Re: Question: Mold coming through bathroom tiles and

February 6, 2007

Darlene,

What that means, assuming that you have good ventilation in your bathroom -

(you did make sure of that first, right?) and that you have probably already

tried a million times to scrub it off but it keeps coming back.. is that

its quite possible that the tiles were not installed properly, they are

probably laid right over sheetrock without the right kind of backing - they

need to breathe - check your local building code - and yes, that is quite

possibly mold growing between the tiles from behind because the sheetrock

behind them is laden with mold.

If it is making you sick, you need to get out of there.. seriously..

Document the situation.. the worst mold is probably inside the wall behind

the tile.. You need to have a third party take samples and they (not you)

should then send them in with a chain of custody form and a check to a good

lab. If the mold turns out to be a toxinogenic kind, you (well, they) should

also do mycotoxin testing..

Good luck!

On 2/6/07, darlenesb2000 <darlenesb2000@...> wrote:

>

> I thought I was seeing things. I have black spots coming through my

> tiles on the wall behind the tub. I knew that I had the mold around

> the caulking of the tub for a long time, but now am seeing black

> coming through the shower tiled wall. I am an end apartment, so no

> one is on either side of me. The original molds were found by the

> mycologist in the cabinets and the HVAC systems supply and return

> ducts. My question is: I am seeing black, so I am assuming that it is

> mold that I am seeing come out of my tiled wall on the back side of

> the tub. Is this also a dangerous mold? I know that other tenants

> say it is mold on their tiles. Darlene

>

February 6, 2007

Penicillium and Aspergillus are usually the first two molds that grow

with water intrusion. Usually if you have one of these growing you have

the other. They are both produce mycotoxins and yes dangerous. You do

not want any type of mold growing in your home and HVAC. Thre are many

types of toxic molds. Only the correct testing will identify genus and

species of mold but as I was told last year, any mold you have needs to

be removed period! You can't really tell by color the genus or

species. I'll let other post more. Sounds like you will need to have

some remediation work done and it needs to be done correct also to not

spread the spores and mycotoxins all over the place. I bet behind those

bathroom tiles will be very bad if it's coming thru them.

Was anything done to remediate the HVAC and ducts yet? My HVAC was

contaminated also and I had to do some major remediating to correct a

damp crawl space and replace the hvac/ducts and detox everything in my

house that I could. You can see pics under the photos on this group,

Rhonda's pics.

Are you or anyone in that apartment complex showing symptoms from mold

illness? Did the mycologist identify the mold? When you say cabinets,

are talking about kitchen cabinets or bathroom or both? Have you

thought about moving out of that apartment?

Rhonda