Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services

Whether you can spot it or not, there is a good chance mold is in your house. Mold is a part of nature, but the kind of mold that has spread in your home or business can determine the extent of the issue. Mold spores move through the air, entering structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a building on pets, clothing and shoes. It is basically impossible for you to prevent mold infiltrating your house. You should take action when mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on who will advise on the kind of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert that can develop the best way for treatment then carry out the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services

With a Paul Davis inspection of your commercial or residential 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 process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best working with a company who specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. We offer mold remediation and removal services in addition to basic mold inspections. Mold causes damage to your dwelling on top of major health issues to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does adversely affect the health of any person regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold advances through the surfaces it’s found in, meaning that the longer it goes untreated in your house, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your property and effectively handle treating it.

Kinds of Mold

There are 3 basic families of mold:

  • Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in individuals who suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic substances.

With the variety of molds that can reside in structures, having an expert to diagnosis and inspect the extent of their spread is key to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis will aid in making your house healthy and safe from the most insidious molds.

A few common molds are:

  • Penicillium – A mold that most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying textiles, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm environment mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. It can be located in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. It is also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – This mold is often 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 most commonly identified outdoor fungi that enters homes. It grows in porous, damp locations like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor strains cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – This particularly insidious mold that produces high levels of airborne toxins, fortunately is a less common household mold. Stachybotrys needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture like cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. Acremonium is a powdery mold that thrives in a variety of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • Aureobasidium – This type of mold is most often found growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out pink or light brown in color then deepens to dark brown-black the longer it’s around. This highly allergic responsive mold causes eye infections and skin rashes.
  • Chaetomium – Chaetomium is found in residences after flooding or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to brown or grey as it ages and carries a dank odor. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium thrives in both warm and cold environments and moves rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Fusarium is most commonly found in soft goods and thrives and moves in cold weather. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms 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 green and white. It does well in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – This mold is nearly always found in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory illnesses.

Contact Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

If you know or suspect you have mold in your residence call the team with Paul Davis. Our expert team will provide a detailed inspection and execute the remediation services required to remove insidious mold from your property. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.