Mold or mildew on the outside of your home is not only unsightly, it can cause wood to deteriorate and rot over time. Here’s how to go about removing it.
To remove mold on nonporous surfaces, mix up a bleach solution (1 quart bleach to every 3 quarts water with a little detergent added). For porous surfaces, use an anti-microbial cleaning product that’s made to kill mold.
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In order to get rid of mold and mildew on the outside of your home, you have to kill it and remove the spores. On nonporous surfaces—like vinyl siding—a solution of bleach, detergent, and water will work. On porous wood or masonry, you’ll need or an anti-microbial cleaning product.
Protect lawns and other vegetation from over-spray and run-off before you apply the cleaner with a pump-up garden sprayer to a wet surface. Once the cleaner has a few minutes to work, begin cleaning with a scrub brush or pressure washer. When cleaning, work horizontally from bottom to top in small sections and then reverse that to rinse from top to bottom.
