Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services
Whether you can see it or not, chances are there is mold on your property. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that has spread in your home or property can determine the extent of the problem. Mold spores move through the air, entering structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a home on shoes, clothing and animals. It is nearly impossible for you to stop mold infiltrating your house. It's only as mold is growing in your home that you have cause for worry. Having an expert to turn to who will advise on the species of mold present is priceless. Add to that an expert that can develop the best way for treatment and carry out the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial restoration services for all types of disasters, including mold.Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services
When Paul Davis performs an investigation 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 step one in what can be a long project. When it comes to treating mold safely, it is best to work with a company that specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services in addition to basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your property on top of major health issues to your family. Unlike most allergens, mold will adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it resides in, meaning that the longer it goes without treatment in your house, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the types of mold growing in your residence and effectively handle treating it.Types of Mold
There are 3 basic strains of mold:- Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in individuals that suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic microbes.
- Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus - This is a warm weather 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. It is also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria - This mold is often located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium - This is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungus which enters homes. It grows in porous, overtly moist locations like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor kinds bring about asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces high levels of airborne toxins, luckily is a less common household mold. It needs excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium - This toxic mold grown 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 pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium - This kind of mold is most often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It starts out light brown or pink in color but deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly responsive allergic mold causes skin rashes and eye infections.
- Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages and carries a dank odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing skin and nail infections.
- Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in warm and cold environments and spreads 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 migrating in cold temperatures, this mold is coral or pink colored and is most commonly located in soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes and progresses to bone infections and brain abscesses.
- Trichoderma - This 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 thrives in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, wood and fabric. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium - This mold is mostly located in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory illnesses and asthma.