Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services
Whether you can spot it or not, chances are there is mold on your property. Mold is something that occurs naturally, although the type of mold that has spread in your home or property is the real issue. Mold spores move through the air, entering structures through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a home on shoes, clothing and animals. It is basically impossible for you to stop mold entering your house. It's only as mold is growing in your property that you have cause for worry. Having an expert to turn to that can advise on the kind of mold present is invaluable. Pair that with an expert that can devise the optimal way for treatment then execute the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential abatement services for a variety of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
When Paul Davis performs an inspection on your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional with a high level of knowledge in this area. The detection and identification of mold is step one in what can be a long process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, the best choice is to work with a company which specializes in all aspects relating to the process. We provide mold remediation and removal services in addition to basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your house as well as major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does adversely affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the surfaces it's found in, meaning that the longer it remains without treatment in your house, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can correctly identify the types of mold growing in your home and effectively deal with treating it.Properties of Mold
There are 3 general species 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 microorganisms.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly thrives on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm weather mold that thrives indoors and outdoors. It can be discovered in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It is also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is often found in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This is a large spore mold that takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor fungus that enters homes. It grows in porous, overtly moist locations like wood and textiles. Both the indoor and outdoor strains trigger asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, luckily is the least common household mold. Stachybotrys requires excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It's a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
- Aureobasidium - This kind of mold is most often found growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold induces skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - This mold can be located in houses after flooding or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It carries a musty odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to brown or grey as it ages. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium grows in cold and warm areas and spreads quickly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts adversely with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Fusarium is most commonly found in a home's soft goods and thrives and spreads in cold temperatures. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms begin as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections then progresses 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 green and white. It grows in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - Ulocladium is almost always found in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds that contributes to asthma and respiratory illnesses.
