Interior Mold Detection and Inspection Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can identify it or not, chances are your property has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is something that occurs naturally, however the kind of mold that resides in your home or property is the real problem. Mold spores move through the air, entering buildings through openings like windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a location on clothing, shoes, and pets. It is virtually impossible for you to prevent mold infiltrating your house. You need to take action when mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can tell you the species of mold present is priceless. Pair that with an expert that can devise the best way to treat it and execute the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for all sorts of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
With a Paul Davis inspection of your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional with in depth knowledge in this area. The detection and identification of mold is step one in what can be a long procedure. When it comes to treating mold safely, it is best to work with a company which specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services in conjunction with basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your house and major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the surfaces it lives in, this means the longer it remains without treatment in your house, the worse its effects are. The experts with Paul Davis can correctly identify the strains of mold growing in your house and effectively deal with treating it.Properties of Mold
There are 3 general types of mold:- Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in people which suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold that thrives both indoors and outdoors. It can be found 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 large spore mold takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungi that enters homes. It grows in porous, overtly moist locations such as textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks as well as induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being the least common household mold is good, as it is among the more terrible. Stachybotrys needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. This is a powdery mold that grows in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is most often found 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 is a highly responsive allergic mold, causing eye infections and skin rashes.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located in houses after a flood or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to brown or grey over time and carries a dank odor. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold grows in both warm and cold areas and migrates rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of growing and spreading in cold weather, this mold 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 start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections then progresses to bone infections and brain abscesses.
- Trichoderma - Trichoderma is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. It's a rapidly growing mold with a wool like texture and is mostly white and green. It does well in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, fabric and wood. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, this mold 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 and contributes to respiratory ailments and asthma.
