Spores of fungal mold in small quantities fly in the air, and this does not cause any harm to the person and the house. But when the humidity in the room exceeds 85%, they begin to multiply, harm the health of people and sprout into the interior materials. The main reason that mold appears in the house is high humidity. When a harmful fungus appears, you need to start fighting with the appearance of this cause.
Increased humidity occurs when:
- There is poor insulation of inter-panel joints.
- Early shutdown and later on heating, and its shortcomings in the winter.
- Bad ventilation in the toilet, in the bathroom, in the kitchen.
- Poor installation of plastic windows.
- There is no waterproofing of the foundation of the house.
Prepare for the fact that the apartment with mold will have to fight for a long time. In houses that were built with cellars and violations of construction technology, with substandard foundations, with savings on insulation, it is hardly possible to successfully combat mold.
How can you deal with mold?
It is necessary to find out what kind of mold it belongs to. For each type of mold, there are means for its destruction and neutralization. All the harmful microorganisms that live in the house, they can be divided into:
- Bacterial, brown and white fungi rot, live on paper, wood and can destroy them completely.
- Blue mushrooms, strike wooden structures.
- Mold (divorces that appeared on the tile in the kitchen, in the bathroom, on the ceiling: blue dots, green, gray, black).
Antiseptics, which fight against mold are divided into those that are bred with turpentine, white spirit and water-soluble. If you do not partially clean the mold, and do repairs in the house, then you need to purchase a product that is designed to be added to the putty, whitewash.
When antiseptics are used to remove mold, it is necessary to work in a protective mask, in closed clothes, in gloves, and act strictly according to the instructions. Some drugs are very toxic. Before applying the formulation, it is necessary to completely destroy the fungus. When the center of lesions of mold is small, then try to wash the mold with a sponge and detergent, then this place needs to be dried. If the defeat is strong, then it will be necessary to remove mold together with paint, wallpaper, plaster.
Cleaned areas from mold should be dried using a heater, a fan, for plaster, brick, concrete - we use a building hair dryer or a blowtorch. Do not miss areas of surfaces near the infection, because the spores of fungi are volatile.
The work on the destruction of mold should be carried out in stages:
- Treat surfaces with antiseptic primer;
- Apply a brush or a roller waterproofing layer;
- Soak again with a synthetic primer;
- Apply the plaster;
- Apply putty, primer and finish coat.
Prevention is important in the house so that the fungus does not appear again. If there is no normal air circulation in the house, this will cause mold. It is necessary to ventilate the room more often.
How at home do you have to fight mold?
Mold can be the cause of allergies before cancer. Most of all, molds are exposed to wooden surfaces, as mold spreads freely through the spores of the tree. Molds are exposed to hard materials: concrete, stone, brick. If a concrete wall is affected by mold, it literally falls apart in a couple of years.
Often the mold appears after installing plastic windows. Double-glazed windows violate ventilation, which causes condensation on the walls and windows of the premises. If there is insufficient ventilation, you need to install an air conditioner. But know that the air conditioner will also become a distributor of mushroom spores. Use an air conditioner with technologies that do not allow the inside to grow mold. Dampness, which penetrates into the room from the roof, from the basement, is the cause of mold. There will help a good waterproofing. Repair the plumbing that is leaking - the toilet bowl, the taps. Get rid of a lot of indoor plants.
In conclusion, we add that it is possible to fight mold at home, while carefully and several times to treat the infected areas. You should always use a respirator and gloves.