Identifying Black Mold On Basement Flooring

Because all mold should be treated the same it is not as important to identify what.

Identifying black mold on basement flooring.

After removing any mold covered debris such as dry wall insulation carpet or sub flooring hard surfaces can be treated with commercial products containing ammonia and bleach. Efflorescence can look very similar to white mold growth. But if it s white mold growth things can get confusing. For black mold on concrete in a basement start by ventilating the area well.

Mold can even be blue green orange red or pink on occasion. How to identify black mold. Basement mold can be identified by a number of traits. It can be caused by leaking pipes poor drainage or lack of ventilation.

Black mold can also take over the basement floor. Mold exhibits darker colors such as deep green and black. If it s black mold growth it is easy to identify. While black gray and various shades of brown are probably most common mold can also be white or yellow as you can see below.

They may have green blue or brown tinges. Because you ll be using bleach indoors open a window and escape the fumes when possible. Create a cleaning solution that s one part bleach to four parts water and apply it to the concrete. While mold and mildew are both fungi that need water oxygen and food in order to live and survive they differ in a number of ways.

To eliminate it fill a spray bottle with water and spray the floor then scrub the floor with a stick scrub brush as much as possible. First is it really mold growth. The black mold photo above shows how dense black mold may be hidden from view behind wall baseboard trim removed for this picture in a building that has suffered wet floors. Mold on basement floor.

The centers for disease control and prevention cdc has an informational booklet as well as information on their website about black mold. If the mold is closer to black it is either the stachybotrys or cladosporium molds. Flooring and walls near basement windows are also highly likely to have black mold problems. Mildew may begin as white then turn brown or gray.

Mold tends to have a higher profile and can even become fuzzy while mildew is always flat. There are more than 300 different strains of mold sometimes found in homes in the united states and they span the rainbow. Black mold growth on furniture is obvious in these two photographs above of a mold on a leatherette surface left and on an upholstered chair second photo. Basement mold comes in a variety of colors that range from light gray to black.

Identifying mold growth on concrete can be a bit tricky. First there is color.