Whether you can spot it or not, chances are there is mold on your property. Mold is something that occurs naturally, however the strain of mold that has spread in your home or business can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores move through the air and enter buildings through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a residence on shoes, clothing and animals. It is practically impossible for you to eliminate mold entering your property. It’s only as the mold is growing in your property that you have cause for worry. Having an expert to turn to that can tell you the type of mold present is priceless. Pair that with an expert that can devise the optimal way for treatment and execute the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all kinds 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 with in depth knowledge in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the primary step in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, your prime choice is working with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services as well basic mold inspections. Mold can cause damage to your dwelling on top of major health concerns for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold will negatively affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold advances through any surface it’s found in, meaning that the longer it remains untreated in your property, the worse its effects are. The experts with Paul Davis can accurately identify the types of mold growing in your home and effectively handle treating it.
Types of Mold
There are 3 general strains of mold:
- Allergenic: Which cause and produce allergic reactions.
- Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in individuals who suffer from acute illnesses.
- Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic substances.
With the variety of molds that can reside in any given property, having an expert to investigate and diagnosis the extent of their spread is key to removing it. An expert with Paul Davis will assist in helping make your home free and safe from the most damaging molds.
A few common household molds are:
- Penicillium – This mold most commonly thrives on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
- Aspergillus – This is a warm environment mold which thrives indoors and outdoors. Aspergillus can be located in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
- Alternaria – This mold is commonly found in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This is a large spore mold that deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
- Cladosporium – Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor mold easily enters homes. It thrives in porous, damp environments such as wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
- Stachybotrys – Being a less rampant household mold is lucky, as it’s among the more terrible. It needs excessive damp to thrive, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
- Acremonium – This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. Acremonium is a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
- Aureobasidium – This variety of mold is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, responsible for eye infections and skin rashes.
- Chaetomium – This mold is found in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a musty odor, cottony texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
- Cladosporium – Cladosporium grows in warm and cold areas and moves quickly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has an adverse reaction with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
- Fusarium – Fusarium is commonly found in soft goods and thrives and moves in cold temperatures. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both strains can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes and 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 that is mostly green and white. It grows in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, upholstery and wood. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
- Ulocladium – Ulocladium is mostly found in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds that contributes to respiratory ailments and asthma.
Call Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection
When you might know or suspect there is mold in your residence call the team with Paul Davis. Our dedicated team will provide a detailed inspection as well as execute the remediation servicing necessary to eradicate insidious mold from your home. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.
