Interior Mold Detection and Inspection Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that grows in your home 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 pets, clothing and shoes. It is practically impossible for you to eliminate mold encountering your home. You should take action when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on who will tell you the type of mold present is priceless. Add to that an expert who will develop the best way to treat it and execute the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial emergency restorative services for all kinds of disasters, including mold.Services for Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement
When Paul Davis performs an inspection on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this area. The detection and identification of mold is the primary step in what can be a long process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best working with a company that specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services in conjunction with basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your dwelling along with major health concerns for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold will adversely affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it lives in, this means the longer it goes without treatment in your home, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the kinds of mold growing in your residence and effectively manage treating it.Kinds of Mold
There are 3 general families of mold:- Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in people that suffer with acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic substances.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold which thrives outdoors and indoors. It can be located in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It is also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly found in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This large spore mold takes traction in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor mold that enters homes. It thrives in damp, porous surfaces like textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor variety cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, fortunately is the least common household mold. It needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding in the lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown in areas of moisture like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. Acremonium is a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - This mold is often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It begins light brown or pink in color then deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - This mold can be located in residences after a flood or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It carries a dank odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in warm and cold areas and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has an adverse reaction with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Fusarium is commonly found in soft goods and thrives and migrates in cold temperatures. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin 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 green and white. It thrives in moist and consistently damp areas 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 - This mold is mostly found in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds that contributes to asthma and respiratory illnesses.
