If it is fungal, you will only be seeing about ten percent of it, ie the
parts that spread the spores, its probably quite extensive in the underlying
material.

Brian

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"gremlin_95" wrote in message
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On 22/06/2012 22:20, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:15:58 +0100, gremlin_95 wrote:

The above picture is a bit of an extreme example as it had been allowed
to develop as we were away for a few days.
That looks like a fungus of some sort, is it a leathery sort of growth?

Yes it does seem quite leathery.

Can anyone confirm what it is and how to get rid of it and stop it
happening again? The bathroom has an extractor fan which works, trickle
vent on the window and a gap under the door. The window is usually left
open in all but the coolest weather (and when the shower is in use).
Well the room is well ventilated but what is behind that red panel under
the
floor or skirting? Fungus/molds generally like permenant damp, so you
need to
find the source of that damp. Hidden leaking pipe, leaking window/window
frame, water on the floor not mopped up and getting behind those bits?

Behind the red tiles is where the soil pipe from the toilet goes; the
toilet sits right in front of the red tiling box, further down is the sink
and the hot and cold water pipes come up from inside the red tiling box
and up to the sink. There is no window on that wall. I think some further
investigation is required, do you think it is worth lifting up the lino
flooring first to see if it's from the floor and then break up those red
tiles?



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