Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere and, whether you can identify it or not, chances are your house has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is a part of nature, although the type of mold that has spread in your house or business can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering buildings through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a building on shoes, clothing and animals. It is practically impossible for you to eliminate mold encountering your home. You need to take action when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on who will tell you the kind of mold present is invaluable. Pair that with an expert that can develop the optimal way to treat it and perform the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential abatement services for a variety of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
When you have Paul Davis inspect your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has a high level of knowledge in this area. Detecting and identifying mold is step one in what can be an arduous project. When it comes to treating mold safely, it is best working with a company which specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services partnered with basic mold inspections. Mold will cause damage to your home along with major health issues to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, will negatively affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it's found in, this means that the longer it remains untreated in your home, the worse its effects are. The experts with Paul Davis can correctly identify the strains of mold growing in your home and effectively deal with treating it.Kinds of Mold
There are 3 basic families of mold:- Allergenic: Which cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in people which suffer with acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It causes hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold which grows both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be discovered in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - This mold is often located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold takes traction in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor mold which enters homes. It thrives in damp, porous environments like wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being the least common household mold is fortunate, as it is among the more terrible. It needs excessive damp to thrive, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. This is a powdery mold that thrives in a variety of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
- Aureobasidium - This mold is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color then deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold induces eye infections and skin rashes.
- Chaetomium - This mold can be located in homes after flooding or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a musty odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in both cold and warm areas and moves rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts adversely with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Fusarium is commonly located in a home's soft goods and grows and moves in cold temperatures. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both kinds can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms from this mold start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections then progresses to brain abscesses and bone infections.
- Trichoderma - Trichoderma is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. It's a rapidly growing mold with a wool like texture that is mostly white and green. It thrives in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, wood and fabric. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - Ulocladium is almost always located in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.