Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services
Whether you can spot it or not, chances are there is mold in your house. Mold is something that occurs naturally, but the species of mold that has spread in your home or property can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering buildings through openings like windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a location on shoes, clothing and animals. It can be virtually impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your property. It's only as there is mold growing in your house that you need to be concerned. Having an expert to rely on who will advise on the species of mold present is worth the expense. Add to that an expert that can devise the optimal way to treat it then carry out the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all sorts of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
When you have Paul Davis inspect your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has a high level of experience in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the primary step in what can be a long process. When it comes to taking care of mold safely, it is best to work with a company who specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. We offer mold removal and remediation services as well basic mold testing. Mold will cause damage to your residence and major health concerns for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold can negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the environment it's found in, meaning the longer it goes without treatment in your property, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can correctly identify the kinds of mold growing in your house and effectively manage treating it.Families of Mold
There are 3 basic families of mold:- Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in individuals who suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that can produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly grows 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 environment mold that thrives outdoors and indoors. It can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold takes traction in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungus easily enters homes. It spreads in overtly moist, porous surfaces such as textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being the least rampant household mold is fortunate, as it is among the more insidious. It needs excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. This is a powdery mold that thrives in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - This type of mold 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 the older it is. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located in residences after a flood or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages and has a dank odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium thrives in warm and cold areas and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has a strong reaction with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - This mold is commonly located in a home's soft goods and thrives and migrates in cold temperatures. A reddish strain is found in organic products like 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 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 and is mostly green and white. It thrives in moist and consistently damp locations 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 - This mold is mostly located in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.
