Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere and, 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 has spread in your house or business 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 residence on shoes, clothing and animals. It is practically impossible for you to prevent mold infiltrating your property. It's only when there is mold growing in your property that you have cause for concern. Having an expert to turn to that can advise on the species of mold present is invaluable. Add to that an expert who will devise the best way for treatment and carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential 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 area. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, your prime option is working with a company that specializes in all aspects relating to the process. We provide mold removal and remediation services as well basic mold inspections. Mold can cause damage to your property along with major health concerns to your family. Unlike most allergens, mold will adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the surfaces it's found in, this means that the longer it remains untreated in your property, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your home and effectively handle treating it.Types of Mold
There are 3 general strains of mold:- Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health issues in individuals that suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - A mold that most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - This mold is often found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungus which enters homes. It thrives in porous, overtly moist surfaces like wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds cause asthma attacks as well as induces 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 needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing issues, 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. It's a powdery mold that grows in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - This type of mold is most often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color but deepens to dark brown-black the longer it's around. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, responsible for skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - This mold is found in homes after flooding or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages and has a musty odor. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium grows in both warm and cold areas and moves quickly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of growing and spreading in colder temperatures, Fusarium is coral or pink in color and is most commonly found in a home's soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections and progresses to bone infections and brain abscesses.
- Trichoderma - Trichoderma is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture and is mostly white and green. It thrives in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. 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 and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.
