Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services
For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can identify it or not, chances are your property has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is a part of nature, but the type of mold that has spread in your house or property is the real issue. Mold spores travel through the air, entering structures through any opening, such as doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a building on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be virtually impossible for you to stop mold infiltrating your residence. You should be worried when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can tell you the type of mold present is priceless. Add to that an expert that can devise the optimal way for treatment and execute the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for a variety of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services
When Paul Davis performs an inspection on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this area. The detection and identification of mold is the first step in what can be a long process. When it comes to treating mold safely, your best option 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 can cause damage to your dwelling and major health concerns to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does negatively affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the environment it grows in, meaning the longer it goes untreated in your residence, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the strains of mold growing in your residence and effectively handle treating it.Types of Mold
There are 3 general species of mold:- Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health issues in people which suffer with acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold which grows outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. Aspergillus is also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold takes traction in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
- Cladosporium - This is the most commonly identified outdoor mold which enters homes. It thrives in porous, overtly moist locations like wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - Being a less common household mold is fortunate, as it is among the more horrible. It needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing issues, flu-like symptoms, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of condensation like 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 often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins light brown or pink in color then deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold is responsible for causing skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - This mold is found in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It carries a musty odor, cotton like texture and changes colors from white to brown or grey over time. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in cold and warm areas and spreads rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts adversely with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium - Capable of growing and spreading in colder temperatures, Fusarium is pink or coral in color and is commonly found in soft goods. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms from this mold start out 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. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture and is mostly green and white. It does well in moist and consistently damp areas 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 nearly always found in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.