Identify and Address the Moisture Source

all right here i am in a bathroom and i'm going to be doing a project i'm going to be remodeling one bathroom i'm going to be painting another bathroom and i'm going to be skim coating another bathroom and adding a metallic finish in this house i'm going to be working on three bathrooms and one of the bathrooms had some dark spots on the ceiling that looked like mold or mildew i'm not an expert when it comes to mold or mildew but it did concern me so i did some research and i found a product that i'm gonna be using to kill or eliminate or inhibit inhibit the growth of mold or mildew now step number one when it comes to mold and mildew you need to find the source what's causing it and what i've found out in my research is moisture or water is something that actually aids or helps in the growth of mold or mildew in bathrooms and basements are one of those places that i've seen mold or mildew a lot in my career not necessarily a lot but i've actually run into it a handful of times and i don't want to just paint over that i want to resolve the issue before i deal with the painting process now in bathrooms typically you have showers and people take hot showers which causes a lot of moisture most bathrooms that i've ever been in there's some that don't or some that don't have functioning fans there's a fan on the other side of this wall right here and that is what draws out the moisture while you're creating a lot of moisture with a hot shower what actually happens is you're creating moisture that's in the air it condensates on the wall so you get moisture on your walls now your walls are a great place for bacteria moss mold or mildew or odor causing bacteria to grow the longer that stick that moisture stays on there the more or um the better it's going to aid in that growth of mold or mildew so anywhere that you have moisture locker rooms shower rooms basements there's all kinds of refrigerated areas places where you wash dishes kitchens um bath um rooms stuff like that so those places are gonna aid in the growth of mold or mildew so you wanna make sure you eliminate the moisture problem if you have a fan you wanna make sure that fan eliminates enough of the moisture to keep it dry or you want to tell your client that you're working um in their home when you're taking the shower start running the fan before you run the shower and then allow that fan to run after you're done taking a shower for enough time where it gets the moisture out of the room that you're…