How to get rid of mold under flooring and prevent mold growth on concrete?

There is a garage apartment next to our house.After being closed up, it is overpowering.The apartment was built in a metal barn with a concrete floor.It has a bathroom, a shower, and a dry wall.A large window was placed in a new wall of the garage.The heating unit and plumbing have been checked.There is a leak between the outside wall and siding.I had a water leak in my apartment last year.I'm wondering if anyone has heard of mold growing under a laminate floor or up through concrete floor.We are frustrated.We had laminate flooring in our basement bathroom.The floor is made of concrete.The smell of the toilet was terrible.The entire underside of the laminate was rotten.Bleached the concrete, replaced the laminate with ceramic tile, and put in a new toilet.It can grow mold.Was this helpful?We had vinyl flooring over a concrete slab which cracked all the time because it wasn't poured as thick as code required.It does happen.Since tile is supposed to "breathe" and not cause problems, we replaced the vinyl with ceramic tile.Was this helpful?It is porous by nature.It will grow mold if it isn't plasticrete or sealed well.It has air and is porous, all you have to do is add mold.Was this helpful?Best AnswerMold will grow where ever there is water.There is a concrete slab with a vinyl floor.We decided to replace it with ceramic tiles.We found mold.The floor was painted with red suff.The smell and mold are gone.The only way to get rid of the smell and mold is to find it and clean it up.Was this helpful?Bucko of the Desert found this helpful answer, "Yes, I just tore up flooring over a concrete slab."It had a musty smell when it was installed.The joints were starting to peak.I was 15 months old.You couldn't see the white mold on the joints without removing it.Was this helpful?An Answer found this helpful, "Just pulled up a laminate floor in a basement bedroom because we suspected mold under the floor cause the edges were a bit curled."It looked like the mold had been there from the previous owner.My contractor sealed the floor with a quick set after we wiped up the black mold.We thought this was a good alternative to a wet product to clean up the black mold.We are working on a new floor.Was this helpful?I am dealing with this as I type.There is a concrete floor with vinyl on it.I removed most of the glue from the vinyl two years ago.I put down plastic, padding, and new laminate after letting it dry.I replaced a damaged portion this week and what did I find?There are large patches of black mold.There was glue on the patches.The glue was fed under the plastic.Was this helpful?Yes, answer this question.

The plumbing and heating unit have been checked.There is a leak between the outside wall and siding.I had a water leak in my apartment last year.I'm wondering if anyone has heard of mold growing under a laminate floor or up through concrete floor.We are frustrated.We had laminate flooring in our basement bathroom.The floor is made of concrete.The smell of the toilet was terrible.The entire underside of the laminate was rotten.Bleached the concrete, replaced the laminate with ceramic tile, and put in a new toilet.It can grow mold.Was this helpful?We had vinyl flooring over a concrete slab which cracked all the time because it wasn't poured as thick as code required.It does happen.Since tile is supposed to "breathe" and not cause problems, we replaced the vinyl with ceramic tile.Was this helpful?It is porous by nature.It will grow mold if it isn't plasticrete or sealed well.It has air and is porous, all you have to do is add mold.Was this helpful?Best AnswerMold will grow where ever there is water.There is a concrete slab with a vinyl floor.We decided to replace it with ceramic tiles.We found mold.The floor was painted with red suff.The smell and mold are gone.The only way to get rid of the smell and mold is to find it and clean it up.Was this helpful?Bucko of the Desert found this helpful answer, "Yes, I just tore up flooring over a concrete slab."It had a musty smell when it was installed.The joints were starting to peak.I was 15 months old.You couldn't see the white mold on the joints without removing it.Was this helpful?An Answer found this helpful, "Just pulled up a laminate floor in a basement bedroom because we suspected mold under the floor cause the edges were a bit curled."It looked like the mold had been there from the previous owner.My contractor sealed the floor with a quick set after we wiped up the black mold.We thought this was a good alternative to a wet product to clean up the black mold.We are working on a new floor.Was this helpful?I am dealing with this as I type.There is a concrete floor with vinyl on it.I removed most of the glue from the vinyl two years ago.I put down plastic, padding, and new laminate after letting it dry.I replaced a damaged portion this week and what did I find?There are large patches of black mold.There was glue on the patches.The glue was fed under the plastic.Was this helpful?Yes, answer this question.

