Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere and, whether you can identify it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is a part of nature, although the kind of mold that has spread in your house or business can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering structures through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a building on shoes, clothing and animals. It can be virtually impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your residence. You need to be concerned when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on that can advise on the kind of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert that can devise the best way for treatment then perform the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for a variety of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
With a Paul Davis inspection of your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional with in depth experience in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is step one in what can be a long process. When it comes to treating mold safely, the best choice is working with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. We offer mold removal and remediation services in addition to basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your property and major health issues for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold does adversely affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the environment it grows in, meaning the longer it goes untreated in your residence, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can accurately identify the types of mold growing in your property and effectively handle treating it.Types of Mold
There are 3 general strains of mold:- Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health issues in people who suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic substances.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm weather mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It is 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 deposits in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
- Cladosporium - This is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungus easily enters homes. It spreads in porous, damp areas such as textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor kinds cause asthma attacks as well as induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being a less common household mold is lucky, as it's among the more horrible. Stachybotrys requires excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of condensation such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. It's a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - This type of mold is most often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold induces skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium is found in houses after a flood or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a musty odor, cotton like texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold grows in both warm and cold areas and spreads rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of thriving and spreading in colder weather, Fusarium is pink or coral in color and is most commonly located in a home's soft goods. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms begin as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections and progresses 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 that is mostly green and white. It grows in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, wood and fabric. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - Ulocladium is mostly located in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds that contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.
