Give mold no chance

With our private bath­rooms, we all have a small “wet­land” or biotope at home. Due to the warm and humid cli­mate of rooms that involve the use of water, there is always the risk of mold form­a­tion. Over time, the joints around bathtubs and showers become leaky and allow the pen­et­ra­tion of water, thus pro­mot­ing the growth of mold spores. For this reas­on, all joints in bath­rooms, kit­chens and around win­dows should be tightly sealed. Sil­ic­one is the seal­ant of choice. If you want to be on the safe side, choose low-emis­­sion products with the eco-label EMICODE^®. In this way, you not only pro­tect your own health but also our envir­on­ment.

San­it­ary sil­ic­ones con­tain sub­stances that effect­ively pre­vent an infest­a­tion with mold spores. For a cer­tain peri­od, these fun­gi­cid­al agents pro­tect against mold attack, but over time they gradu­ally lose their effect. In order to inhib­it the form­a­tion of mold, it is always advis­able after tak­ing a bath or shower to clean the joints with clear water and dry them after use. Also reg­u­lar air­ing of wet rooms is of key import­ance: This removes the breed­ing ground for fungal spores and min­im­izes the risk of mold infest­a­tion. The same applies to kit­chens and win­dows: Wherever there is a high level of mois­ture, elast­ic and water­proof san­it­ary sil­ic­one is the first choice for seal­ing expan­sion, edge, corner and con­nec­tion joints.

In order not to impair the res­id­ents’ health, the con­tent of fun­gi­cides in sil­ic­ones must be rel­at­ively low. Eco-seals like EMICODE^® are a use­ful indic­at­or for products that are largely free of harm­ful sub­stances. For over 20 years now, GEV EMICODE^® has been test­ing and cer­ti­fy­ing many dif­fer­ent build­ing and install­a­tion products that are par­tic­u­larly low in emis­sions. The high qual­ity stand­ard is ensured by tests with strin­gent test cri­ter­ia car­ried out by inde­pend­ent labor­at­or­ies. Only products that are really harm­less and very low in emis­sions are awar­ded the EC1 or EC1 Plus seal. With sil­ic­one seal­ants car­ry­ing the EMICODE^® seal you can be sure to keep the impact on your own health and our envir­on­ment as low as pos­sible.