Molds are not anyone’s best friend. They are unappealing to look at, bring an unpleasant smell, and can sometimes be a source of serious respiratory diseases. To protect yourself and your family, look out for these rooms in your home that are the most susceptible to hosting these unsightly molds.
Factors Affecting Mold Growth
Moisture
Foremost, it is important to understand what makes a room more vulnerable to molds. Primarily, molds thrive in damp and humid environments—defining and consistent characteristics of our country’s tropical climate. Besides humid weather though, human activity involving water can bring moisture in the air.
Ventilation
The other aspect of a room that makes it more vulnerable to molds is ventilation. When airflow is poor, the room traps moisture which we’ve established promotes mold growth. Lack of airflow also ensures that the spores propagated by these molds also gets trapped, potentially infecting other parts of the room.
The Areas in the Home Most Vulnerable to Molds
Bathroom
We go first to a room that is the most wet and splash-heavy. The bathroom is particularly vulnerable to mold infestation for this reason. Without proper ventilation, this area can easily succumb to molds and mildew. You keep yourself clean in this space, so ensure cleanliness in your bathroom walls as well. Stop potential mildew growth when you spot it.
Kitchen
If there is any place in your home you should ensure is mold-free, it is the place where you prepare meals. This is ironic considering how the kitchen can be a spawning ground for your fungal foes. On top of the splashes coming from counters and sinks, boiling water and other cooking processes bring moisture in the air. Ensure that your kitchen is always well-ventilated. Invest in an exhaust vent if possible. Molds can creep into the corners of your kitchen if humidity is not kept in check.
Laundry Area
If space constraints in your home forces you to hang clothes indoors, be wary of how this can promote fungal growth. Like the kulob that you don’t want on your clothes, you neither want them to get on your walls. Again, ventilation is key. Avoid converting non-open spaces to be your designated laundry area.
Garage
Plumbing layout varies between homes, but most pipes go between walls near garages and similar peripheral rooms. Possible leakages will create additional dampness for molds to feed on. Lack of ventilation also can also greatly influence how easy it is for molds to accumulate in this area of the home.
Dealing with Molds
While molds can be a nuisance, there are ways to counter them. First things first, start with going through your living space and making it more well-ventilated and less humid. Opening your windows and keeping things dry are good starts. Check out this article for the other things to do when addressing mold and mildew.
Once these steps are done, investigate your walls for molds. You would want to remove them as soon as you can, so they no longer bring harm to your home. This article will walk you through the steps for removing the molds on your walls.
Now, you don’t necessarily need to repaint after dealing with molds on your wall. However, mold presence can go with other wall problems involving moisture such as blistering and saponification, issues that may influence you to revamp your walls. If these paint problems do not convince you of the need to repaint though, consider, at least, switching to wall coatings that will resist future mold infestation.
Products Against Molds
With a name like this, Boysen Healthy Home should certainly be on your radar for anti-mold paints. Healthy Home is formulated to have anti-bacterial properties. The paint itself contains microscopic needles to take down harmful bacterial microbes. This also gives it good properties to resist mold and mildew.
Alternatively, Virtuoso Silk Touch also contains good anti-mold and anti-bacterial properties, keeping your walls pristine. With an elegant matte finish as well, Virtuoso Silk Touch is a good long-term solution to keep stains and blemishes off your walls.
Molds are unfriendly little things, especially to places in your home most vulnerable to it. Protect your home and your family using products from Boysen and ward off your anxieties against these fungal foes.
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