DIY Mold Remediation - What to Do If You Find MOLD and When You Should Call a Professional

What should you do if you find mold in your home? Is it time to freak out? Time to call a professional? Well, the answer, as always, is: "it depends." In this video I explain when you should call a professional vs when you should remediate mold yourself - and if you do decide to remediate it yourself, how do you go about it? There are some products that can help and I have listed them below. Please be sure to leave me a comment and tell me about your experience with mold remediation and how it turned out. Thanks for watching!

Here is a list of products that will be helpful in a project like this:

Here is a list of some of the tools that I use in my other DIY projects:

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[kathym]

So good of you to make this video. If everyone knew what havoc mold can play with their health (as I am just learning) they would become mold detectives and extinguishers.

[shaquileoatmeal]

Concrobium doesn't actually kill mold, it just forms a barrier over them to prevent them from spreading until the product wears off, which it will over time. It's not a bad product but it's better suited to spray on areas that have already been disinfected with a quaternary disinfectant/fungicide to encapsulate the roots.

[dalabba]

Thank you so much for making this video. I have bad mold allergies, your recommendation for concrobrium was great and saying that it was non-toxic gave me relief. Thank you so much again, you provided me with so much value.

[squizza]

I used Morrisons savers disinfectant and it cleared 2 year old black mold instantly. I rubbed it off using a green dish scourer pad. Then dried it with a towel.
After that, to stop it returning, I mixed a paste of white distilled vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and painted it on, and left it to dry.
But the cause (damp) must be addressed or it will return somewhere nearby. Prevention is better than cure.

[camilocheryl]

A good dehumidifier is always my weapon of choice for wet/flood related issues.. dries the affected area quickly..

[Duraiamuthan]

Last year when I entered the attic, I sweated a lot and I don't know whether it's the dust caused some allergic reaction ? the whooping cough didn't go away for 3 months. Now I realise may be I should have gone in with N95 mask.

[helenan.i.kristiansen]

Thank you for this awesome video and information, will use it asap!!.
I have a 10 indhold Moldova spot in a corner if our bedroom😳😱not good, but now I know how to treat it, thanks to you😀❤️🤗👍
You are awesome!!.
Thank you!!

[ChadRichards-iv]

Great content & delivery! Appreciate you!

[ArmandoFarias-ki]

Thank you so much for this video - very helpful!

[vaxmax]

Very helpful video! My renovated shower smells like mold. Room is more ventilated than before as an exhaust fan was added. Is there a way I can measure moisture in the tiled walls and tiled shower pan floor?

[roushstge]

Wet drywall doesnt necessarily HAVE to be removed. It can be dried in place with the roght equipment which can be rented at lowes and home depot. Drywall will actually be stronger once it gets wet and dries. Yes organic growth can happen but to say it has to be removed just isnt true. Ive been in the emergency restoration industry for many years. Also, microbium is 100% not the best chemical for mold. Get moldx.

[synaspora]

Does mold grow between the paint and sheetrock? My bathroom sometimes gets moldy discolorations (not dark in color) and anti-mold cleaners remove it. But I'm wondering if there is still unremoved mold (not just spores) under the paint.

[PeterSam-tl]

My apartment has mostly gray mold all over the walls and ceilings and it was due to me being away from the apartment for a few months. I had my windows closed but had a ceiling fan on but it wasn't on high. I'm located in a very humid area. Will zinsser mold killing primer work getting rid of the mold? I have used vinegar to try to get rid of the mold... spray it on wall and ceiling and wait an hour before scrubbing it with a bristle brush. In the areas with a good amount of gray mold, I was able to remove maybe 50% of it. It would then always come back. However, the big areas with a lot of gray mold which is throughout 2 rooms... I barely removed anything at all. Would this mold killing primer be all I need to remove the mold? So I just paint over the ceilings and walls and that is it? I have a ton of mold in these 2 rooms... apartment is just these 2 rooms. I heard you first need to kill the mold first... so that would mean spray vinegar on every ceiling and wall area with gray mold... then scrub all the areas... and even though the gray mold is still clearly visible... you then wait maybe an hour before you go and paint the wall and ceiling with this? The thing is I have a lot of gray mold throughout the ceiling and wall in one room... the other room it's mostly on the walls. The wall and ceiling is cinderblock or possibly concrete I believe. Can you give advice on this?

[Heracleetus]

Concrobium is a mix of washing soda, baking soda, and TSP. Concentrations are around 1% I believe. I add borax to mine when I make it.

[artlectures]

I have treated some wood furniture for mold with vinegar and some window frames. I think the source was a vinyl record collection that had mold on the covers, suddenly it spread to the furniture nearby on the window frames. I have used concobrium on siding but not inside before except for wood floor planks in a small area. Will the vinegar prevent mold from coming back or do I need to use something like in concrobium on it and is that safe for my cats? I read that borax will also kill and prevent mold from coming back. I’m wondering if that would be safer than con chromium however, I don’t even know if the borax would be safe for my cats. I’m just wondering how long after you spray this stuff on, is it still a danger to pets? I also have asthma, and I’m wondering if it’s going to affect me too.

Everything is cleaned now pretty much that could be the records for all clean. The covers are thrown away, and the records are in a plastic container now. I have to do the same thing for some books on the bookshelves, the book shelves also had mold on the front and sides of the bookcase. I wonder if I need to use a mold bomb fogger for the there as well since one of the side tables near the couches also had mold on it. I can’t spray anything on the fabric on the couch is because I would be too dangerous I think. There’s no sign of mold on them. Anything that could be thrown away I threw away even if it didn’t have mold on it.

[thedaveko]

Do you have to scrub the mold after spraying the control mold spray?

[emiebex]

I've used Bleach or Alcohol to kill mold & it works pretty well.

[hinduswithisrael]

thanks for the good and helpful advice ... appreciated

[MossWatson-utdk]

I use gelair - it's active ingredient is tea tree oil

[beverlywolf]

My mold is in the duck works of my ac how can I get rid of that new ac is only 4 months old but duck works is 16 years and I'm in a rental