Banishing Shower Mold - 3 Handy Tips

2/4/2020 (Permalink)

Black mold anywhere in your home is bad news, but it can be particularly troubling in your shower. After all, nobody wants to imagine moldy organisms growing in the very place where one cleans off! The bright side is the black stuff is not something you have to just live with. If you’re looking for tips to banish bathroom and shower mold in your San Antonio, TX home read on.

Reviewing Bathroom Mold

In general, mold tends to thrive in places that are dark and wet, making the bathroom, which is typically dark most of the day and often full of water or steam, the perfect environment. Other things that make a bathroom a mold magnet include:

• Improper ventilation
• Broken grout
• Repeated exposure to water (i.e., shower curtains)
  
  

Now you know some of the causes for black mold. Here are a few ways to clear it up.

Remove Your Caulking

The caulk sealing up your shower is one of the easiest places for shower mold to thrive. Water can get into little crevices that appear in caulk as it ages. Those wet, dark crevices are perfect for mold. Fortunately, removing caulk is as easy as peeling it away and applying new caulk from a hardware store.

Re-grout Your Tiles

Mold especially loves to grow on grout, which cracks and becomes more porous as it ages. Unlike re-caulking, replacing grout is a more labor-intensive process that’s best left to professionals who can spot issues behind the grout and ensure the best, mold-preventative seal.

Replace Your Shower Curtain
Many tutorials provide homemade mixtures for cleaning mold from shower curtains. But for the best result, you may want to just toss shower curtains out periodically. Problem solved.
Shower mold is nothing to sniff at. It’s unsightly and can cause health problems. Use these tips or hire a mold remediation company to get the black stuff out and your bathroom spic and span.