recurring mold in near sink drains?

greenishmama · 11-06-2014, 08:38 AM

perhaps I should post this in the health forum but I"ll try here first.

We have been getting recurring mold near our bathroom sink drains (both upstairs and downstairs) and near the tub drains that seems abnormal to me. I'm not looking so much for a way to clean it (although ideas are good) but if anyone thinks that it's abnormal. The first 10 years we lived here we did not really clean those things much more than we do now but we never had mold before. I just cleaned my tub thoroughly less than two weeks ago and today I noticed black specks on the bottom of the tub kind of near the drain hole- not in a circle around it but in two patches about an inch away. I'm wondering if there could be mold in the drains and pipes and it spores itself out into the tub and sinks or if there could be mold IN the water (town water).
??
does anyone else have what seems like almost constant mold around their sink/tub drains? (I realize I don't scrub out the sinks every week but I'm guessing there are plenty of others who don't either...

does the water completely drain out of your sinks and tubs or is there often a wet area right near the drain metal circle thing?

Hopetobe · 11-06-2014, 11:34 AM

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lucie · 11-06-2014, 04:12 PM

We have that. It's really annoying... I just assumed that it's because of improper draining, but now you have me wondering.

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greenishmama · 11-06-2014, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lucie

We have that. It's really annoying... I just assumed that it's because of improper draining, but now you have me wondering.

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I never really noticed our sinks not draining all the way before. I think they would be dry if not used all day. I definintely know that we did not have mold in the sinks before. we'd get it on the shower curtain but not on the tub.

11-06-2014, 08:38 AM	#1
greenishmama Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northern New York State Posts: 1,769	recurring mold in near sink drains? perhaps I should post this in the health forum but I"ll try here first. We have been getting recurring mold near our bathroom sink drains (both upstairs and downstairs) and near the tub drains that seems abnormal to me. I'm not looking so much for a way to clean it (although ideas are good) but if anyone thinks that it's abnormal. The first 10 years we lived here we did not really clean those things much more than we do now but we never had mold before. I just cleaned my tub thoroughly less than two weeks ago and today I noticed black specks on the bottom of the tub kind of near the drain hole- not in a circle around it but in two patches about an inch away. I'm wondering if there could be mold in the drains and pipes and it spores itself out into the tub and sinks or if there could be mold IN the water (town water). ?? does anyone else have what seems like almost constant mold around their sink/tub drains? (I realize I don't scrub out the sinks every week but I'm guessing there are plenty of others who don't either... does the water completely drain out of your sinks and tubs or is there often a wet area right near the drain metal circle thing? __________________ married to wonderful DH since '96 "H" 9/2005 "h" 5/2008 Last edited by greenishmama; 11-06-2014 at 02:50 PM.

11-06-2014, 11:34 AM	#2
Hopetobe Rose Garden Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: "Sun, sun, sun, sunny day" Posts: 3,844	Re: recurring mold in near sink drains? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Probably on my phone, and Andrea INTP, DYT 4/1 Wife to B ~9yrs Mom to E 3yo & L 1yo 10/13/09

11-06-2014, 04:12 PM	#3
lucie Climbing Rose Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,157	Re: recurring mold in near sink drains? We have that. It's really annoying... I just assumed that it's because of improper draining, but now you have me wondering. . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Lucie a Czech married to an American since December 2001 mommy to Anna (April 2009) and Isaac (September 2012)

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