Mouldy carpets - help please?

[shentodj]

In our lounge, we've just moved a couple of items of furniture and the carpet under them appears to have gone mouldy! It's a concrete floor. I'm not at all handy, so can anyone explain what will have caused this and what is likely to need doing to fix it?

Single syllable answers gratefully received,
Shentodj

[mrsxllifts]

Simply put: damp.

Most cases are due to damp coming from somewhere. This then give the mould somewhere warm, moist and undisturbed to grow, ideal conditions for it.

Try to find the source of the damp if you can, if its on a wall, wipe it off with a cloth with bleach on as that normally kills it off but obviously it will return if the source isn't eliminated.

HTH

[Sheets Tabuer]

Are your airbricks covered, are the walls also concrete?

You either need a dehumidifier or a better airflow between the inside and out.

[Astacus]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Are your airbricks covered, are the walls also concrete?

You either need a dehumidifier or a better airflow between the inside and out.

Or, the concrete floor is damp, and having a piece of furnature over the carpet at that point stopped the moisture evaporating into the air properly.

[shentodj]

Thanks for responses, it's what I sort of suspected. Will check airbricks.

Thanks again,
Shentodj

[Jasandjules]

I'd get a dehumidifier in there and run it overnight for starters.