Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services
Whether you can spot it or not, there is a good chance mold is on your property. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that grows in your house or business is the real problem. Mold spores travel through the air and enter structures through openings like windows, doors and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a building on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be virtually impossible for you to eliminate mold encountering your house. It's only when the mold is growing in your home that you have cause for worry. Having an expert to speak with who will tell you the type of mold present is invaluable. Pair that with an expert who will orchestrate the best way to treat it and carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all kinds of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services
With a Paul Davis inspection on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the primary step in what can be an arduous process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best working with a company that specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis provides mold removal and remediation services in addition to basic mold testing. Mold will cause damage to your residence on top of major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it grows in, this means that the longer it remains untreated in your house, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the types of mold growing in your house and effectively handle treating it.Properties of Mold
There are 3 basic kinds of mold:- Allergenic: Which cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health issues in people that suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic substances.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold which thrives indoors and outdoors. Aspergillus can be discovered in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - This mold is commonly located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This large spore mold takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - This is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungus easily enters homes. It grows in porous, overtly moist locations like wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks as well as induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, fortunately is a less common household mold. It requires excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing issues, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown in areas of moisture like cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. Acremonium is a powdery mold that thrives in a selection of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is most often found growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing eye infections and skin rashes.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium is found in residences after flooding or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a dank odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown over time. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium thrives in warm and cold areas and moves rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - This mold is most commonly located in soft goods and thrives and moves in cold weather. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms from this mold start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections and 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 does well in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - This mold is mostly located in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.
