Hi. I thought id mention my experience with black bathroom mold. You deffinitly want to fix it as soon as you can properly especialy if you have kids. Our house if older, and when i had my two boys the one always had a plugged up nose, not runny but really dry, and it drove my son nuts when he was a baby. Now not thinking anything this went on and i thought he had allergys. My bathroom was looking a little shabby and i did the same thing, the caulk around the bathtub was looking kinda beige so i decided to reculk, as i pulled it out i seen the black mold, we did the bleach and reculked. anyways, my sons nose got even worse and i didnt think anything of it. Then the mold started getting worse and i could see the black behind the culk and could feel soft spots behind the bathroon wall, like the laminate. So anyways, i made my husband rip the wall out (bit of an argument, and a sledghammer later) It was covered in black mold, way worse the i could have expected. While my husband was taking it all down i could literaly see my kids eyes going red, from the partacles floating in the air/ They wernt in the bathroom, just from the **** getting carried out. The next day the kids were sick. Anyhoo, since its been riped out and fixed with proper geenboard, my kids are never sick, no plugged noses, no purple bags under their eyes. Been two years and i cant believe the difference, All these little colds and things were from the bathroom mold. I had no idea the spores of mold can seep through and have huge affects, if you google it, its crazy what you will read. We actualy ripped it all out, and was going to just air it out once we got the yukky stuff out, but it staying like that for months, no inside drywall. So if its shortage of money you could take the crap out and just wait till you could afford the insoaltion and drywall, chances are it all your insolation and drywall thats moldy not your 2x4 or anything to expencive! And ripping it out is better then breathing it in! Google it, its desturbing! Just my opinion
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