Black Mold On Attic Rafters

The surfaces that black mold will grow on in your attic in the attic the most common places to find black mold are the places where water is likely to be a problem.

Black mold on attic rafters.

The roof has baffles at alternating thusses soffit and ridge vents. Walls that are improperly insulated may develop mold because they will absorb moisture from outside. The black growth on attic sheathing and rafters consists primarily of species of cladosporium alternaria or other genera of micro fungi but rarely if ever the potentially toxic stachybotrys mold black mold because attics are not consistently wet enough to sustain this kind of mold. You have mold that should be removed.

Dark black staining on wood surfaces if the wood in your attic shows any black discoloration the problem has moved beyond moisture. On the east side only there is black mold for the first 6 up the slope. Skips a few trusses and reappears on the next panel or two. At the south end of the roof the ridge changes direction causing an overlay condition.

The black mold is on the first 3 truss panels. Attic feels excessively hot or stuffy attics should feel breezy if they are properly ventilated.