Guest guest Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'm guessing that you're in a cold climate and the window is a single pane of glass and the frame is wood or dirty. Moisture condenses on cold windows and if its frequently wet and there is mold food (dust?) it can grow mold. I've seen people construct sort of a poor person's storm window frame to keep warm indoor air away from window panes.. Basically, you make a frame that fits snugly against the window which has two sheets of plastic on it, that uses a sandwich of air in between the plastic sheets as an insulator. It keeps the indoor air away from the cold window.. then it doesn't condense.. They are easy to make, you just need some thin wood, a staple gun some sheet plastic, and some thin small nails for the corners.. You need to seal well around the edges.. It also doesn't hurt to do your best to keep your indoor humidity down as much as you can, if thats possible. You should also get ventilation.. I don't know your situation. Use common sense! If you take showers, or cook, also use a fan if you can..(if they have one).. etc. If they don't, and you only have single paned windows, and its a cold climate, then condensation is hard to avoid.. If you have mold problems, a tape lift is how you would take a spore sample in that situation On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM, dianebolton52 <dianebolton@...>wrote: > Hi Guys: I discovered a black furry looking mold on my window sill here > at the motel and I had them clean it with ammonia. I started to worry > about what kind it was and was wondering if any of you knew what kind > of mold would look " furry " . Anyone know, or have a link to mold > pictures I could search?? I would have liked to have taken a picture of > it but had no camera here. Thanks D > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Good idea Live but Diane, you could do this more easily if you bought those shrink wrap window insulation kits. Just run the double stick tape around the window frame and then put the plastic on as smooth as you can and take a hair dryier to shrink wrap it to perfect fit. It will keep the warm moist air off the cold windows and stop the condensation BUT FIRST you should try to lower humidity in house to correct amount for the weather since if it is too humid inside, you will keep the humidity from condensing on the window BUT it could condense INSIDE the wall instead. If you were just wondering what kind of mold, you really can't tell from just looking at it. There are soooo many types. You'd have to put a sample on a piece of tape and send it out, OR put a sample on a mold culture plate OR both to see for sure what type it is. THEN you need to be in a position to do something about it. If you are some place temporary, as I think you may be, you may want to just take another room, but depends on how much there is there, and if room smells moldy or there are other signs. If there was just moisture there from condensation and that spot had some dust there, that could be the extend of it, right there, and there could be nothing more, so I don't know if you would want to spend money on identifying it. There are LOTS of black fuzzy molds. If you are concerned about stachybotra, as far as I know that mold is black shiny, slimy looking mold, sometimes green I think. --- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...> wrote: > > I'm guessing that you're in a cold climate and the window is a single pane > of glass and the frame is wood or dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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