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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
he's having a mold issue though due at least in part to the humidity, given
that he's a renter it's an issue he should address with the landlord



I live in a city that often has 90% humidity for months on end. Maybe his ceiling paint holds moisture ?

OP, do you have semi-gloss or flat paint on your bathroom ceiling?

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Damn, this thing really picked up since yesterday

rackem said:
are you leasing this place or do you own it?



Owned

Prisoner#1 said:
Wise Toad said:
If only shroom spores would take flight and colonize my bathroom, I would be breathing in paradise



damn... 7 years and 2 days

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/3079544#3079544






Damn pris:jawdrop: What kindof effects do you get from inhaling those kinds of spores all day

Any exhaust fans you would specifically recommend?

LayinUp said:
pmb said:
Wow, how can you live in such conditions? You that lazy that you just let mold take over like that without cleaning?



For real man. Come on, are you a man or a beast?



It takes away the pain of being man doesnt it, but seriously Iv washed the entire ceiling with bleach before and it just grew back; Iv been so busy since then with other things that it just crept up on me as mold usually does

Yacub said:
Prisoner#1 said:
nah... install an exhaust fan, bleach, primer and paint



After following the steps I posted earlier, a couple coats of Killz should keep it from ever coming back.



Any specific brand of primer you would recommend or does it matter? Iv never had to do anything like this before, sounds like Im gonna have to spend some time on youtube

donteatasians said:
I'm just wondering because I have an in ground/unpaved cellar that probably has some fucked up stuff in it.  I only go into it about once a month and can't imagine actually ridding it of everything growing in there and unsure if a situation like that could be an issue if there is some black mold in there.  I've been fine for a long time, but it might just be lurking, waiting.



:abduction:




@ Layinup: I have several of those symptoms. Iv been so sick Iv had to postpone going to college till december, Its been a fucking nightmare, I havent even been able to do drugs this summer since Iv been sleeping most of the day :needdrugs: I spend all my waking hours reading medical books and watching medical conferences/lectures that could pertain to my ailment. By this point it seems most likely to be copper poisoning though since the symptoms match up perfectly, my copper levels on a hair elements test are ten times the highest acceptable range:eek:, and I have an obvious source of exposure(my shower which is copper piping and an acidic PH which would leech the copper into the water and reach the body through the airways via steam) which I just got a water filter for.
Shit like:
hypothyroidism
Adrenal insufficiency
EBV
IBS
chronic fatigue
multiple liver abnormalities
brain fog
a mental state somewhere between an anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder(which I didnt have before 6 months ago)
red eyes
photo sensitivity
LayinUp said:
use w-w-w-weapons of m-m-m-mass destruction.



Intense heat might kill it, but what if its an extremophile 

Prisoner#1 said:
the more severe the more danger, it can fookin' kill you



would be better than living half dead

I need to get back to the kind of fungus that loves me instead of the one that treats me like an abusive, psychopathic, girlfriend

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Wise Toad]
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Any specific brand of primer you would recommend or does it matter?



Killz, it's made to cover up mold. Just make sure you scrub it off and spray with bleach first.

Also, is your bathroom ceiling semi-gloss or flat paint ?

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Yacub]
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I thought killz was the paint, so they do both paint and primer?

Flat paint

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Wise Toad]
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Wise Toad said:
I thought killz was the paint, so they do both paint and primer?

Flat paint



I'm pretty sure they have primer too.

The flat paint is your problem, it's not meant to stay damp. Even after my house was flooded, I only had a minimal amount of mold im my kitchen and bathroom, because they're painted with semi-gloss.

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Viveka]
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Viveka said:
Problem is, those damn exhaust fans never seem to work, just make an awful racket.  At least the ceiling mounted varieties I am familiar with.




there's many effective ones out there, not the cheap ass $12 varieties though

if everything you have is smelling then the bathroom moisture isnt your
problem, the PNW is a pretty humid area with great temps for molds to fruit,
I'm betting you live in an older home. if not you're living in one that's
very poorly built in regard to air infiltration

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Wise Toad]
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Wise Toad said:
Any exhaust fans you would specifically recommend?




if you're fairly handy you can make one cheaper than you can buy a good
one, a small dayton furnace/wood stove blower, most can be picked up
cheap, you'd just have to make a housing for it and cover the inlet with a
grill or you could just do this and mount it on the underside of the ceiling





or check through these, the inline or the squirrel cage fans are both effective

http://compare.ebay.com/like/270754302963?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
Viveka said:
Problem is, those damn exhaust fans never seem to work, just make an awful racket.  At least the ceiling mounted varieties I am familiar with.




there's many effective ones out there, not the cheap ass $12 varieties though

if everything you have is smelling then the bathroom moisture isnt your
problem, the PNW is a pretty humid area with great temps for molds to fruit,
I'm betting you live in an older home. if not you're living in one that's
very poorly built in regard to air infiltration



Yeah, it's an older townhouse.  Two level and the floor on the ground level is hollow so I imagine lots of air can circulate through there.  I also think there's mold under the stairs and you can smell it the most in the entryway where from there the stairs go up or down and also in the 2nd bedroom which is below the kitchen. 

I also know there is an active leak from the kitchen works that is fed new water every time I run my sink.  I can hear it drip behind the walls and in the bedroom downstairs.  In fact there was a tiny spot of mold forming on the ceiling in the downstairs spare bedroom.  I let the landlord know and he came and cut out a 4x4" hole in the popcorn ceiling where the mold was forming and put some pipe patch compound on the pipe that was right there.  I told him that's not the source of the leak, that's just were the water is running down to and dripping off onto the ceiling but he disregarded my input. 

Regarding the fan in the bathroom, yeah I'm sure it's one of the $12 varieties because he manages to find the absolute cheapest version of any hardware he installs.  I don't even know where he gets half of the ultra cheap stuff, there must be some slum landlord emporium somewhere. 

I have a secondary mold/algae issue on the upstairs deck.  One of the selling points that made me move in here was he told me he'd be installing cedar decks, upstairs and down.  This is great, I thought, especially since cedar has anti-fungal properties.  Well, all the neighbor buildings got cedar but my three-unit building got this pressed plastic job, which attracts algae and mold and is turning green because of it, so whenever I open my sliding glass door upstairs to let in air, I get the smell of algae/mold there too.  Not to mention the fact that whoever installed these fucking things neglected to screw everything together and all it would have taken was for someone to lean against the upstairs deck railing to a fall backwards onto their head on the pavement below.  Fucking shitty, alcoholic, corner-cutting landlord.  But $975/mo for 1,000sq/ft is a steal around here.

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Re: So Iv got this mold on my ceiling [Re: Viveka]
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I dont have much mechanical experience yet, would I get the squirrel cage blower fan rigged up to a tube of matching size and put that out my window; damn do I sound like an idiot

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