This is the only frickin corner in the entire house that has failed me. That box is with silicon gels and its not working.
I have tried scrubbing with vinegar solution. Any help is really appreciated.
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To quote from a review I read years ago:
“chemical dehumidifiers are only powerful enough to dry your own tears”
Contact your landlord
This is not an issue you can tackle with such a dehumidifier. It could draw moisture from the air, but clearly the moisture is inside the wall and floor
Buy Schimmelentferner (with chlorine). Heat the room and ensure that the air is as dry as possible. Regularly ventilate the room.
(Mold is building in rather cold rooms with high humidity. Heating up and ventilating will Bring humidity down)
That little box is like a fart in the wind.
Go to a Baumarkt. You need 3 products:
Get “Schimmel-Vernichter” (Mould destroyer), Schimmel-Schutzimprägnierung and mould-resistant paint.
Read the safety instructions for the products. Espeically the first one. Use it with a mask and gloves and scrub as much as you can off the walls. Then after you have washed it off and the wall has dried, use the Schutzimprägnierung. Then after that has dried you paint over it with the mould-resistant paint. It will take a few hours between each stage.
Then, don’t put any furniture right into the corner! Leave a gap so air can flow.
Get a small hygrometer to measure the amount of moisture in the air. Maybe a small electric de-humidifier will help. But most important: Lüften!
Why does the wall have two different colors?
It looks wet
If your landlord won’t help you get a real dehumidifier with a compressor (like Meaco Arete One). Only way to get enough moisture out of the air. You can also turn the heaters up more and don’t forget to open the windows twice a day + after showering and after cooking.
Spray some Schimmel Entferner (Activ Chlor) from OBI or Amazon. It works great, but heads up: it’s a strong chemical. Use it carefully and make sure the area is aired out properly
This is r/Germany not r/mold
Leave Germany asap !
If you want to deal with it yourself i suggest to buy a good dehumidifier. It is not really all that expensive and it is somewhat economical – not a lot of energy compared to a dryer machine plus it heats up the air just a little. I have one in the bathroom and it really works. Also it is important to keep the temperature higher. I recommend searching for one with a big container and searching for comments saying that it is somewhat quiet.
I use this when there is mold, don’t bother diluting it, use it as is. One of them removes the mold, the other one prevents it from coming back.
[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0047VUEB8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0047VUEB8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title)
I bought a infrared heater Schimmelstop it makes the wall heat up, but the reason had to be found and stopped.
Edit:
Ibought that one Bringer Schimmelstopp, i measured 56Watt during heating, it works great, to dry the wall, after the roof was repaired, so the reason need be investigated. :
[https://www.amazon.de/BR-Bringer-Schimmel-Infrarotheizung-Schimmelentferner-Qualit%C3%A4tsmarke/dp/B0FN4PQ5DY?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=3AJWPY8PAOR41&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iJ6fbH2NhUcf2kyQIA7JqbQqQxTiQFG4jJUOXjNL2Og7Ym0i55ZQXjEIv2UhYrvIPXErpY7Mxp2kUazVfijfGwCsX49sV9FanN1MZJxvupnpwLHYbUsmQAAc1gJ69n5SnfrP4LFYan_SsWZ6oFEMnFTGq-tvSxnNB5CUbu_hCFsmkaTXXePpMVH-rHg4YMENCccbZnl2Ci3txrRL1syf1GtfhkCrTFImIAS41oMKTV7rQhScP_2SG2jvuogUiRj8J55C31dAWenc8lxx57VVucnKoQjK1_qEGZMVEsj9VFE.hj09pDSeZLSHg6X0t7fkyOKDGsih2vbdzthhhu1ODF0&dib_tag=se&keywords=schimmelstop&qid=1766162537&sprefix=schimmelstop%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-30](https://www.amazon.de/BR-Bringer-Schimmel-Infrarotheizung-Schimmelentferner-Qualit%C3%A4tsmarke/dp/B0FN4PQ5DY?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=3AJWPY8PAOR41&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iJ6fbH2NhUcf2kyQIA7JqbQqQxTiQFG4jJUOXjNL2Og7Ym0i55ZQXjEIv2UhYrvIPXErpY7Mxp2kUazVfijfGwCsX49sV9FanN1MZJxvupnpwLHYbUsmQAAc1gJ69n5SnfrP4LFYan_SsWZ6oFEMnFTGq-tvSxnNB5CUbu_hCFsmkaTXXePpMVH-rHg4YMENCccbZnl2Ci3txrRL1syf1GtfhkCrTFImIAS41oMKTV7rQhScP_2SG2jvuogUiRj8J55C31dAWenc8lxx57VVucnKoQjK1_qEGZMVEsj9VFE.hj09pDSeZLSHg6X0t7fkyOKDGsih2vbdzthhhu1ODF0&dib_tag=se&keywords=schimmelstop&qid=1766162537&sprefix=schimmelstop%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-30)
If there is humidity in just a corner, probably the problem is structural, and it can not be solved with ventilation or any kind of weird device. What is after that wall? If it is the street, probably it probably has bad isolation. If not, probably there are pipelines which has problems.
You need to stop the source of moisture
There’s water infiltrating the living space from behind the wall. I’d focus on that before the paint.
The problem is humidity and temperature. Invest in a good dehumidifier. I bought the Xiaomi dehumidifier lite and never got mold again. Mold needs cold and humidity to grow. You take the humidity out of the equation and it will not grow anymore. It will not be cheap but hey, mold is slowly making you sick
You Need to use „Schimmel Spray“.
Try this
Works great for me
https://schimmel-dry.com/products/schimmel-dry-2er-set?variant=51400037957963&country=AT¤cy=EUR&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=22746391908&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22752572765&gbraid=0AAAAADF8FjO44qJABkshQT020H19hIkQx&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJTKBhCjARIsAIMC44-GMOiLJCFiPLTmO7KYfTNGi2nIITPjj4q4zX9YVpNOt08iUWJ70X4aAlHZEALw_wcB
There are some infrared lights that you can buy at Amazon (a bit pricey) but it kills the mold.
If you have furniture close to that corner and you are able to move it somewhere else that could also work. Maybe the corner is not able to ventilate as efficiently. Good luck. 🤞