Free Standing Shelving

Green mould on new skirting board?

We've recently had a garage extension built to the side of our bungalow. This included having our bedroom extended by a metre. In this new section between the bedroom and the garage I keep getting green mould appearing on the skirting board. It's only been in a few weeks. I hired a dehumidifier for a week to dry out the building work but the mould has come back where i used bleach to get rid of it initially. The damp proofing has been done correctly and we didn't have problems like this before. I'm wondering if it is the skirting board itself and where it wa stored before it was put in. Also the skirting was put on before the top layer of concrete was added in this metre wide section... This extension to the bedroom is to be a built in wardrobe so I need to get this sorted before I put in the shelving. Any thoughts appreciated.

Public Comments

1. first thing i would do is bleach it as it will give you time to ask people,hell it might even stop it
2. it where the wood good damp and the fungus start to grow also the room might not have dry ed out properly or all the damp was drawn to that Point with the Humidifier
3. ..the skirtings need to come off ..they are set too low ..they should be above the finished floor ..and dont use bleach ..the mold is live ..living spores ..you need DETTOL...this will sort it
4. This is usually a fairly simple procedure of using a fungicide to wash off the existing mould and, in some cases, repainting over it if stains have been left. Just follow the manufacturer's instructions to apply the fungicide and always use a dry cloth and don't' use a vacuum.