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Post by purplehoarder on Jul 26, 2009 11:27:18 GMT -5
I am hating the science project in the bathroom, I know I have problems from living in the squalor I have created but my partner has been over several times now and cleaned my shower and ceiling using various products, from home remedies to expensive nasty chemicals (which I hate and can’t go near because they bring on a asthma attack) on Wednesday night he used the really expensive mould spray which those two weird cleaning obsessed women off UK TV (I think it is called how clean is your house, I have watched it hoping for inspiration) recommend but it is like mould steroids it has only taken it 3 days to reappear with a vengeance! Does anyone have any ideas? I am at my wits end
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Post by paperpiler on Jul 26, 2009 11:54:24 GMT -5
If it is severe, it's going to keep reappearing. My advice would be to prime it with Kilz and paint over it.
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Post by purplehoarder on Jul 26, 2009 12:04:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice, it was done a couple of years ago with a similar product here in the UK and then painted over with a bathroom specific paint, sadly the mould in my bathroom is nothing if not persistant, but maybe it is time to do it again, I will talk to my partner when he comes over in the week
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Post by Arid on Jul 26, 2009 12:10:50 GMT -5
It sounds to me like you might have to have some major work done on this bathroom. If there is an ongoing leak, it must be repaired. I believe that you might be at the point where you need to rip out (I'd have a professional do this; especially, since you have asthma!) the shower walls (or put in a new shower stall, if it is that kind of shower), put in a new ceiling, etc. to eliminate the mold. Once the "new" smell from having the work done leaves, you may find that your asthma symptoms lessen overall. That's what we had to do. We had that nasty, dangerous black mold.
Arid
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Post by howardsgirlfriend on Jul 26, 2009 13:26:41 GMT -5
You also need to improve ventilation.
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Post by paperpiler on Jul 26, 2009 14:35:54 GMT -5
I think that's where the problem is coming from (ventilation and/or a leak). So any cover-up is going to be just that. The problem itself is still going to exist which, of course, isn't good for asthma.
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Post by purplehoarder on Jul 26, 2009 15:14:51 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for your advice and comments, the bathroom is just a wheelchair accessible shower, toilet and sink, the room is well ventilated it has 2 windows and a wall extractor fan (which is cleaned about every 4 weeks) actually in the shower, some years ago now my upstairs neighbour had a major leak in their bathroom and mine has been playing up ever since, the ceiling and walls in my bathroom took some time to dry out and have been inspected since by a couple of different workmen for the landlord and one that I got out myself, but there is still a problem that no one seems able to fix.
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Post by hopehope on Jul 26, 2009 21:21:03 GMT -5
bleach. bleach. and more bleach.
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Post by Meme on Jul 26, 2009 21:28:39 GMT -5
use heat-- such as a small heater or even set you hair blower on something and let run for 20 minutes a few times a day-
set a timer and keep an eye on the blower but some how you must get rid of spare moisture-
before you paint - do use bleach and also check and see it the mold has moved behind the walls- this may be why it is not going re cleaning-
make sure all the walls etc are dry before painting
it is hard but can be done with time and drying up-
be sure to dry the room with some kind of heat after showering- even leaving the door part way open while showering helps some of the moisture to escape-
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Post by eagle on Jul 26, 2009 22:41:47 GMT -5
Seriously, it sounds like the mold is growing from inside the walls where the leaking occurred. Once it got in there from your upstairs neighbor's leak, the mold took hold and continues to grow.
There is NO ventilation inside the walls behind the bathroom walls. There is no way for the wood frame and wallboard behind the shower to actually dry effectively inside the walls without some form of ventilation.
If the wall was never opened up to allow for air flow, the mold simply had an ideal growing medium.
Besides that, the wood frame (if the building has a wood frame, and I am guessing that it does) is likely rotting from the moisture that never dried out. And that should concern your landlord.
Ongoing and persistant mold should also concern your landlord, as it means there is something seriously wrong with the unit, and quite possibly the building.
You say it has been checked out by several workers, but did any of those workers actually open up the wall to evaluate the condition of the framework BEHIND the shower walls?
In addition to that, there is also a possibility that there is a leak behind the shower wall contributing to the ongoing problem. If that is the case, mold would continue to grow and no amount of bleach, etc. is going to kill it.
This is the landlord's responsibility, not your's. I would continue to complain and request a permanent remedy from your landlord.
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Post by purplehoarder on Jul 27, 2009 13:57:14 GMT -5
Thanks again for all the good advice, I will ring the landlord again and see what they say, they are a pretty big housing association here in the UK and they are usually pretty good at sorting problems out, I am not sure what the walls are made of, they are quite thick and solid though and all the pipes for water and heating are outside the walls. I don't think the workmen have ever looked into the walls, I remember they did go outside and check the outside walls, don’t know what they were looking for.
On the plus side the bathroom is the one room that actually gets a regular clean
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