I am replacing floors that were coming off possibly due to high humidity. I live in a condo. This is what the concrete looks like. Is this mold? And can I clean it myself?

Can you please tell me how bad this is? I have a 1yr old with a history of respiratory issues and a swallowing disorder. do I need to move out? our basement in unfinished. I live in MA

this is my bathroom, i’ve tried removing the mold with a mold remover a few months back but i doubt i did a very good job. there’s also a bunch of this type of mold on the ac vents.

my question is, would it be possible to remove at home? if we were to remove the tap and put in actual effort? or is it too far gone? i’m disabled so cleaning is already hard for me and it feels like my parents don’t particularly care but im sure the mold isn’t doing any wonders for our health. are there any specific mold removers i should look for? like special ingredients? would it be better to just replace the tap with a new one?

How do I clean this? I am definitely throwing the plushie away I simply do not care, but like how do I clean the wall. I informed my RA, we live in the PNW so it is very humid here, do I have to throw my bed set out if it touched it? Am I able to get it off my sheets?

I haven’t moved my furniture to clean in quite a long time; today I wanted to do a deep clean, and I found this under my bed (I also found a lost lipstick there, but the mold found it first)

Mysterious black dots around bottle

Thoughts and advice please ? Bought the house a month ago. Found this when we pulled the dishwasher out. 1870s cottage, clay lump construction.

I'm getting a new bathtub surround installed in my apartment. It was completely necessary as 3 tiles fell out of the shower 1 day as they did not upkeep the caulk/grout.

When I got home there is a STRONG smell of mildew. I'm almost certain the black on the insulation is mold. Just really worried for my health honestly. Not asking to identify but just looking for someone who is more knowledgeable to confirm if it is mold.

I think I'm just shocked that if it is mold they didn't think to tell me or take initiative and find another unit for me. I asked for an update to see if I need to work elsewhere tomorrow as they are doing the demo now until the surround is delivered and allowed to acclimate. I have not heard back yet.

I'm no professional but there's no way they can leave the same insulation and just put in the new shower surround. I'm not sure why they would leave it and it's very sketchy to me, especially since it can be removed quickly.

I plan to call tomorrow but usually when I call, it goes to voicemail. I plan on looking into my rights as a Missouri renter and everything, what department I would need to contact.

Would anyone risk sleeping here or find somewhere until this is fixed?

I (32F) opened my husbands (46M) closet in our downstairs office of our den and looked up and found what I believe is mold on the ceiling (see attached photo). We live in a 60s tri-split-level home in northeast Georgia and I have noticed mold growing in between our storm windows, on the door to our garage, possibly on our front door, and in our bathrooms. In our master bathroom my husband cleaned the mold, painted it with mold resistant paint, and installed a fan. No mold in that bathroom that I can see. In our children’s bathroom, we had a roof leak about a year ago that got fixed, but I noticed that inside the toilet tank there is mold growing. I have shown him and he has done nothing about it. I’m wondering if this is all related. We have a crawl space that can be accessed in our laundry room which is also in the den. our crawl space has flooded a few times which has also had to be pumped and dried.

I’ve been telling my husband for years that I think this house had a major mold problem. I personally have developed asthma, allergies, chronic urticaria, migraines, and major brain fog. He gets irritated and denys that the house has any kind of mold problem, just that there is some mold in certain places. He even stated that the mold growing in the door in our garage is going to happen.

He saw the mold growing in the office ceiling and said he can just fix that by finding the source of where the water is coming from and replacing the drywall. I want a professional company to handle it all but he believes they are scammers. I’m not sure if they are. I’m a SAHM to 3 children ages 4 months, 3, and 4. My main concern is that this may be harmful to our health and not something that my husband can remediate himself. He’s smart - a mechanical engineer in the nuclear welding industry but a very sloppy handyman. I just don’t trust him to fully remediate the problem.

Am I over thinking it? Does this seem to be serious enough for a professional company?

hi - long story short we are renovating a house and ripping out a lot of it. We found a mold spot where there was a leak but have put in new beams and insulation and drywall in that area. I was hoping the upstairs (which has no AC) was free of mold but I bought an at home test kit from amazon drilled into the drywall and a few little white spores popped up on the testing dish up in 3 of the rooms. it's white and not black and the walls look normal, there's no black or green showing up on the drywall but I'm still nervous. We live in TN where it's very humid and like I said there has been no AC up there in years. Should we rip out all of the drywall? Or would I spray sanitize this?? I'm fearful of mold with 2 small kids so I just want to make sure we're safe. Any insight would help.

Every time I use this restroom at work I feel stuffy and start coughing. Maintenance is in no rush to fix this as we will be moving buildings in February of next year. Should we push harder for this to be addressed?

was *not* there when we moved in, the building is over 100 years old and has a bit of a reputation for being moldy, can someone confirm it's actually mold so i know how pissed off to get? thank you!!

Found under a lining paper bubble in the corner of the entrance hallway. Thanks!

Hello Everyone!

My wife and I recently bought a home in Lynn, Massachusetts, and found the damage shown in the attached photo above our kitchen cabinets, directly below the second-floor bathroom. We already knew about some water damage under the kitchen sink, and the upper cabinets appear to have been replaced at some point.

The area feels dry to the touch, but we're unsure whether this is old water damage, possible mold growth, or damage extending behind the cabinets and wall.

I'm not asking anyone to identify mold from a photo, but I'd appreciate advice on how to approach the investigation.

• What would be the most sensible first step?
• Would you recommend moisture measurements and a small exploratory opening, or removing the cabinets to inspect behind them?
• If the damage is localized versus extensive, what repairs might typically be necessary?

We're trying to develop a reasonable plan without unnecessarily tearing out the kitchen. Thanks for any general advice.

(Dog photo added as a preemptive thank you for any time and attention people give this post!)

I found some mold on my floor joist after the washer backed up. What salutation is better for killing the mold.

It has appeared within About 24 hours time, I never noticed it untill I woke up this morning and my son told me he had mold growing on his walls, the day before there has also been water stains near the corner of his wall too, this room is on the top floor of our house under the roof and there have been water stains before when we first moved in. Rental house.

Hi Moldy friends,

First time visitor here, I am aware of the community rules, so will try to be as accurate as possible.

This might be an unusual request:

I work at a lab (not microbiology/micology), and trying to ID a mold that randomly and unintentionally grew on my plates for some ulterior purpose, I have been propagating it ever since this spurious appearance. I could go on and sequence part of its genome to try ID'ing it, but my advisor does not think it's worth the time and money, as it is just for a side-project.

Anyway, the mold I found grows on plates that have E. coli on them. The mold is very fast-spreading and has a red/pinkish coloration. What's interesting is that that pigment stains the E. coli culture and turns them red/pink too.

I captured some images on a brightfield microscope (60X objective) of the hyphae and also images of their autofluorescence nature. I do not know if those images can help or not at all to identify mold. I did not take any photo of the plate, but I can do if that would help.

Based on the mold color, I looked it up and could match with Neurospora crassa or some red Fusarium sp. But I would like to see if any expert knows what it is based on hyphae structure (if it's even possible). If not, I would appreciate some guidance if how I would be able to narrow down which mold family/species that would be.

Thanks!

TL;DR: I work at a lab, found a red mold that I am trying to identify, but I am not sure how to.

Hi all,
Looking for vacuum recommendations for mold remediation, specifically that work well on carpet. There is no visible mold, we had higher readings on an airborne test so doing the vacuum, wipe, vacuum remediation effort as the source has been fixed now (in different room). I haven’t been able to find a good recommendation that looks like it works on carpet/upholstery too!