I'm wondering if anyone has heard of mold growing under a laminate floor or up through concrete floor.We are frustrated.We had laminate flooring in our basement bathroom.The floor is made of concrete.The smell of the toilet was terrible.The entire underside of the laminate was rotten.Bleached the concrete, replaced the laminate with ceramic tile, and put in a new toilet.It can grow mold.Was this helpful?We had vinyl flooring over a concrete slab which cracked all the time because it wasn't poured as thick as code required.It does happen.Since tile is supposed to "breathe" and not cause problems, we replaced the vinyl with ceramic tile.Was this helpful?It is porous by nature.It will grow mold if it isn't plasticrete or sealed well.It has air and is porous, all you have to do is add mold.Was this helpful?Best AnswerMold will grow where ever there is water.There is a concrete slab with a vinyl floor.We decided to replace it with ceramic tiles.We found mold.The floor was painted with red suff.The smell and mold are gone.The only way to get rid of the smell and mold is to find it and clean it up.Was this helpful?Bucko of the Desert found this helpful answer, "Yes, I just tore up flooring over a concrete slab."It had a musty smell when it was installed.The joints were starting to peak.I was 15 months old.You couldn't see the white mold on the joints without removing it.Was this helpful?An Answer found this helpful, "Just pulled up a laminate floor in a basement bedroom because we suspected mold under the floor cause the edges were a bit curled."It looked like the mold had been there from the previous owner.My contractor sealed the floor with a quick set after we wiped up the black mold.We thought this was a good alternative to a wet product to clean up the black mold.We are working on a new floor.Was this helpful?I am dealing with this as I type.There is a concrete floor with vinyl on it.I removed most of the glue from the vinyl two years ago.I put down plastic, padding, and new laminate after letting it dry.I replaced a damaged portion this week and what did I find?There are large patches of black mold.There was glue on the patches.The glue was fed under the plastic.Was this helpful?Yes, answer this question.

There was laminate flooring in our bathroom.The floor is made of concrete.The smell of the toilet was terrible.The entire underside of the laminate was rotten.Bleached the concrete, replaced the laminate with ceramic tile, and put in a new toilet.It can grow mold.

We had vinyl flooring over a concrete slab that cracked all the time because it wasn't poured as thick as code required, which caused the vinyl to rot.It does happen.Since tile is supposed to "breathe" and not cause problems, we replaced the vinyl with ceramic tile.

Nature makes concrete porous.It will grow mold if it isn't plasticrete or sealed well.It has air and is porous, all you have to do is add mold.

Where there is water, mold will grow.There is a concrete slab with a vinyl floor.We decided to replace it with ceramic tiles.We found mold.The floor was painted with red suff.The smell and mold are gone.The only way to get rid of the smell and mold is to find it and clean it up.

I tore up the flooring over the concrete slab.It had a musty smell when it was installed.The joints were starting to peak.I was 15 months old.You couldn't see the white mold on the joints without removing it.

We suspected mold under the floor in the basement bedroom so we pulled it up.It looked like the mold had been there from the previous owner.My contractor sealed the floor with a quick set after we wiped up the black mold.We thought this was a good alternative to a wet product to clean up the black mold.We are working on a new floor.

As I type, I am dealing with this.There is a concrete floor with vinyl on it.I removed most of the glue from the vinyl two years ago.I put down plastic, padding, and new laminate after letting it dry.I replaced a damaged portion this week and what did I find?There are large patches of black mold.There was glue on the patches.The glue was fed under the plastic.

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It's important to find out where the water is coming in order to fix it.You may have to take out the flooring.If not fixed, water can add more problems.Health issues can be caused by mold and water damage.There is a link that may help with this issue, which can be found at www.accutechrestoration.com.