Fortunately there are ways to tell if you have mold growing underneath linoleum.
Pictures of mold under vinyl flooring.
How to tell if you have mold under the linoleum.
There are more than 100 000 kinds.
Mold can grow anywhere that moisture has gotten.
You can read more about moldy carpet here.
Mold can usually be removed from vinyl and other types of non porous floor coverings though not from carpeting.
Mold cannot be adequately removed from carpet either so that must be removed and replaced.
Growing in moist areas and causing a multitude of health problems mold can be a serious problem.
Unfortunately mold may prove insidious and mold growing under linoleum flooring can be especially difficult to detect.
However you can get rid of it and keep it from coming back.
If the flooring underneath the linoleum becomes saturated mold spores can thrive and sustain themselves on the glue holding the tile to the floor.
Mold you can t wish it away and you can t really avoid it.
Mold remediation professionals have the necessary safety gear to protect themselves and to prevent the spread of mold during the process of checking for hidden mold growth.
You might be able to remove mold from vinyl flooring but if there is mold underneath the vinyl it will also need to be removed and replaced.
You can read more about mold under vinyl flooring.
We ve now pulled the tile up and what was one a light color underneath is all black which i assume is mold.