Decay fungi stain fungi and mold fungi.
White spots on wood in attic.
Attics are one of the most common areas of mold growth in the home.
Attics contain plenty of food sources for mold including wood and insulation.
Tea tree oil and white vinegar are both completely natural and safe for wood but have strong fungicidal properties.
Some dark stains can be attributed to the natural oils or acids inherent in wood that are often brought to the surface by the heat inside the attic.
This is why it s less common to see mold growth on base trim after a flooding event.
Attics tend to have the perfect conditions for mold growth hot humid and an abundant food source with the wood sheathing.
Home house mold what causes attic mold how to remove it.
Almost all attics in homes more than 25 years old will have some moisture stains on either the sheathing or the framing.
The mold usually appears first as small dust like white spots.
Mix your vinegar or oil solution in a spray bottle and spray the mold in your attic.
White mold in attics.
Apply pressure and gently chip away at the sap until the crystals begin to pop off.
If you let the mold grows it can become bigger white blotches and even into fiber like component if the mold colony grows too large.
White mold tends to grow in high humidity environments rather than areas suffering from total saturation.
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In the attic photograph at left we show a mix of green gray and white attic mold.
On wood there are three basic fungi.
Stain fungi is an aesthetic problem decay fungi damages the wood and mold fungi can be cleaned or removed.
The photo at page top shows white attic mold on the roof sheathing and rafters and some brown or black mold on the attic side of ceiling drywall where we pulled back insulation.
In a reasonably well insulated and vented attic stains may appear due to condensation.
Attic stains may fall into this category depending on the severity.
When you see white spots on wood they are almost certainly white mold since efflorescence cannot appear on wood.
Attic sheathing and framing.