Interior Mold Detection and Inspection Services

Whether you can spot it or not, there is a good chance mold is in your home. Mold is a part of nature, but the kind of mold that grows in your house or business is the real problem. Mold spores move through the air, entering buildings through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a residence on clothing, shoes, and pets. It can be nearly impossible for you to stop mold encountering your property. It's only when the mold is growing in your home that you have cause for concern. Having an expert to speak with that can tell you the strain of mold present is priceless. Pair that with an expert that can develop the optimal way for treatment and carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial emergency restorative services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services

When Paul Davis performs an investigation on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has in depth knowledge in this field. The detection and identification of mold is step one in what can be an arduous project. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best to work with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. Paul Davis offers mold removal and remediation services as well basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your house along with major health concerns for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold does negatively affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it grows in, this means the longer it goes without treatment in your property, the worse its effects are. The professionals with Paul Davis can correctly identify the species of mold growing in your residence and effectively handle treating it.

Types of Mold

There are 3 basic kinds of mold:

  • Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health issues in people who suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic microbes.
With the abundance of molds that can reside in structures, having an expert to diagnosis and investigate the extent of their spread is crucial to eradicating it. An expert with Paul Davis can aid in helping make your home healthy and free from the most insidious molds. A few common molds are:

  • Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus - This is a warm weather mold that grows outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be discovered in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly located in soil, showers, window frames, carpets and textiles. This is a large spore mold that deposits in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
  • Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor mold which enters homes. It spreads in damp, porous areas such as wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds trigger asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys - This particularly horrible mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, fortunately is the least common household mold. Stachybotrys needs excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It's a powdery mold that grows in a selection of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium - This variety of mold is most often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It starts out pink or light brown in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold causes skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium - This mold is found in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to brown or grey as it ages and has a musty odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium grows in cold and warm environments and moves rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has a strong reaction with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium - Capable of thriving and migrating in cold weather, Fusarium is pink or coral colored and is most commonly located in soft goods. A reddish strain 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. 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, 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 - Ulocladium is almost always located in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds that contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.

Reach Out to Paul Davis for a Reliable Mold Inspection

When you may know or suspect there is mold in your residence call the experts with Paul Davis. Our expert team will provide a detailed inspection and execute the remediation services required to remove insidious mold from your property. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.