Note 1: many sites refer to mold bugs as 'mould', so weather you prefer mould or mold its same thing as I think mold is 'US' version and mould is 'UK' version.
Note 2: my story with mold bugs started in late Oct 2013 till Dec 06, 2013.
Note 3: Since I love Dubai, the area and the tower I live in, no details will be disclosed in that regard. the whole Idea of this blog is to inform people about this topic since it took me a lot of time [nearly about 40 days] and money [around 12,000 AED] to win the battle with that tiny little bugs, and I feel its important to help people overcome such threat with minimum time and proper method of mold bugs termination throughout sharing my story.
Important Disclaimer: Although I'm an Engineer that keep solving problems on daily bases with extreme care of details and quality, I am not Licensed bugs or painting person, all things listed in this blog based on my personal experience with mold bugs, Experts inputs I contacted face to face and googling/research. So please contact the experts in the bugs domain in all cases. reading my story might give you some insight or basic knowledge on mold bugs that could be useful while searching for solution, but indeed I don't know if your home infected with multiple type of bugs or that the solution being used to fix my problem with mold bugs could not work in all cases, etc. yet keep in mind some pest control companies told me they got solution/treatment for mold bugs but its was totally useless and cost me around 750 AED. So please be careful, contact multiple competitors and don't believe anything commercial people says, I fall into that trap because I was hopeless and I wanted easy and fast solution knowing that pest control wont fix the problem as i read online and one of the top pest control companies clearly explained that mold bugs can't be treated by pest control!
Solution Summary: since I'm not a writer, and I know that most people would like to reach the solution without going into all details here I'll post the full solution:
0. Mold Bugs are really Hard creature to defeat, so take them seriously and don't underestimate them at all.
1. In case you are renting the infected apartment, best thing to do is to move out to new building and buy full new furniture (if its within your budget). I couldn't afford moving out because during the time it would cost me around 25,000 AED and I was not ready to spend such amount but indeed it was going to be the final solution if nothing worked out.
2. In case you own the infected apartment/home/villa or you can't afford to move out and you are ready to stand up the fight against mold bugs then please follow below steps in exact same fashion I list them otherwise feel free to read my full story to see how wrong I was and why I spent all that money and time for not following experts advice from 1st glance:
In the coming posts, I'll write about detection of mold bugs and what methods I currently use to prevent my apartment becoming suitable host for mold bugs once again! but please understand that I don't like to write or share anything that's already covered in the net.
bye,
Note 2: my story with mold bugs started in late Oct 2013 till Dec 06, 2013.
Note 3: Since I love Dubai, the area and the tower I live in, no details will be disclosed in that regard. the whole Idea of this blog is to inform people about this topic since it took me a lot of time [nearly about 40 days] and money [around 12,000 AED] to win the battle with that tiny little bugs, and I feel its important to help people overcome such threat with minimum time and proper method of mold bugs termination throughout sharing my story.
Important Disclaimer: Although I'm an Engineer that keep solving problems on daily bases with extreme care of details and quality, I am not Licensed bugs or painting person, all things listed in this blog based on my personal experience with mold bugs, Experts inputs I contacted face to face and googling/research. So please contact the experts in the bugs domain in all cases. reading my story might give you some insight or basic knowledge on mold bugs that could be useful while searching for solution, but indeed I don't know if your home infected with multiple type of bugs or that the solution being used to fix my problem with mold bugs could not work in all cases, etc. yet keep in mind some pest control companies told me they got solution/treatment for mold bugs but its was totally useless and cost me around 750 AED. So please be careful, contact multiple competitors and don't believe anything commercial people says, I fall into that trap because I was hopeless and I wanted easy and fast solution knowing that pest control wont fix the problem as i read online and one of the top pest control companies clearly explained that mold bugs can't be treated by pest control!
Solution Summary: since I'm not a writer, and I know that most people would like to reach the solution without going into all details here I'll post the full solution:
0. Mold Bugs are really Hard creature to defeat, so take them seriously and don't underestimate them at all.
1. In case you are renting the infected apartment, best thing to do is to move out to new building and buy full new furniture (if its within your budget). I couldn't afford moving out because during the time it would cost me around 25,000 AED and I was not ready to spend such amount but indeed it was going to be the final solution if nothing worked out.
