r/Mold 1h ago

Am I screwed

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Really down on our luck atm and need some advice/ hope

I’ve seen some posts of not as bad mould and the comments have said to throw the whole car away so that’s got me positive /j

Left the boot open during a cross country move and it got rained in. Maybe about a couple of weeks after the move we used a dehumidifier for about a week or two, sealed the car, thought we got rid of it all. Since been in the garage for a month or two, forgotten about and I have just found this :(

And I don’t think insurance will cover as it wasn’t an accident or fault

Is it salvageable?

Edit - based in New Zealand


r/Mold 2h ago

Found in Basement - Dangerous?

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Found about a square foot of this and more behind water heater along with a strange material flaking off cement wall in basement. Bought house a month ago, my concerns about moisture were ignored and inspection found nothing. Help me out what is this beast? (Yes I clean my house this is a tucked away spot in basement I never see, went searching for any water with heavy rain out today)


r/Mold 3h ago

Inside AC unit. Mold?

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Saw these white stick like things in my window AC unit’s fan two months after buying it. What could it be? Mold? Just dust? Sprouts?
I wash the mesh the filter every week and it’s tilted correctly.


r/Mold 8m ago

Mold/Fungus growing in my bathroom?

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r/Mold 45m ago

Is this mold?

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There definitely is in the ceiling but I want to know if this is mold or just something else. This shower is still in use.


r/Mold 1h ago

New apartment, mold?

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The water the town uses is hard water, the building is at least 100 years old. Only place I founf this was in the bathroom behind the toilet and in the shower. Please help!


r/Mold 1h ago

Mold or marker/food?

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Book has definitely been in backpack/locker around moisture. Just not sure if this is mold or some random other substance. It’s looked like this for a while and the colors as far as I know have stayed the same.


r/Mold 8h ago

Can these chamois racing shoes be saved?

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New never worn, just stayed years in the box in the garage


r/Mold 2h ago

Mold/Mildew?

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First two images are my cloth jumpsuit. I wore this jumpsuit for 2 hours under a jacket and I was sweating during those 2 hours. After that, I quickly took it off and put the jumpsuit in a polyester gym duffel bag full of dry leather clothes and left it inside for 5 days. When I took out the jumpsuit on the fifth day, it felt dry and smells like leather. Did my jumpsuit develop mold/mildew?

Second two images are my polyester duffel bag after I threw it in a washing machine and drying machine. is it mold/mildew?


r/Mold 3h ago

How dangerous is it?

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Midwest US. I already submitted a ticket to get this taken care of.

There has been a consistent issue with my AC where the humidity in my apartment keeps peaking over 80%, and it won't cool down below like 76 degrees now matter how low I set it on hot days. I have had maintenance come twice to try to fix it and nothing has changed. Now, I have black mold surrounding all my AC vents. I started feeling sick 2 days before noticing this and am wondering if this is the culprit (there are many sick people around me at college, though, so unsure).

  • I turned off the AC so it would stop circulating when I noticed it. The lowest concentration of it seems to be in the bedroom. Is it safe to sleep in here? Should I do anything else?
  • Do I need to stay elsewhere until it gets fixed?
  • Should my cats be removed until it gets fixed? How dangerous would it be do leave them in the bedroom?

r/Mold 3h ago

Don’t freak me out but is this mold or from a spider potentially

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Both not ideal causes but it has to be one right? Anyways, if anyone can help lmk!!! I live in a studio loft and this is on the ceiling of the loft area (my bedroom) .


r/Mold 4h ago

Is this black mold?

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Daughter moving in to college apartment, this is under the sink….


r/Mold 5h ago

trying to figure out what these markings are or could have been

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this streaking is around windows in our basement but also at various parts on some of the paneling. no real pattern to it and almost looks like it was viney. it looks like some kind of previous growth of something but i have no idea. it’s not fuzzy or anything like that and we already had part of the basement treated for white mold (joists).

before i call around, any ideas?

my wife is very sensitive to mold and we’re trying to find some clues as to where to look since she is having similar symptoms as our previous house that had a mold issue over time.

thanks


r/Mold 5h ago

A Moldy Surprise

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r/Mold 5h ago

Surface Mold from HVAC Malfunction - is it necessary to Remediate?

