Mold and Moisture
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Image Libraries
| 1 | Mold in the Environment |
| 2 | Magnified Mold |
| 3 | Moisture and Moisture Damage |
| 4 | Prevention |
| 5 | Mold in Buildings |
| 6 | Finding Mold and Moisture |
| 7 | Cleaning, Remediation |
| Animated Images |
Gallery 6: Finding Mold and Moisture
The image library contains mold-related images in seven categories. There are also animated images that you can choose to view and download. Each photo has a high-resolution version. To download a higher resolution version of a photo, click on the thumbnail. When the window opens, right click and choose whether you want to copy or print the photo. If copying, paste the photo into a photo-editor program or presentation.
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 Mold (and dirt) beneath refrigerator due to chronic drip-pan overflows. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Mold on a vacuum cleaner stored in a damp basement. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Moisture meter and moldy roof sheathing. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Measuring moisture levels of a sub floor. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Moldy bedroom closet. Water condensed from the air onto the gypsum board. The wall is cool enough for condensation because there is a hole in the insulation and it is cold outdoors. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Moisture meter, showing high moisture content in gypsum board behind tile. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Mold growth under ceramic tiles in a bathroom. (photo courtesy of John Martyny, Ph.D.) |
 Mushrooms growing at the base of and behind the baseboard below a water leak in a bathroom. The baseboard has been removed; the puckers in the paint are due to water damage. (photo courtesy of John Martyny, Ph.D.) |
 Most mold is found by simply looking. Mold beneath corkboard. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Mold inside a wall. This photo shows an interior wall with the lower portion of the drywall removed on one side; there is mold on the backside of the drywall caused by water leak. (photo courtesy of John Martyny, Ph.D.) |
 Opening a wall with a utility knife to minimize disturbance to mold in the wall cavity. |
 Inside of wall from above, moldy gypsum board, insulation. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Looking for mold in wall cavities by removing a section of drywall. (photo, John Martyny, Ph.D.) |
 Clear plastic tape is used to collect a sample. The sample is analyzed with a microscope to determine whether the substance is mold or soot. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |
 Bulk samples can be examined using reflective light microscopes, such as stereo microscopes or this EPI microscope. (photo courtesy of Terry Brennan) |