Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services

Whether you can spot it or not, chances are there is mold on your property. Mold is a part of nature, but the type of mold that has spread in your house or business can determine the extent of the problem. Mold spores move through the air, entering buildings through any opening, such as doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also enter a residence on pets, clothing and shoes. It is basically impossible for you to prevent mold entering your house. It’s only as there is mold growing in your home that you need to be worried. Having an expert to turn to that can advise on the kind of mold present is invaluable. Add to that an expert who will orchestrate the best way for treatment and perform the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for all kinds of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services

With a Paul Davis inspection of your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional with a high level of knowledge in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is step one in what can be an arduous process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, your best option is to work with a company which specializes in all aspects of the process. We provide mold removal and remediation services along with basic mold testing. Mold can cause damage to your house on top of major health problems to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does adversely affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the environment it’s found in, meaning that the longer it goes untreated in your house, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the species of mold growing in your residence and effectively manage treating it.

Kinds of Mold

There are 3 basic species of mold:

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

With the variety of molds that can reside in any given home, having an expert to diagnosis and inspect the extent of their spread is crucial to eradicating it. An expert with Paul Davis will aid with helping make your home free and safe from the most dangerous molds.

A few common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium causes hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm weather mold that grows both outdoors and indoors. Aspergillus 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 commonly located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that takes traction in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor fungi which enters homes. It grows in porous, damp areas such as wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor variety bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being the least common household mold is good, as it is among the more horrible. It needs excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding in the lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold thrives in areas of moisture such as cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. It’s a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium – Aureobasidium is most often found growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out pink or light brown in color but deepens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly allergic responsive mold induces skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium – This mold is found in houses after flooding or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It carries a dank odor, cotton like texture and changes colors from white to brown or grey over time. Chaetomium is also known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system, causing skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium – This unique mold grows in both warm and cold environments and migrates quickly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts strongly with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Fusarium is most commonly located in a home’s soft goods and grows and migrates in cold weather. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold start out as a sore throat, runny eyes and skin infections and can progress to brain abscesses and bone infections.
  • Trichoderma – This is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. It’s a rapidly growing mold with a wool like texture that is mostly white and green. It does well in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, textiles and wood. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – This mold is mostly located in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.

Contact Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

If you know or suspect you have mold in your house call the team with Paul Davis. Our expert team will provide a detailed inspection and perform the remediation servicing necessary to eradicate dangerous mold from your residence. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.