Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services
Mold can be found everywhere so, whether you can see it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is a part of nature, although the species of mold that grows in your house or property can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores can travel through the air and enter buildings through any opening, such as doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a residence on clothing, shoes, and pets. It can be practically impossible for you to eliminate mold infiltrating your residence. It's only when there is mold growing in your home that you should be concerned. Having an expert to turn to who will tell you the kind of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert who will orchestrate the optimal way to treat it then perform the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for all types of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
When you have Paul Davis inspect your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the first step in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, the prime choice is to work with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. Paul Davis offers mold removal and remediation services in conjunction with basic mold testing. Mold causes damage to your dwelling as well as major health issues to your family. Unlike most allergens, mold does negatively affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the environment it lives in, this means that the longer it remains without treatment in your residence, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your house and effectively manage treating it.Properties of Mold
There are 3 basic strains of mold:- Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in people who suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold that thrives outdoors and indoors. It can be discovered in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. It can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - This mold is often located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This large spore mold deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungi easily enters homes. It spreads in damp, porous environments such as textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being the least rampant household mold is good, as it's among the more horrible. It requires excessive damp to thrive, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of condensation such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. This is a powdery mold that grows in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is most often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly allergic responsive mold is responsible for causing eye infections and skin rashes.
- Chaetomium - This mold can be located in residences after flooding or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It carries a musty odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to brown or grey as it ages. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold grows in cold and warm environments and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Fusarium is most commonly located 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 skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes then can progress 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 that is mostly white and green. It thrives in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, upholstery and wood. 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 located in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.
