Bathroom Mould

Twilightargent

Hello all

I scrub and scrub the horrible tiles in my bathroom but there is still orange and now black mould on them, we've tried killing it with bleach and with HG mould, but it always comes back, and of course it always will while people are using the bathroom. I'm sure it wasn't as bad in the old place we lived in. We've got a extraction fan which probably needs the duct cleaning or maybe replacing, and we always open the window, but still. We also wipe it down after showers/baths.

It doesn't help that each tile is made up of 9 smaller mosaic style pieces so it really is a pain to get into every nook - they weren't my choice honest!

I'm wondering, would a steam cleaner clear it off any easier? I'm pretty allergic to bleach/chemicals due to asthma, so anything non toxic would be better. We tried Bicarbonate and Lemon but it did very little tbh.

I'm thinking of giving up and getting a professional cleaner in a few times a year to deep clean it with the nasty stuff and then I can maintain it better, but I'm not sure they'd be able to do very much more than we have.

Has anyone had any success with any magic products/ideas? I'd really like to know if you have

JohnB47

You have your work cut out with all that grout. It's probably permanently damp - perfect for mould to develop.

I know it sounds extreme but I think your only real solution is to bite the bullet and replace all of those tiles with bigger ones. We have massive ones - about 30 cm by 40 cm and the grouting area is tiny. I would never go for anything smaller again. OK, it would cost you but having a professional cleaner in regularly would cost more in the long run.

You could dig all of the grout out and replace with a good mould/damp resistant one but it would drive you insane.

We use one of those little window vacuums and a micro cloth after each shower and we have no mould. OK, one tiny bit of black in a corner where the shower screen meets the bath but I've got plans to sort that out.

dunroving

JohnB47 wrote: »

You have your work cut out with all that grout. It's probably permanently damp - perfect for mould to develop.

I know it sounds extreme but I think your only real solution is to bite the bullet and replace all of those tiles with bigger ones. We have massive ones - about 30 cm by 40 cm and the grouting area is tiny. I would never go for anything smaller again. OK, it would cost you but having a professional cleaner in regularly would cost more in the long run.

You could dig all of the grout out and replace with a good mould/damp resistant one but it would drive you insane.

We use one of those little window vacuums and a micro cloth after each shower and we have no mould. OK, one tiny bit of black in a corner where the shower screen meets the bath but I've got plans to sort that out.

Sounds like it involves some form of artillery. ;-)

Twilightargent

JohnB47 wrote: »

You have your work cut out with all that grout. It's probably permanently damp - perfect for mould to develop.

I know it sounds extreme but I think your only real solution is to bite the bullet and replace all of those tiles with bigger ones. We have massive ones - about 30 cm by 40 cm and the grouting area is tiny. I would never go for anything smaller again. OK, it would cost you but having a professional cleaner in regularly would cost more in the long run.

You could dig all of the grout out and replace with a good mould/damp resistant one but it would drive you insane.

We use one of those little window vacuums and a micro cloth after each shower and we have no mould. OK, one tiny bit of black in a corner where the shower screen meets the bath but I've got plans to sort that out.

Thanks for your reply, i've been trying to convince my OH to get those massive tiles, but the surveyor before we moved in threw doom and gloom over the plasterboard coming down if we took the tiles off
However next door has just done their bathrooom which was almost identical and have been raving over it to my OH so might get it done this year!
I'll show him this reply, just so I can say told you so, lol!
I bought some Dettol Surface cleaner last night and some german brush that gets into corners and that seems to have gotten most of it off, except the black bits near the grouting, will probably have to get the old seal off and replace it until the tiles can hopefully be redone.
It's bonkers that anyone would have chosen these awful tiles!

Twilightargent

dunroving wrote: »

Sounds like it involves some form of artillery. ;-)

LOLOL I'm thinking Cannons now, but I think and though it is less fun it will probably be a reseal