Don’t Give Mold A Chance In The House!

Having mold in the house is not only unpleasant, it is also harmful to health. So you should prevent it as best you can.

Once you have mold in your house, it’s extremely difficult to get rid of. Especially when the cause cannot be eliminated or cannot be eliminated. So do everything in your power to prevent the mold from entering the house in the first place!

Mold in the house – a horror!

Mold in the house is a kind of worst-case scenario for your health, because you are exposed to the harmful spores non-stop as long as you stay in your own four walls. Mold spores can lead to serious respiratory diseases and allergies and especially affect the health of children and people with poor immunity.

So you should basically make sure that your home remains mold-free. As long as there is no water damage, i.e. all pipes and the roof are tight, you have it in your own hands not to give mold in the house a chance with your behavior!

How does mold develop in the house?

Molds love it damp. The warmer the air, the more moisture it can absorb, which is why the humidity in warm rooms such as the bathroom, children’s room or living room is always higher than in cooler rooms such as the hallway or bedroom.

In rooms where the temperature is lower or in places in the room that are cooler, for example outside walls, the risk of mold is greater.

If the warm, humid air from the bathroom, living room or children’s room hits a cool spot, for example the outer wall in the bedroom, moisture condenses there and an ideal place for mold growth is created. Places with little air circulation, for example behind cabinets on outside walls, are also ideal places for mold.

What can you do?

Now that you know how mold develops and where it prefers to settle, you can do a lot to ensure that there is no mold in the house, because you can make it “uncomfortable”.

Our following tips and advice do not only apply to old buildings, but in particular to new buildings that are “airtight” due to their construction:

Position furniture correctly

When setting up, make sure that your furniture does not obstruct or even prevent air circulation. Closets, especially large wardrobes, should not be placed directly against the wall, but always need a good distance from the wall so that the air can circulate behind them.

Be careful not to place large cabinets or other furniture that covers a lot of wall space against outside walls. If this is not possible, leave enough space on all sides so that the air can circulate freely behind, over and to the side of the piece of furniture.

Heat properly

Nowadays, energy is saved wherever possible. However, if you do not heat enough, the air in your interior cannot absorb enough moisture and it inevitably precipitates somewhere. Therefore, you should keep heating up even when you are absent so as not to let walls and furniture cool down.

If walls and objects have cooled down due to ineffective heating, the moisture condenses exactly there when the apartment is used again: on walls, the back of furniture and hidden corners of the room. So leave the heating on in winter, even if you are not there during the day or if you are away on the weekend.

Ventilate properly

If you ventilate properly, there is no mold in the house! Ventilation is used to replace the moist, warm room air with cooler, dry outside air. If you ventilate regularly, you will prevent mold in the house. “Ventilate properly” means short, burst ventilation, in which you open all the windows wide and open all the doors so that the air can be exchanged everywhere in the shortest possible time.

Close the windows after about 10 minutes to prevent the surfaces in the room from cooling down too much. Repeat this process several times a day. Exception: damp basement rooms in summer. Heating is more popular there than ventilation.

A tilted window is more likely to cause mold than excessive ventilation, because the tilted window ensures cool surfaces near the window. Mold often forms around windows or on the wall below.

Remove mold

If you have mold in the house, make sure that it cannot spread and multiply. In the case of wallpaper, you should remove the infected piece and see whether the brickwork underneath is affected. It is then important to dry the area and avoid moisture forever. Good home remedies for mold are:

• Hydrogen peroxide
• vinegar
• chlorine

Even if you don’t see any mold under the wallpaper, that doesn’t mean that the spores aren’t in the plaster or masonry! Spray the area with a solution of water and chlorine OR vinegar OR hydrogen peroxide to kill any spores. Let dry well and… ventilate!