Ask MetaFilter posts tagged with mould

Can I make bathroom ceiling mold go away?

davebush — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:15:02 -0800

The previous owners of my house obviously painted the bathroom ceiling with the wrong kind of paint. I now have extensive mold growth. Do I have any options, other than ripping the ceiling out and starting over? Ideally, there'd be some sort of mold-killing sealant or barrier I could apply before repainting. Am I screwed?

My books are rotten

Sifter — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:11:33 -0800

Help! My books are rotten - as in they're covered in mould! Suggestions on anything I can do to save them most welcome... A bit of background: I live in a ground floor flat. There's a large alcove in one corner of the lounge where I have my bookshelves. I've got too many books and started piling them on the floor underneath the shelving unit. Tonight, I needed to put in an extension cable for my Christmas tree lights, so moved the big piles of books for the first time in a while... and I found the floor is damp and the books are too, along with having a fair amount of colourful green mould on their pages. Can I save them or do I have to throw them? The floor is wooden, so I've pulled all the stuff out and scrubbed it with bleach. The alcove wall is dry, so I'm not really sure where the damp/mould is coming from... Any suggestions welcome!

Toxic mould in my rice cooker?

999 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:12:09 -0800

What is this red mould in my rice cooker? After cooking some rice in my rice cooker, I poured some water in to soften the rice at the bottom before I washed it.

A combination of being busy and laziness mean I still haven't washed it (I'm not normally this bad!) and there is now a vivid red mould growing in the wet rice.

Could anybody suggest what this mould might be and tell me how dangerous it is. Obviously I'm not intending to eat this stuff but I don't want to die simply from washing up. I'd rather just throw it away if that is the case!

I'll see if I can sort some pictures, but I doubt they will help much.

Why do we keep sneezing?

ascullion — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:47:15 -0800

Something in our house is making us sneeze. How can I find out what it is? My girlfriend and i live in a brand new flat, we moved in about 8 months ago. For the past 4 months or so (say, since the beginning of winter), we've found ourselves sneezing all the time when we're in the house. How can we track down the culprit?

We have no pets, just so you know. I suffer from hayfever, but my GF has no known allergies.

A bit of (possibly relevant) information. Our flat has just two (massive) windows - one in the bedroom, one in the living room. In the bedroom, we have a condensation problem which we're trying to get resolved. When the condensation problem first reared it's ugly head, it took us a while to notice - and when we finally did, we found mould in various places in the bedroom - for example, on our suitcases under the bed. We cleaned it all up, and haven't found any more since, but I have a hunch that may have something to do with it.

I'm in England, for what it's worth. Thanks in advance.

UK house rental legal advice

biffa — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:09:22 -0800

Friend is moving out of a flat, their is some mould/damp around parts of the flat. Landlord says its her responsibility and wants to reparations out of her deposit. Is this legit? I would have thought if anything, the landlord should have been coming in and sorting it out to ensure they weren't living in a mouldy flat. Seems dubious to me but I'm deeply supscious of landlords and their grasp on deposits. Her responsiblity or theirs? Will it have to be small claims court if they won't give the deposit back?