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ugh I have a terrible mould problem and my alcoholic landlord refuses to do anything about it
Mould is a health issue, you can develop respiratory problems as a result of it - if you're in Britain then your landlord is legally obliged to deal with the problem. I would remind him of this and offer to get it dealt with yourself, docking the cost from the next month's rent, obviously.
I had a serious mildew problem in the upstairs bedrooms and all the council dude did was wipe down the affected areas and painted over them with some specialist paint. I was initially sceptical about the treatment and thought surely you can't just paint over the problem, it can't be that easy. I re-decorated over it and it hasn't returned 6 years later so far ..
If you kill the spores and there isn't any damp in the wall itself then it really does just go like that, especially if there's adequate ventilation in the room (this is the big issue really). We discovered pretty bad mould behind a bookshelf with c. 200 books on it and you really can get rid of it quite quickly if you follow the right steps. Even the books are quite easily restored, you just need to hoover the stuff off.
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 November 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
If you kill the spores and there isn't any damp in the wall itself then it really does just go like that, especially if there's adequate ventilation in the room (this is the big issue really). We discovered pretty bad mould behind a bookshelf with c. 200 books on it and you really can get rid of it quite quickly if you follow the right steps. Even the books are quite easily restored, you just need to hoover the stuff off.
― Matt DC, Friday, November 28, 2014 9:10 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
something i learned today. thanks matt!
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Friday, 28 November 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
two years pass...
Hmm. Unmanageable black mould on a bathroom ceiling. The property next door doesn't experience the same problem. We have an extractor fan (albeit a slightly rubbish one) and leave a window ajar permanently. Wondering if this is likely to be our own stuff (ie condensation) or a sign of a slow leak or similar from the flat above?
― djh, Thursday, 2 November 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link