Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services

Mold is pretty much 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, although the species of mold that is found in your home or business can determine the extent of the problem. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering structures through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. They can also enter a building on shoes, clothing and animals. It is practically impossible for you to eliminate mold encountering your home. You need to be concerned as mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can tell you the type of mold present is imperative. Add to that an expert that can orchestrate the best way to treat it then perform 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 residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional with a high level of knowledge in this area. Detecting and identifying mold is step one in what can be an arduous project. When it comes to the treatment of mold safely, it is best to work with a company who specializes in all aspects pertaining to the process. We provide mold removal and remediation services partnered with basic mold testing. Mold causes damage to your dwelling and major health concerns for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, will adversely affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold spreads through the surfaces it resides in, this means the longer it remains without treatment in your home, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can correctly identify the species of mold growing in your property and effectively manage treating it.

Kinds of Mold

There are 3 basic families of mold:

  • Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in individuals who suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds can produce toxic microorganisms.

With the range of molds that can reside in homes, having an expert to diagnosis and investigate the extent of their spread is key to removing it. An expert with Paul Davis will aid with helping make your residence free and safe from the most damaging molds.

A few common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – This mold most commonly grows 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 weather mold which grows both outdoors and indoors. It can be discovered in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. It can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – This mold is commonly located in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This large spore mold takes traction in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – This is the most commonly identified outdoor fungi which enters homes. It grows in overtly moist, porous locations like textile and wood. Both the indoor and outdoor variety cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being a less rampant household mold is good, as it is among the more terrible. Stachybotrys needs excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding in the lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It is a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • 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 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 residences after flooding or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to brown or grey as it ages and carries a musty odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system and cause skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium – This unique mold grows in both warm and cold environments and spreads rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It has a strong reaction with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Capable of thriving and spreading in colder weather, this mold is coral or pink in color and is most commonly located in soft goods. A reddish variety is found in organic products like 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 can progress to brain abscesses and bone infections.
  • Trichoderma – Trichoderma is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. This rapid growth mold has a wool like texture and is mostly green and white. It thrives in consistently damp and moist locations like HVAC systems, wood and upholstery. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – This mold is mostly located in bathrooms and kitchens. It is one of the black molds and contributes to respiratory ailments and asthma.

Speak With Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

If you suspect or know there is mold in your residence call the experts with Paul Davis. Our dedicated team will provide a detailed inspection as well as execute the remediation servicing required to remove dangerous mold from your property. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.