Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services

Whether you can see it or not, there is a good chance mold is on your property. Mold is a part of nature, but the strain of mold that is found in your home or business is the real issue. Mold spores move through the air and enter structures through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a residence on shoes, clothing and animals. It is nearly impossible for you to stop mold entering your house. It’s only when mold is growing in your property that you need to be worried. Having an expert to rely on that can advise on the kind of mold present is imperative. Pair that with an expert who will orchestrate the optimal way for treatment and carry out the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for all sorts of disasters, including mold.

Services for Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement

With a Paul Davis inspection of your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional with a high level of experience in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the first step in what can be a long process. When it comes to treating mold safely, it is best to work with a company that specializes in all aspects of the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services in addition to basic mold testing. Mold causes damage to your house and major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can negatively affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the surfaces it lives in, meaning the longer it remains without treatment in your house, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can accurately identify the types of mold growing in your house and effectively manage treating it.

Families of Mold

There are 3 basic families of mold:

  • Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in individuals that suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that produce toxic microorganisms.

With the variety of molds that can reside in homes, having an expert to diagnosis and inspect the extent of their spread is crucial to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis will assist with helping make your home healthy and safe from the most damaging molds.

Some common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – This mold most commonly thrives on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm climate mold which thrives both outdoors and indoors. It 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 – Alternaria is often located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This is a large spore mold that takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungus that enters homes. It spreads in porous, damp surfaces like textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being a less rampant household mold is good, as it’s among the more terrible. It requires excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. This is a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • Aureobasidium – This mold is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color but deepens to dark brown-black the older it is. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium – Chaetomium is found in houses after a flood or leaking and in chronically damp conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown over time and carries a musty odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium grows in both cold and warm environments and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts strongly with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – This mold is commonly located in a home’s soft goods and thrives and migrates in cold temperatures. A reddish variety is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections then can progress 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 green and white. It thrives in consistently damp and moist areas like HVAC systems, upholstery and wood. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – Ulocladium is almost always located in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to asthma and respiratory illnesses.

Speak With Paul Davis for a Reliable Mold Inspection

When you might know or suspect there is mold in your residence call the experts with Paul Davis. Our dedicated team will provide a detailed inspection and perform the remediation services necessary to remove dangerous mold from your property. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.