Black mould on your bathroom silicone

[subaqua]

Good tip I'll try it. I re-siliconed one bathroom recently and it's going mouldy again.

One bathroom. Wow chez crackle must be a mansion if there is more than one

 

[snorri]

Are we talking about my teeth again? If so I'll put them back in.

You've got to do it with the teeth in situ Rocky, works for me.



Health Warning. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

 

[jazzkat]

My much-better-half has just done the bathroom using this technique and it's come up brilliantly.
Thanks for the tip.

 

[Crackle]

One bathroom. Wow chez crackle must be a mansion if there is more than one

Nay, nay. Old Victorian terrace but one of the rooms has been sliced and diced for an en-suite thingy.

 

[hopless500]

Wonder if that approach will work with my teeth

After you've picked them up??????

 

[Smokin Joe]

Cillet Bang Black Mould & Mildew Remover, best stuff I've ever used. Spray on, come back in half hour and the mould has gone.

 

[classic33]

I'm sure Teflon must be the answer somehow.

How would you get it to stick where it was needed though?

 

[Archie_tect]

Wonder if that approach will work with my teeth

As long as it's a glass you put them in, not a plastic tumbler.

 

[Mark Grant]

@slowmotion my wife has done this today and says you deserve a big hug.
Perhaps one from me too, as otherwise I would have been cutting out and renewing the silicone.

 

[slowmotion]

@slowmotion my wife has done this today and says you deserve a big hug.
Perhaps one from me too, as otherwise I would have been cutting out and renewing the silicone.

Splendid! I had my doubts before I tried it too.

 

[slowmotion]

My much-better-half has just done the bathroom using this technique and it's come up brilliantly.
Thanks for the tip.

Excellent! Thank Google.

 

[slowmotion]

More ventilation might stop the mould from growing in the first place?

Yes, more light too. Mould doesn't like light, I read. There's a 4 inch Soler and Palau in-line duct fan ( 100cfm, free air) that ventilates the shower but I suspect the ducting is very badly sealed. Thanks for the reminder.

There's no window. We couldn't meet the safety requirements of boiler flues and still have an opening.

 

[slowmotion]

I've just had a small bedroom made into a bathroom and building regs required a noisy extractor fan linked to the light switch, despite there being a big window that can be thrown open. I queried the need for the fan but apparently it's to combat just these problems with moisture remaining in the house (most people don't like opening windows). I prefer to keep the fan switched off and open the window instead.

Most small (4 inch ) wall-mounted bathroom extractor fans are absolute junk, and blooming expensive and noisy to boot. You get far more ventilation from an open window, especially if you leave the bathroom door open as well.

 

[hopless500]

Our bathroom window is pretty much permanently open (might be closed if it's snowing ) as are most of our house windows.... and we still have a mould problem in the bathroom.

 

[Arch]

We have 4 bathrooms.

Well, one's in Nt's folks' granny flat downstairs. And one of the others is the guest en suite. And one is 'our' en suite. So there's only one spare one really.

Not sure I'd describe our house as a mansion. It is big, a Victorian semi. Having been previously chopped up into flats, it's had all sorts of false walls and things over the years.

One day, we'll finish it. In the mean time, at least we now know how to keep the silicone clean.