In a property I recently purchased, while peeling back one of the bathroom wallpaper, I found mold behind the wall paper.
I was going to knock down the walls in the bathrooms and redo the bath, but now I have stopped the work.
How do I find out how extensive the mold is, if it has spread outside of this bathroom wall to adjacent rooms, do I need to rip out other walls just to find out?
If mold is on the wall, that means it's also inside the wall, on the studs. Do the wood studs need to be replaced or can it be treated? Do I need to expose all affected studs to get them replaced or treated?
If I continue the work by ripping everything in the bathroom out, will this risk stirring up all the spores into the air?
I thought all I had to do is to spray Clorex to get it under control then proceed with the work, but the more I read the internet to get educated on this issue, the scarier I got and now I am thinking I need a level 4 bio hazzard team to come in to seal the bathroom. Where is the happy medium?
What should I do next, any idea?
Thanks,
MC