove the mold in one ...
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Is continuous exhaust from basement level closet a good idea?
I have a recurring problem with mold in the closet of a basement level bedroom. After considering various options, I'm currently contemplating installing some sort of a low powered continuous exhaust ...
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Solutions for a moist basement?
I live close to the water and there is a high water table around my house. Therefore a lot of water vapor passes through the basement walls. I would like to be able to store stuff in my basement and ...
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Is there a way to prevent mildew/mold from forming on vinyl siding?
The back side of my garage is shadowed by branches from neighbors trees, which causes mold/mildew to grow on the vinyl siding. Since removing the trees/branches is out of the question, is there some ...
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What should I do to prevent mold from flooding?
Thanks to old plumbing, my upstairs toilet has flooded the bathroom -- and it's dripped all the way down to the downstairs bedroom, where it's soaked into the carpet there as well. I've got buckets ...
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What should I do about mold until the leak feeding it gets fixed?
About three weeks ago I noticed a leak on the ceiling of my studio apartment. When it began it was just a leak, a few days later it began to get dark-stained all around it and now it's covered in a ...
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Can you have different types of vents on a single roof?
The attic of my house has serious ventilation issue and the sheathing becomes rotten. The roofing contractor suggests me to replace the rotten sheathing and install some ridge vent. His plan will ...
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How to address mold/moss on newer roof?
I have an old house with a new(er) installed roof shingle that's about 5 years old. In removing leaves from the gutter today, I noticed green moss? mold? around some of the areas close to the house. A ...
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How can I prevent my dehumidifier drain line from freezing?
Is there a 120 Volt switch that would shut down power to a dehumidifier when the outside temperature goes down to 35°F to protect the drain line from freezing. A digital thermometer would need to ...
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In a Concrete and steel building, how do I jack up my basement apartment and isolate it from the rest of the building?
I am living in a concrete and steel apartment building in Saint Louis, MO. The walls and floors of the first floor (read basement) are falling because they were built on the dirt in the basement ...
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What should I do about this possible mold I found under paint?
I live in Austin, Texas, which is important in that we don't receive much rain, and it's not very humid.
I was peeling paint off of the old drywall, and found what appears to be mold on the bottom of ...
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What are the black spots on my bathroom ceiling? Are they mold?
My bathroom above my tub is getting some black spots on it that seems to be growing. I assume it's mold. I am wondering how should I deal with this? What should I expect it to cost?
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How to permanently remedy a patch of mold on a ceiling from a water leak above?
I recently discovered that water was dripping from the ceiling light fixture in a first floor bathroom. It turned it was due to a toilet leak (faulty wax ring) in a bathroom directly above.
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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Should I spray down the shower with a diluted bleach solution after using it?
I have a tile shower in the basement that is not very well ventilated. My mother-in-law suggested a spray bottle of 1/2 bleach, 1/2 water, and spraying it around the surfaces of the shower after ...
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How to remove/clean black mold?
What is the best way to remove black mold from wood?
Specifically, the mold on my back porch is black mold. Is the best option to use something like Kilz over it?
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How do I get rid of this mould?
Can anyone tell me how I can get rid of this black mould?
It has appeared in the corner of our window ledge, as well as all around the bathroom ceiling.
There is no texture to it, it seems very flat ...
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How can I locate and deal with mold between floors?
About 9 months ago, my wife and I replaced a toilet that had a broken wax ring. We got some water leaking down to the ceiling on the first floor. Now I'm having what seem to be mold symptoms -- I ...
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How can I fix this moisture problem to stop mold growing?
Background and The Problem
I am trying to solve the problem of mold growing on my bedroom ceiling. The house is a California Bulgalow built in about 1940. The house is single-brick with plaster ...
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What is the recommended way to destroy mold?
Back in the day I've heard that bleach is a good way to kill mold. The other day a home inspector suggested that Dawn dish soap actually works much better than bleach. I've heard from another home ...
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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 ...
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Mould on the inside of a bitumen corrugated sheet
Attached to the end of our house is a small shed. It has four (newly built) brick walls and a bitumen corrugated sheet roof. The shed was finished about eight months ago and is fairly waterproof. ...
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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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Is this termite damage and if so how do I repair it?
I was moving a bolt storage rack in the basement, and when I took it off the wall, I noticed that the wall behind it was moldy. Then I noticed a ripple in the paint going all the way up, and when I ...
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What chemicals are available to remove and prevent mold appearing through brickwork?
This thread recommended Conchrobium followed by a Zinnser sealant.
I can't locate Conchrobium in Australia. Are there alternate or even more generic solutions that will treat the mold and prevent it ...
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How do I remove musty smell in coat closet?
Recently moved into an older house (1950s built) and noticed that the coat closet has a musty smell.
The coat closet is next to the front door and has one wall that is an exterior wall. It has ...
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How do I fix a dishwasher leak and repair damage to surrounding cabinets?
I have a Whirlpool dishwasher bought in 2005 that evidently leaks steam from the side and has caused mold to build up on the cabinet door that is next to it. What could cause this to happen and how ...
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Is there a way to design/create a shower that is less prone to mold?
I think I've had it with traditional tiled showers...I can't stand the site of mold in between tiles, on the tiles! on shower curtains, on shower doors, etc.
I think I'm pretty clean, but I always ...
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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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What to do if my sump is bone-dry?
My wife has been suffering the past two years with severe asthma symptoms (never had asthma before this). She's been advised that it's probably mold.
We asked a company to look for moisture ...
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1lb of cure is worth 10 tons of mold: DIY repair of a poorly sealed window? lots of photos herein
Preface
I live in China. Construction is largely handled by unskilled migrants, and one cannot just call up a specialist contractor to fix a major issue.
Problem
I've got a window that was not ...
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Is this a safe way to clean black mold in the attic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove/clean black mold?
My dad says there's mold in the attic (that looks black), and he plans to spray it with a mixture of water and chlorine.
Is this a safe ...
