Mould everywhere.

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I'm tired of mould in this flat. I'm not sure what to use to wash the walls. We keep the furniture away from the walls as best as we can We have too much stuff though and have a hard time with air circulation. We run a dehumidifier almost constantly. We don't dry washing inside, but we never open our windows. It keeps coming back in the same areas, I'd rather not use harsh chemicals. In some areas it's black mould, but others it's green/yellow. I know there is a special paint you can get, but it's very expensive. Just wondering if anyone has any solutions to a non-chemical we could use to help keep it at bay.

bundaberg sorry

OP, I think you are going to have to get the flat better ventilated. Nothing else will work. Good luck.

Insect nets and then that barrier spray that you can put round doors and windows to stop ants etc getting in.
We have damp but live in a very damp place , ventilation works a bit, however not always .. but, we want to paint the exterior in some protective paint but it has to be done when the walls are 100% dry.
On the walls we can't get to we will paint the interior with the mould paint.

Yes screens are the answer. If you select two windows at opposite ends of the flat so air can circulate?

We've had this in our bedroom. We've been using it as a storage room and now more of the stuff has gone we can see the walls. I've had 3 separate people in to look at it (a builder, a damp proof person and a plumber - all friends of ours) All have said the same thing - move more stuff, open the windows daily and clean it off with bleach. All 3 put it down to a lack of ventilation because of the sheer amount of stuff we had in the room.

Thank you all for your suggestions. Hopefully when we move to a bigger place we will be able to move things around and hopefully choose a place that hasn't been built so poorly. We were going to get cavity wall insulation done, but BG said they can't do it because there are signs of mould and damp on the outside of the downstairs flat and the building is missing beams/poorly built. Almost all of our walls are outside walls, so we do have to have furniture against them. We have been doing a big clear out and tossing out things we don't need.

I think I'll do a big clean with bleach and then do top-ups with warm water and eucalyptus oil until we can move.

Lancelottie No offense taken at all. We have thought about CBT, he is currently on the waiting list, which is 12 months long. We are trying to go through private health care.

we've been tackling this for a couple of weeks.

I use a squeegee and jay cloth to remove the water from the windows. started doing it twice a day, morning and night and this morning I woke up to find none of the windows had water on them!

we have followed all the advice about not drying indoors, lids on saucepans, etc

Wish him all the best with the CBT. If you get a good counsellor/therapist, they can work wonders. It's not much exaggeration to say they gave DS his life back for similar difficulties.

What health problems does mould cause just out of interest?

Mould can cause lung and bronchial problems!

Sorry I was so abrupt earlier, but this is a serious health hazard and entirely preventable if you could open the windows and keep the house warm. Your husband's phobia sounds so extreme that it must be very hard to live with. I guess it's your choice.

What about the screens idea?? Seems the best solution.

I use one of the Karcher vacs on one bedroom's window (the rest of us sleep with the windows open) to get rid of the worse and then a bit of bleach on any mould. Bathroom window is left wide open for about 20 minutes every morning after the final shower.

If there is mould everywhere you have to find the cause. Breathing mould on a daily basis is a serious health hazard and particularly damaging to childrens lungs.

You are going to have to get screens.

Americans use screens in every window to keep out bugs and still allow ventilation. They don't let any bugs in, even small ones.

No use pointing out the horrors of mould to your DH I suppose, if he is irrational about spiders and flies.