Went to flip mattress over & it's covered in mold!

kizzie_nikita · 20 November 2013 at 5:01PM

I'm really upset.

My parents bought my a expensive double mattress before i left home 6 years ago, we flip it regularly (even though it's a no need to flip one).

We moved in to this house 6 months ago, so we went to flip the mattress today, to find it completely riddled (and that's an understatement) in big green mold.

I don't know what to do.. the whole underside is green, no mattress showing at all.. I've hoovered it, but it's still there, not as bad, but still really bad..

Is it salvageable? I understand now we won't be able to flip it to sleep on, as it smells and is now unusable on that side, but is there anything i can do to stop it getting worse and me having to throw it? What could i clean it with?

I have absolutely £0 to buy a new one, and i'd probably never be able to afford the price this one cost...i'm annoyed and upset because i really look after my belongings aswell.

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Fruball · 20 November 2013 at 5:27PM

I would seriously get rid of it as it could be a big risk to your health.

I appreciate you have no money for a new one but ask around on local FB sites/newspapers/friends etc and try to get one free.

I feel very concerned that you are sleeping on that

kizzie_nikita · 20 November 2013 at 5:40PM

Fruball wrote: »

I would seriously get rid of it as it could be a big risk to your health.

I appreciate you have no money for a new one but ask around on local FB sites/newspapers/friends etc and try to get one free.

I feel very concerned that you are sleeping on that

Im pretty shocked, as it's only about 6 years old, and 6 months ago it was perfect, i hoovered and aired it often.

We're not sleeping on the molding side, the side we sleep on is mold free, if that's any good?

How can the underside of a mattress get so moldy? It's on a steel frame which has gaps so it gets aired constantly, yet a couple of bits of fabric under the bed wasn't moldy at all? Doesn't make any sense to me.

-taff · 20 November 2013 at 5:42PM

If you can get it fry, you can hoover the mould off, but realistically, you can't clean it all off.

You also need to find out where the damp is or what's causing the mould too.

kizzie_nikita · 20 November 2013 at 6:03PM

-taff wrote: »

If you can get it fry, you can hoover the mould off, but realistically, you can't clean it all off.

You also need to find out where the damp is or what's causing the mould too.

We have a outer wall in the bedroom which has mold on it, we're waiting for the landlord to come check it out.

I've hoovered and wiped the mold, moved the mattress to the hallway to dry out for a couple nights, we will sleep on the sofa until then.

Minus the wall and the one side of the mattress nothing else has mold on

, my parents are going to be rather annoyed.

& thank you very much for the replies xxx

-taff · 20 November 2013 at 6:06PM

Claim on his insurance for a new mattress.

Fruball · 20 November 2013 at 6:11PM

-taff wrote: »

Claim on his insurance for a new mattress.

Absolutely. As it is a rented property and there is mold that the landlord is aware of then he should absolutely be replacing your mattress!

kizzie_nikita · 20 November 2013 at 7:50PM

Fruball wrote: »

Absolutely. As it is a rented property and there is mold that the landlord is aware of then he should absolutely be replacing your mattress!

They're not 'aware' we've told them we THINK we have a leak/the bedrooms damp but we're waiting on them coming to look.

Fruball · 20 November 2013 at 8:03PM

You've told the landlord about damp/mold therefore he/she IS aware.

How long have you been waiting for them to come and investigate?

kizzie_nikita · 20 November 2013 at 8:49PM

Just a week >.<

Edit-
Bit of back story.

Our last house we lived in (7 months ago) was really wet/damp/moldy all over the house, we ended up moving because everything fabric wise was getting wet and moldy.

Now when we moved the bed wasn't moldy, but what are the chances it started growing inside and that's why now we're here it's showing on the out side too?

PasturesNew · 20 November 2013 at 8:54PM

If you want to try to get the mould off the mattress for now, try wet wipes. I'd look at borrowing a dehumidifier and running it to suck any wet out .... and see if a combination of dehumidifier, wet wipes, a very weak bleach solution .... done a few times ... might save the mattress.

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