Interior Mold Detection and Inspection Services

Whether you can see it or not, there is a good chance mold is in your home. Mold is something that occurs naturally, but the species of mold that resides in your home or business is the real problem. Mold spores can travel through the air, entering buildings through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a residence on clothing, shoes, and pets. It can be nearly impossible for you to eliminate mold encountering your residence. It's only as there is mold growing in your house that you need to be worried. Having an expert to consult with that can tell you the strain of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert that can devise the optimal way for treatment then carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Services for Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement

With a Paul Davis inspection of your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional with in depth knowledge in this field. The detection and identification of mold is step one in what can be a long 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. Paul Davis provides mold remediation and removal services as well basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your house as well as major health problems to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the environment it's found in, this means the longer it goes without treatment in your residence, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can accurately identify the types of mold growing in your residence and effectively handle treating it.

Families of Mold

There are 3 general kinds of mold:

  • Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: These molds cause health issues in people that suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that can produce toxic microorganisms.
With the abundance of molds that can reside in any given property, having an expert to inspect and diagnosis the extent of their spread is key to removing it. An expert with Paul Davis can assist with helping make your home healthy and free from the most dangerous molds. Some common household molds are:

  • Penicillium - This mold most commonly thrives on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold that grows indoors and outdoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold deposits in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungus easily enters homes. It spreads in porous, overtly moist environments such as wood and textiles. Both the indoor and outdoor strains 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 terrible. Stachybotrys needs excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. It's a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium - This mold is most often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It begins light brown or pink in color then deepens to dark brown-black the older it is. This highly responsive allergic mold induces skin rashes and eye infections.
  • 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 has a dank odor. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium thrives in warm and cold environments and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has an adverse reaction with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium - This mold is most commonly found in a home's soft goods and grows and migrates in cold weather. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both kinds can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes then can progress to bone infections and brain abscesses.
  • Trichoderma - This 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 moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, textiles and wood. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium - Ulocladium is almost always found in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.

Contact Paul Davis for a Reliable Mold Inspection

When you might know or suspect there is mold in your home call the professionals with Paul Davis. Our professional team will provide a detailed inspection and perform the remediation services necessary to remove insidious mold from your home. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.