Hello All! I have a bathroom mold problem, and unfortunately I can't afford to have a professional come fix it. We have considerable mold on the ceiling/upper walls. In the past I've cleaned it with a bleach solution, but now the paint is peeling (it's regular interior paint, not mold-resistant) and bleach isn't shifting the whole stain anymore. I know it's not ideal, but can I peel/sand the paint that's coming off, go over it all with Kilz (something else?) and accept that eventually all the drywall will have to come out? Second issue is that when the shower insert was installed, the upper edge wasn't sealed, so the drywall at the edge is swollen/crumbling a bit (photo below). Do I need to cut this all out and put in a new strip of drywall, or is there something cleverer? Finally, will the combination of a better fan (the one we have is borderline for the size of the room and the room is also an awkward shape) and mold resistant paint keep this from coming back, or do I need to do something else?

We have some cheap carpet down in a basement bedroom (previous owner installed it, I’m fairly certain there isn’t even padding installed between the underfloor and the carpet, or if there is, it isn’t much). Today, about half a gallon is cream bucket worth of water (maybe less) got spilled onto the carpet in about a 1ft by 1ft area, at the absolute most.I soaked up as much as I could with bath towels, tried using the wet/dry shop vac (which didn’t seem to pull in any water at all). I’m highly allergic to mold, so I’d definitely like to stop this before it can become a problem, but I also recognize that it’s a really small patch of the carpeting and could be worrying over nothing. Is there anything else I should do to try to dry this spot to avoid mold? (Figuring out how to lay a stand fan on its side to help dry it out or something)