Tips for Preventing Bathroom Mold

10/7/2021 (Permalink)

Mold damage in Tarrytown, TX.

Bathrooms are breeding grounds for mold. Even without significant water damage from floods or natural disasters, the pipes and fixtures can often leak – or just splashing and overflows can create standing water issues that lead to mold growth. For tips on mold prevention in your Tarrytown, TX, home’s bathroom, let’s take a look at how to first keep your bathroom in proper working order.

Watch for Water Damage

Many people don’t think about the fact that water damage can still happen in a room where people constantly shower, wash their hands, and flush high volumes of water down the toilet. Yet damage from water can happen quite easily, and next thing you know there’s black mold creeping up your walls and surrounding the fixtures. To prevent mold growth, make sure you follow these tips:

• Dry up any bathtub or toilet overflows immediately. These overflows can seep underneath bathroom tile and cause it to buckle, creating pockets of standing water where mold can breed. Even if you have hardwood floors, water can cause the floors to warp and soften, allowing mold to grow in the cracks.

• Inspect any drips. Pervasive drips from faucets and shower heads or around the base of toilets can mean a problem with the sealant or with the pipes. Professional inspection is a must to ensure everything stays water-tight, or you may end up with a mold problem.

• Turn on the fans when you shower. Fans are designed to suck steam out of the bathroom so that the moisture can’t condense on the walls. When dampness condenses, it can not only ruin the paint but encourage mold growth.

• Watch for dark patches. Dark patches on the walls, particularly behind the sinks and toilets, can indicate leaking pipes and a ripe opportunity for mold to take root and grow. If these dark patches have black splotches in them, you may already have a mold or mildew problem.