Treating mould

Gekko

Can anyone recommend a method of treating / removing black mould on walls and in corners of the house, or specialists that do this?

Is there a way of doing so that uses organic stuff rather than chemicals, I wonder?

Rubberchikken

i found using bleach originally to get rid of it and then ventilation. opening the windows every day no matter the weather.

Lumen

Tesco sells black mould spray. Works great.

Wear a mask.

Gekko

Google says you can treat it without chemicals using ammonia, vinegar, baking powder, or tea tree oil also, which is interesting

RoamingDoc

Gekko wrote: »

Google says you can treat it without chemicals using ammonia, vinegar, baking powder, or tea tree oil also, which is interesting

All of those are chemicals.

MicktheMan

RoamingDoc wrote: »

All of those are chemicals.

So what's not a chemical then

RoamingDoc

MicktheMan wrote: »

So what's not a chemical then

Anything not composed of matter.
So light, some other forms of radiation.

Some people like to use chemical to only mean industrially manufactured substances. These aren't necessarily more or less harmful than a naturally occurring substance but that is used as a marketing ploy for people who don't know this.

But if it has a physical, liquid, or gaseous form; it's a chemical.

_Brian

Gekko wrote: »

Google says you can treat it without chemicals using ammonia, vinegar, baking powder, or tea tree oil also, which is interesting

Without using chemicals, says to use Amonia, FFS

Lumen

"Chemical" means something that reacts by forming new compounds from itself.

Examples of things which treat biological problems but not chemically: heat, UV/microwave radiation, scraping, possibly catalysts.

Diatomaceous earth is an interesting example of a non chemical treatment for lice infestation. Some people use it on their kid's hair when they have nits.