Issues with your account? Bug us in the Discord!
Mold. Egh.
Data Crystal
Pencil Artist
in Zocalo v2.0
Damn old houses and their window solutions...
Our cats have started sneezing quite a bit lately. I wasn't worried when our youngest caught the 'sniffles', but when all 3 started 'achooing' in a chorus I decided to look into it. What I hope is the source of the problem was found rather quickly: Our bedroom windows have gathered a nice layer of mold. There was a nice .5" high thin layer of mold stuck to the window... there's probably been some moisture gathering between the lower panels and the actual glass. Hate the stuff.
Anyhoo, I scratched the glass and the surface of the panels clean with a rough-surface kitchen cleaner and finished with a moist cloth. I'll let the suckers dry out for the night and in the morning hit 'em with a batch of Boracol.
Any experience on if this is enough or should more drastic steps be taken? (Yeah, I know, window renovations would be ideal, but we're on rent here and thus it isn't our call. The building was we live in was built in '57.
There I was, all happy about the so far pretty subtle winter we've been having and [b]BAM![/b] ...it just has to hit me in the face with something. Figures.
Our cats have started sneezing quite a bit lately. I wasn't worried when our youngest caught the 'sniffles', but when all 3 started 'achooing' in a chorus I decided to look into it. What I hope is the source of the problem was found rather quickly: Our bedroom windows have gathered a nice layer of mold. There was a nice .5" high thin layer of mold stuck to the window... there's probably been some moisture gathering between the lower panels and the actual glass. Hate the stuff.
Anyhoo, I scratched the glass and the surface of the panels clean with a rough-surface kitchen cleaner and finished with a moist cloth. I'll let the suckers dry out for the night and in the morning hit 'em with a batch of Boracol.
Any experience on if this is enough or should more drastic steps be taken? (Yeah, I know, window renovations would be ideal, but we're on rent here and thus it isn't our call. The building was we live in was built in '57.
There I was, all happy about the so far pretty subtle winter we've been having and [b]BAM![/b] ...it just has to hit me in the face with something. Figures.
Comments
For reference, I present my house.