Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your property has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is something that occurs naturally, however the kind of mold that has spread in your home or business is the real issue. Mold spores can travel through the air and enter structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a home on shoes, clothing and animals. It is basically impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your residence. You need to be worried when mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can advise on the type of mold present is priceless. Add to that an expert that can devise the best way to treat it and execute the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all kinds of disasters, including mold.Services for Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement
When Paul Davis performs an inspection on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has a high level of knowledge in this field. The detection and identification of mold is the primary step in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to the treatment of mold safely, the best option is working with a company that specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. We provide mold remediation and removal services in conjunction with basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your home on top of major health problems for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the environment it lives in, meaning that the longer it remains without treatment in your residence, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can correctly identify the kinds of mold growing in your property and effectively handle treating it.Families of Mold
There are 3 basic kinds of mold:- Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health issues in individuals that suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic substances.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold which thrives both indoors and outdoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is often found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that takes traction in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor mold that enters homes. It thrives in damp, porous environments such as wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, luckily is a less common household mold. Stachybotrys needs excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. Acremonium is a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
- Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out pink or light brown in color then deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold is responsible for causing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - This mold can be located in houses after flooding or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It has a musty odor, cotton like texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown over time. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in both warm and cold environments and migrates quickly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of thriving and spreading in colder temperatures, this mold is pink or coral in color and is commonly found in a home's soft goods. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections then can progress to bone infections and brain abscesses.
- Trichoderma - This is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. It's a rapidly growing mold with a wool like texture and is mostly white and green. It thrives in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - This mold is almost always found in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.