Most effective product to kill mold? (Edit: Seems it wasn't mould)

[JohnD]

It's not I that I don't want to deal with the source of the mold. I'm just looking for a quick, immediate killer

Didn't work.

You need to find the cause.

Once you have rectified it, the problem will stop.

 

[Traveller]

endecotp, I've searched for images of lichen, but it doesn't look like those. I have taken a photo.

 

[Traveller]

JohnD, would a structural engineer be the best person to be able to locate the issue?

 

[endecotp]

It’s not mold (or lichen). I think it might be salts breaking through the surface paint, or something. Maybe someone else can be precise. Anyway it is not organic, not alive, you don’t need to kill it.

 

[JohnD]

Please include something in the photo to show scale.

Also stand back and take a wider pic of the wall. Look for traces of damp. What is above it? And on the other side?

 

[Traveller]

Yes, there is a very little bit of chalk when you run a finger on the wall.

It's the internal wall between the stairs and the dining room/kitchen. I can't see traces of damp, but as I mentioned before, I think the issue was just placing a pile of items too close to the wall. They're at about three feet from the ground horizontally across the wall. The current size ranges from around 1mm to about 5mm, but they seem to be 'growing', even after moving the items!

There is a lot of damp on the opposite wall where the salts are at an extreme level, along with peeling and blistering and there are now signs of the same issue on that wall as well. Big damp patches can visibly be seen all over that wall. It's an external wall with a covered alleyway on the outside. Is it possible that condensation from pipes can cause that much damage? I think the damp started at the top, so I am thinking that it may not be rising damp, or is it possible that rising damp can penetrate the top part of the wall before it could get through the bottom part? Maybe thicker materials were used at the bottom part? The problem is just on the downstairs wall. The same wall upstairs is fine. Anyway, this other wall is a separate issue from the original topic, sorry.

 

[Traveller]

So is salts the final diagnosis? If so, is it just a case of scraping it off and continuing to leave the area in front of that wall free of obstruction? Thanks.

 

[ericmark]

I was wondering why you would want to kill Mold?

What have the people of Mold done to you that they need killing. It is the country town of Flintshire in North Wales.

 

[robinbanks]

Yeah I'd say that would more than ruin a lot of people's days, it positively Wrecsam

 

[Traveller]

Haha eircmark.

Because I want to turn the wall into a Cittaslow for Mold! Haha.

Anyway, might not need to as endecotp seems to think they're not alive. Maybe a town of zombies?

 

[robinbanks]

I also think they're salts (as proposed way back in my first post of the thread)

 

[Traveller]

Ok robinbanks, I'll take your word for it. II've searched for images for both mold and salts and haven't seen any that looks anything like mine. I agree that there is definitely salts on the wall as well, but not 100% sure that's what the little grey things are.

 

[ericmark]

Haha eircmark.

Because I want to turn the wall into a Cittaslow for Mold! Haha.

Anyway, might not need to as endecotp seems to think they're not alive. Maybe a town of zombies?

Only the English the Welsh live in Yr Wyddgrug.

 

[JohnD]

So is salts the final diagnosis? If so, is it just a case of scraping it off and continuing to leave the area in front of that wall free of obstruction? Thanks.

Find and repair the source of water.