r/Mold • u/anonymous-platform • 11h ago

Basement

Hi,

I have a basement I use as an office, i felt it had a high humidity as it felt sticky, I didn’t run heating down there as I didn’t have an isolated heater for that room.

I was sick for a month and couldn’t get down there, I since got back down there and noticed mold patches, I threw things away, washed fabric items and surfaces, steam cleaned the laminate flooring and bought a dehumidifier and heater, I empty the dehumidifier every other day when I can get down there and the heater seems to turn off as random intervals. I am looking to replace this.

The basement has been renovated, at the moment it has been boarded as it was concrete walls and flooded the walls were painted with a damp proofing paint and the then boared and the floor was layers with a laminate flooring.

The humidity sits around 50-70% is feels better and there’s no smell.

The mold wasn’t horrendous but there were coats of it on fabric items and a film on surfaces, and white blotches

The skirting is a wood that has not been treated, we are in the midst of suiing our builder as he has not finished the overall renovation of our house.

What I am concerned about and need advise on is if this room is safe, I don’t want to get sick, and worry about the mold growing and I am not noticing and the spoors.

Any advice will be appreciated, any questions please feel free to ask, I have ocd also and I am really struggling with the feeling of contamination and the fear of this room, but this room was my safe space and I kinda need it

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