Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services

For the most part, mold is everywhere so, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking out of eyesight. Mold is a part of nature, however the type of mold that grows in your house or property is the real problem. Mold spores can travel through the air, entering buildings through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a location on clothing, shoes, and pets. It is practically impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your property. It’s only when mold is growing in your home that you have cause for worry. Having an expert to turn to who will advise on the strain of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert that can orchestrate the best way to treat it then execute the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial emergency restorative services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Remediation 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 knowledge in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be a long process. When it comes to the treatment of mold safely, the prime option is to work with a company that specializes in all aspects of the process. We offer mold removal and remediation services in conjunction with basic mold testing. Mold will cause damage to your property and major health issues for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does adversely affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through any surface it’s found in, this means that the longer it goes untreated in your property, the worse its effects are. The professionals at Paul Davis can correctly identify the types of mold growing in your property and effectively handle treating it.

Properties of Mold

There are 3 general kinds of mold:

  • Allergenic: These produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in people that suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microbes.

With the abundance of molds that can be found in any given home, having an expert to diagnosis and inspect the extent of their spread is key to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis can assist in making your residence healthy and safe from the most damaging molds.

A few common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – A mold that most commonly thrives 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 that grows both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus can be located in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. Aspergillus is also found in 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 fungus which enters homes. It spreads in overtly moist, porous surfaces like textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor variety trigger asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, luckily is a less common household mold. It requires 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. It’s a powdery mold that thrives in a selection of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • Aureobasidium – Aureobasidium is often discovered growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins pink or light brown in color then deepens to dark brown-black the longer it’s around. This highly responsive allergic mold is responsible for causing eye infections and skin rashes.
  • Chaetomium – This mold is found in houses after flooding or leaking and in chronically moist conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown over time and has a musty odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system and cause nail and skin infections.
  • Cladosporium – This unique mold thrives in both warm and cold environments and migrates rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It has an adverse reaction with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Capable of thriving and migrating in cold weather, this mold is coral or pink colored and is commonly located in soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like food and house plants, and both strains can move rapidly 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. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture that is mostly white and green. It grows in consistently damp and moist areas like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – This mold is almost always located in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It 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 residence call the team with Paul Davis. Our expert team will provide a detailed inspection and perform the remediation servicing required to remove dangerous mold from your property. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.