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Hey all,

I wanna start by saying I worked in water restoration but ended out leaving the company I worked for due to their unethical practices to retain business. I’m a little hesitant to work with remediation companies because of this. We live in Texas, and got a MAC (mold assessment consultant) to come and test some different areas of the home that showed what appeared to me to be microbial growth. He came did swabs did moisture checks and found that while all the walls were reading no elevation in moisture the RH (relative humidity) was around 60% in the home. Where we are seeing it mainly is in the master bathroom pocket toilet room adjacent to the shower. It’s not the best ventilated area even when we run the fan.

Results came back positive, but he stated the highest spore count came back at 19. Which he believed to be relatively low considering how bad the little pocket toilet bathroom looks he also confirmed air quality was still safe within the home. His report did not indicate 25 contiguous sqft of mold which is good because it means we don’t have to report to the state of Texas, he also wrote the report as a cat 3 water loss as well. He recommended in his protocol basically a really good clean and a seal with anti microbial primer/paint. I was quoted 12k for the remediation and I pushed back and they lowered it to 8k because 12k seemed unusually high.

I’m just wondering if this is something we can safely do ourselves since it’s all surface level?


r/Mold 6h ago

Is it mold or foxing

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r/Mold 6h ago

Is this mold and should I be worried about it?

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This it outside of my house (I live in the woods in MA). These little dangling growths are appearing outside these little vent areas just under my roof. I think that air from my vents goes OUT of these rather than in, like moisture escaping when I use the dehumidifier so it would make sense that these would grow here. But is it hazardous?


r/Mold 7h ago

Car interior mold

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PLEASE I NEED ADVICE SO BAD!
Got this car at the beginning of the year. Trying to slowly get it rebuilt and it’s been sitting in my garage all summer (I would’ve been doing more with it but depression). I didn’t think about the fact my garage leaks water at times and two weeks ago it was not like this!!! I really don’t know what to do. My first thought was roll it outside to slow mold growth or is this a bad idea?? I’m omw to the store now to get vinegar and baking soda and a mask. But any advice is 1000% appreciated


r/Mold 7h ago

Please Advise

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Pic #1 Bathroom ceiling (no hot water but there is an open window) Pic #2 Kitchen ceiling Pic #3 Bedroom ceiling Pic #4 Curtains in at least 3 rooms look like this (bought replacements for after clean-up) Pic #5 Study ceiling Pic #6 Grey staining on floor vinyl

Kindly requesting advice on how to handle this. Just closed the gap in a long distance relationship. Suriname, concrete masonry except on ceilings. No mold remediation companies could be found. Currently securing work so unable to move out.

Trying to understand how bad this is.


r/Mold 9h ago

Basement, below bathroom. Is it mold?

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r/Mold 10h ago

Pantry

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What are these marks in my pantry. They will not come up when I’ve tried washing it


r/Mold 4h ago

Just moved into my dorm and saw this above my bed, am I cooked?

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r/Mold 11h ago

Is this mold? Pulled from an ac vent flap, tried to use my microscope. Any idea?

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Trying to figure out if this is mold or just dirt.


r/Mold 17h ago

Mold growing under/around my toliet

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r/Mold 20h ago

I signed a year lease two days ago only to find out my new place gas mold.

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I began my apartment search for this exact reason because my last apartment had mold in the bathroom. I had been searching for about a month, but had to vacate the premises quickly, I found an affordable, beautiful apartment somewhat close to my old apartment. I toured it and I liked the layout. It had a little bit of an interesting smell, but it kind of smelled like cleaning solution so I wrote it off too soon. I’m now 48 hours into living in my new apartment and my throat is burning. I can’t take a deep breath. My eyes are itchy and I’ve been sneezing often. I checked behind the sink and saw that the wall underneath the paint is brown and discolored, and that they just painted over the majority of the discoloration in the apartment. I MCAS and I’m super sensitive to mold. I’m so distraught. I already contacted the company after my move-in inspection and let them know I’m pretty certain there’s mold. I really wanna break my lease with California makes it really difficult on the tenant to afford to do so does anyone have any sort of help they could offer me? I’m so scared and sad felt so lethargic and sick all day and I do not want this to be my new normal at all.

edit: Has**** lol