Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere and, whether you can identify it or not, chances are your property has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that resides in your house or business is the real issue. Mold spores travel through the air and enter structures through openings like windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a residence on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be practically impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your home. You need to take action as mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to speak with who will advise on the type of mold present is priceless. Pair that with an expert who will orchestrate the best way to treat it and perform the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all types of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services
With a Paul Davis inspection of your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to treating mold safely, it is best to work with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. We provide mold remediation and removal services partnered with basic mold inspections. Mold can cause damage to your home along with major health issues to your family. Unlike most allergens, mold can adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the environment it's found in, meaning that the longer it goes untreated in your home, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can correctly identify the species of mold growing in your property and effectively manage treating it.Families of Mold
There are 3 basic kinds of mold:- Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in individuals who suffer with acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm weather mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. It 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 inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This large spore mold takes traction in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
- Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor mold that enters homes. It grows in damp, porous surfaces like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor strains bring about asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces high levels of airborne toxins, luckily is a less common household mold. It requires excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown in areas of moisture like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It is a powdery mold that grows in a selection of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
- Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins pink or light brown in color then darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, causing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to brown or grey over time and has a dank odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium grows in both cold and warm areas and moves quickly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It has a strong reaction with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of growing and migrating in colder weather, this mold is coral or pink in color and is commonly located in soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes and progresses to brain abscesses and bone infections.
- Trichoderma - This is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture and is mostly white and green. It grows in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, textiles and wood. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - Ulocladium is nearly always located in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.
