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 kind of mold that resides in your house or business is the real problem. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also enter a residence on clothing, shoes, and pets. It is nearly impossible for you to stop mold encountering your residence. You need to be worried as mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on who will advise on the type of mold present is invaluable. Add to that an expert who will orchestrate the best way for treatment and carry out the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement Services

When you have Paul Davis inspect your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has a high level of experience in this area. Detecting and identifying mold is step one in what can be an arduous procedure. When it comes to treating mold safely, your prime choice is working with a company that specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. Paul Davis offers mold removal and remediation services in addition to basic mold testing. Mold will cause damage to your house along with major health concerns to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the environment it’s found in, this means the longer it goes without treatment in your residence, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can accurately identify the types of mold growing in your property and effectively handle treating it.

Properties of Mold

There are 3 basic families of mold:

  • Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: These molds cause health issues in people that suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic microorganisms.

With the variety of molds that can reside in properties, having an expert to diagnosis and investigate the extent of their spread is key to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis will aid with helping make your home healthy and free from the most dangerous molds.

Some common molds are:

  • Penicillium – A mold that most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm weather mold which grows both outdoors and indoors. It can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – This mold is often located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – This is the most commonly identified outdoor fungus which enters homes. It spreads in overtly moist, porous environments like wood and textiles. Both the indoor and outdoor kinds bring about asthma attacks and induces hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being a less rampant household mold is good, as it is among the more terrible. Stachybotrys requires excessive moisture to thrive, and causes breathing issues, flu-like symptoms, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. Acremonium is a powdery mold that grows in a selection of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium – This mold is most often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins light brown or pink in color but deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly allergic responsive mold, causing skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium – This mold is found in homes after flooding or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It carries 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 and cause skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium – This unique mold grows in both cold and warm environments and migrates quickly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the 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 a home’s soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move quickly through a home. Symptoms start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections and progresses to bone infections and brain abscesses.
  • 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 moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, wood and fabric. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – Ulocladium is nearly 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 may know or suspect there is mold in your house call the professionals with Paul Davis. Our dedicated team will provide a detailed inspection and perform the remediation services required to eradicate insidious mold from your residence. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.