How to Get Mold Out of the House Cheaply

I have never been to a rainforest, but Vermont is doing an A+ job at imitating one lately. The heat and humidity have truly teamed up on us this year. The long stretches of rain aren’t helping. For me, all of this is wreaking havoc on the health of my house—resulting in standing water that has, unbeknownst to me (sort of), been feeding a colony of unseen mold.

Ignorance is mold’s best friend

I say “sort of unbeknownst to me” because I suspected its existence but opted to ignore it for a while. It’s easy to pass off the musty smell of mold as a figment of your imagination or a result of dirty laundry in the vicinity—anything but mold. Mold remediation sounded, to me, like an expensive and impossible endeavor.

The fact is that feigned ignorance doesn’t eliminate the problem. Nor does hope. Shocking, right? Rather, these two things only allow the mold time to gain a greater foothold and not only cause problems for the structure of your home but potentially create long-term health issues for you and your family.

So, my hard-earned advice is, don’t ignore signs of mold. Create a plan. And if the issue is out of your control, hire a professional. Here’s how you can get started with some DIY steps:

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