Fortunately there are ways to tell if you have mold growing underneath linoleum.
Pictures of mold under vinyl flooring.
How to get rid of mold under flooring.
If the flooring underneath the linoleum becomes saturated mold spores can thrive and sustain themselves on the glue holding the tile to the floor.
Mold remediation professionals have the necessary safety gear to protect themselves and to prevent the spread of mold during the process of checking for hidden mold growth.
There are more than 100 000 kinds.
Mold can grow anywhere that moisture has gotten.
Removing mold under vinyl flooring.
Mold you can t wish it away and you can t really avoid it.
You can read more about mold under vinyl flooring.
It leaked under the vinyl and caused mold to come up through the joints of the tile.
Unfortunately mold may prove insidious and mold growing under linoleum flooring can be especially difficult to detect.
Mold can usually be removed from vinyl and other types of non porous floor coverings though not from carpeting.
Mold cannot be adequately removed from carpet either so that must be removed and replaced.
How to tell if you have mold under the linoleum.
However you can get rid of it and keep it from coming back.
We ve now pulled the tile up and what was one a light color underneath is all black which i assume is mold.