2. In case you own the infected apartment/home/villa or you can't afford to move out and you are ready to stand up the fight against mold bugs then please follow below steps in exact same fashion I list them otherwise feel free to read my full story to see how wrong I was and why I spent all that money and time for not following experts advice from 1st glance:
A. If mold bugs detected on any of your stuff, clean it professionally then package it. otherwise replace it.
B. Contact Professional Air Duct Company, to clean every single bit of the AC system that belong to your apartment. cost vary based on the size of the apartment. [I paid 800 AED for Studio but the company I contacted is the best one in Dubai during the time! later I saw many coupons for Air duct services, so try to look for that option too]. Remark: building Maintenance contractor wont clean the apartments section of the air duct, but they take care of cleaning the building/tower part of the air duct every x months. please read my full story to see how wrong I was when I trust the building management for handling air duct cleaning!
C. Contact Jotun paints [I'm not marketing any brand in my story but Jotun was my choice as best paints in Dubai during the time] for recommended dealers. Indeed the recommended dealer will charge more but at least I was fully confident that I'm getting the right painters to apply Jotun paints correctly. [the dealer charged me 30 AED per Meter, total 2,200 AED].
D. [this step is fully credited to: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/37613-mould-bugs-on-the-walls-and-roof/]
- remove old layer of paint first (walls and Ceiling) . Need to use sandpaper and sand it off.
- apply a layer of sealant first (walls and Ceiling) [until its totally dry] before painting over with anti-mould paint (walls and Ceiling).
remark: for my studio the paint job took 3 days and four painters were working on it. this step (D) must be applied very precisely in same sequence. in term of Jotun the sealant paint used is called primer solvent (not really sure about solvent spelling but they told me its type of paint that go deep into wall so that if the wall from inside is infected that paint wont let it pass at all), and the anti mold paint is called (JOTUN Fenomastic Hygiene) [during the time]. for me they applied 1 coat of primer and 2 coasts of Hygiene.
E. buy anti-mold spray [during the time i found only 2 products (dettol and clorox anti mold sprays) and cleaning stuff, and then contact cleaning company to clean the floor and any bits of the apartments with anti mold sprays. [this step total cost around 100 AED only, knowing that I used both products]
F. that's it: if you follow all the steps I listed above no mold bugs shall be found in your apartment as it exactly solved my problem, since the mold can't grow or hitch or crawl on the Hygiene paint. its been 2 weeks without single mold bug being detected.
B. Contact Professional Air Duct Company, to clean every single bit of the AC system that belong to your apartment. cost vary based on the size of the apartment. [I paid 800 AED for Studio but the company I contacted is the best one in Dubai during the time! later I saw many coupons for Air duct services, so try to look for that option too]. Remark: building Maintenance contractor wont clean the apartments section of the air duct, but they take care of cleaning the building/tower part of the air duct every x months. please read my full story to see how wrong I was when I trust the building management for handling air duct cleaning!
C. Contact Jotun paints [I'm not marketing any brand in my story but Jotun was my choice as best paints in Dubai during the time] for recommended dealers. Indeed the recommended dealer will charge more but at least I was fully confident that I'm getting the right painters to apply Jotun paints correctly. [the dealer charged me 30 AED per Meter, total 2,200 AED].
D. [this step is fully credited to: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/37613-mould-bugs-on-the-walls-and-roof/]
- remove old layer of paint first (walls and Ceiling) . Need to use sandpaper and sand it off.
- apply a layer of sealant first (walls and Ceiling) [until its totally dry] before painting over with anti-mould paint (walls and Ceiling).
remark: for my studio the paint job took 3 days and four painters were working on it. this step (D) must be applied very precisely in same sequence. in term of Jotun the sealant paint used is called primer solvent (not really sure about solvent spelling but they told me its type of paint that go deep into wall so that if the wall from inside is infected that paint wont let it pass at all), and the anti mold paint is called (JOTUN Fenomastic Hygiene) [during the time]. for me they applied 1 coat of primer and 2 coasts of Hygiene.
E. buy anti-mold spray [during the time i found only 2 products (dettol and clorox anti mold sprays) and cleaning stuff, and then contact cleaning company to clean the floor and any bits of the apartments with anti mold sprays. [this step total cost around 100 AED only, knowing that I used both products]
F. that's it: if you follow all the steps I listed above no mold bugs shall be found in your apartment as it exactly solved my problem, since the mold can't grow or hitch or crawl on the Hygiene paint. its been 2 weeks without single mold bug being detected.
In the coming posts, I'll write about detection of mold bugs and what methods I currently use to prevent my apartment becoming suitable host for mold bugs once again! but please understand that I don't like to write or share anything that's already covered in the net.
bye,
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