Hiring a team of professional contracts to complete your bathroom renovations is always a terrific way to ensure your bathroom renovations are completed professionally, on-time, and within budget. However, even the absolute best bathroom remodeling companies can run into unexpected problems—especially during the removal and tear-out phase.

Because bathrooms are high-moisture places contractors sometimes find mold and mildew growing behind bathroom sinks, tub surrounds, toilets, or in the walls and under the flooring. Homeowners often have no idea they had a mold infestation before their bathroom remodeling project got underway because they could not see or smell the mold. These unexpected setbacks are the main reason homeowners who are doing renovations need to keep some extra funding set aside.

What Kind of Mold Is in the Bathroom?

There are many kinds of mold that can be found in bathrooms including:

  • Penicillium
  • Cladosporium
  • Aureobasidium
  • Chaetomium
  • Aspergillus
  • Fusarium
  • Serpula Lacrymans
  • Ulocladium
  • Trichoderma
  • Black Mold
  • Alternaria

The most common type of mold found in bathrooms is Alternaria while Stachybotrys Chartarum, or black mold, is the next most common, albeit the most dangerous.

How to Get Rid of Bathroom Mold

When your contractor finds mold during bathroom remodeling, they will call in one of their partner vendors to do mold remediation unless they offer the service themselves. Mold infestations should always be handled by professionals who are certified in mold removal because mold can be exceptionally dangerous to the health of people and pets.

Breathing in mold can cause chronic coughing, wheezing, pneumonia, breathing problems, asthma attacks, allergic reactions, lung disease, infections, skin irritation, eye problems, and much more, including death.

However, if there is a small area of mold, some can be cleaned and remediated using household cleaning products such as bleach and warm water.

To prevent mold from growing after your bathroom remodeling project, you should ask your contractor about proper ventilation including bathroom fans, windows, and dehumidifiers.

If you are ready to get started on your next bathroom remodeling project, call The Bath & Kitchen Gallery at 813-534-4119.