Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your house has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is something that occurs naturally, although the strain of mold that resides in your house or property can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores migrate through the air and enter buildings through any opening, such as doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a building on shoes, clothing and animals. It can be basically impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your home. You should be concerned as mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to who will advise on the kind of mold present is worth the expense. Add to that an expert who will devise the optimal way to treat it and carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for all types 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 first step in what can be a long procedure. When it comes to taking care of mold safely, your prime choice is to work with a company which specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis offers mold removal and remediation services partnered with basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your home along with major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the environment it resides in, this means that the longer it remains untreated in your home, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the strains of mold growing in your house and effectively handle treating it.Kinds of Mold
There are 3 general types of mold:- Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in people which suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be located in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that deposits in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungus that enters homes. It thrives in porous, overtly moist surfaces such as textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor kinds cause asthma attacks as well as induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly horrible mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, luckily is the least common household mold. Stachybotrys needs excessive damp to thrive, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding in the lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown in areas of moisture 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 - This kind of mold is most often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out pink or light brown in color then darkens to dark brown-black the longer it's around. This highly allergic responsive mold is responsible for causing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located 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 brown or grey as it ages. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium thrives in both warm and cold environments and moves rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts strongly with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Fusarium is most commonly found in a home's soft goods and thrives and moves in cold temperatures. A reddish variety 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 then can progress to brain abscesses and bone infections.
- Trichoderma - Trichoderma is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture that is mostly white and green. It does well in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, wood and upholstery. 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 nearly always found in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.
