Ok i have damp and mold creeping into my house - whats the best way to stop it from living with me ?

seriously - the mold is creeping in everywhere and i live on the top of a high rise so keeping the windows open at this time of year isnt really an option - any (cheap) suggestions would be appreciated - with many thanks

Ok i have damp and mold creeping into my house - whats the best way to stop it from living with me ?
Ventilation and spray on mould killer from any DIY store should do the trick. Before spraying on clean area with bleach./
Reply:Contact council and say that you will be reporting the matter to the health %26amp; safety people if they don't do something about it.


Are you by chance using a SuperSer bottled heater, if you are then that is the reason for the mould as butane produces 1.1 times its own weight of water in the form of water vapour., I have experienced many properties in similar circumstances to yours
Reply:Looks like you meant the mold are located at the external portion of your high rise building


Have you noticed technicians using chemicals to clean air con units?


Use them to spray at even unreachable areas


It's effective for quite a long time


Time for you to locate the cause
Reply:1. Check the pointing between the bricks on your outside walls.





2. Buy a dehumidifier (you can pick them up 2nd hand if you're strapped for cash!) and keep it on 24hrs a day for a week or two. You should soon see a difference.





3. Heat the rooms as well as you can afford. Keeping the place warm and dry will help.





Hope these few comments will help you to cure the problem quickly. Nothing so horrible as damp and mould!
Reply:spray it with bleach, wear a mask, do not put water on the walls this will only breed it more. make sure room is totally dry. turn fans on heaters on leave wiondows open. and be careful using the bleach. its very toxic but kills the mold spores. mold is also very toxic and can make you sick an d even effect you later in very bad ways
Reply:buy a dehumidifier, but the best way is to find the source, is there a leak somewhere?
Reply:move out
Reply:wash mouldy area with a solution of vinegar and water. spray with an anti mould spray and put in an extractor fan.
Reply:Mould is a real heath hazard. You could try cleaning the areas with bleach. But honestly for your healths sake either get a professional in or move out.
Reply:dehumidifier will help but not cure the problem. You probably have to pay for treatment
Reply:you need to check youre roof , gutters,or any pipes that run above or in close proximity.as you live in a high rise the damp problemwill unlikely bcoming from below.ask people you know for the name of agood local builder.if you dont own your place,it may be your landlords responsability.check your contract.once solved dry out with humidifier. rub black off with a dry cloth.dont wet.hope this helps.
Reply:I lived in a mouldy flat once.... Keeping the windows open in winter made matters worse, damp cold air does little for the situation.





In the end I took a long weekend and the two worst rooms (bathroom and bedroom) and stripped them out.... Caprets wallpapaer furniture everything, took down the wallpaper and then went WAY over the top with fungicide, and then bleach. I threw out the damp carpets and put up with bare floor rather than the poor health the damp and mould was causing.





I found that I had a lot of clutter under my bed and around the furniture which was stopping any airflow around the flat reaching behind things like the sofa, so I de-junked and made sure my furniture and bed etc had room to let air flow around,behind and under them. I used a cheap electric fan for an hour a day in each room to just blow air about, and left the extractor fan on to draw the damp air out.... it took about three months but the place dried slowly out. then I redecorated and moved.
Reply:Bleach or mould remover will stop mould growing: it may need to be reapplied frequently. Electric dehumidifiers are not too expensive but the blocks that absorb water are fairly useless.
Reply:you could treat it with sugar soap which means you need to get down to the affected area, you could also line the part of the wall with aluminium foil then re wall paper this trick has worked for my ma.
Reply:Put a stop signin front of it for pete's sake!!! Maybe it would stop then if it knows how to read!!!