Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services

Whether you can see it or not, there is a good chance mold is in your house. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that resides in your home or property can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores migrate through the air and enter buildings through openings like windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a residence on clothing, shoes, and pets. It can be practically impossible for you to stop mold entering your home. You should take action when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can tell you the kind of mold present is worth the expense. Add to that an expert who will develop the best way to treat it and execute the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative 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 who has in depth experience in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the primary step in what can be a long project. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best working with a company which specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. Paul Davis provides mold removal and remediation services as well basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your property as well as major health problems to your family. Unlike most allergens, mold does negatively affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the surfaces it’s found in, this means that the longer it goes without treatment in your home, the worse its effects are. The experts with Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your house and effectively deal with treating it.

Properties of Mold

There are 3 general types of mold:

  • Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health issues in people which suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic microbes.

With the multitude of molds that can be found in structures, having an expert to diagnosis and investigate the extent of their spread is key to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis can aid with helping make your house safe and free from the most damaging molds.

Some common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm climate mold that thrives outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be discovered in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus is also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – This mold is commonly located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This large spore mold takes traction in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – This is the highest commonly identified outdoor mold that enters homes. It grows in porous, overtly moist surfaces such as textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor strains bring about asthma attacks as well as induces hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being the least common household mold is fortunate, as it is among the more insidious. Stachybotrys needs excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing issues, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. It’s a powdery mold that grows in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • Aureobasidium – Aureobasidium is most often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins light brown or pink in color then deepens to dark brown-black the longer it’s around. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium – Chaetomium is found in residences after a flood or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It carries a dank odor, cotton like texture and changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause nail and skin infections.
  • Cladosporium – This unique mold grows in cold and warm environments and migrates quickly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – This mold is most commonly located in a home’s soft goods and thrives and migrates in cold temperatures. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes and 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 white and green. It thrives in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, wood and fabric. 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 almost always located in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.

Reach Out to Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

When you might know or suspect you have mold in your house call the experts with Paul Davis. Our professional team will provide a detailed inspection as well as perform the remediation servicing necessary to eradicate damaging mold from your residence. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.