Indoor Mold Inspection and Removal Services

Mold is pretty much everywhere and, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your house has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is a part of nature, although the type of mold that resides in your home or business is the real problem. Mold spores migrate through the air and enter structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a residence on shoes, clothing and animals. It can be basically impossible for you to prevent mold encountering your property. You should be worried when mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to who will advise on the strain of mold present is priceless. Add to that an expert who will orchestrate the best way to treat it and perform the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional home and commercial abatement services for a variety of disasters, including mold.

Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement Services

When you have Paul Davis inspect your residential or commercial property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has in depth experience in this area. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be an arduous project. When it comes to taking care of mold safely, the prime choice is working with a company who specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis offers mold remediation and removal services in addition to basic mold testing. Mold causes damage to your dwelling as well as major health concerns for your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, does adversely affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it lives in, meaning the longer it goes without treatment in your property, the worse its effects are. The experts with Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your residence and effectively manage treating it.

Types of Mold

There are 3 general kinds of mold:

  • Allergenic: Which cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in individuals who suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that produces toxic microbes.
With the range of molds that can reside in structures, having an expert to investigate and diagnosis the extent of their spread is key to removing it. An expert with Paul Davis will assist in helping make your residence healthy and safe from the most damaging molds. Some common household molds are:

  • Penicillium - A mold that most commonly grows on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. Penicillium will cause hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus - This is a warm environment mold that thrives outdoors and indoors. It can be found in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria - Alternaria is commonly found in soil, showers, window frames, carpets and textiles. This large spore mold deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungi easily enters homes. It spreads in overtly moist, porous environments like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor variety cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys - Being the least common household mold is lucky, as it is among the more insidious. Stachybotrys requires excessive moisture to grow, and causes breathing problems, flu-like symptoms, loss of hearing and memory, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium - This toxic mold thrives in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It's a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium - This species of mold is often found growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This is a highly responsive allergic mold, inducing eye infections and skin rashes.
  • Chaetomium - This mold is found in homes after a flood or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a cotton like texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages and has a dank odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system, causing skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium thrives in warm and cold environments and moves rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium - This mold is commonly found in a home's soft goods and thrives and moves in cold weather. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both strains can move rapidly 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 that is mostly green and white. It thrives in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, wood and upholstery. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium - This mold is mostly found in kitchens and bathrooms 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 suspect or know there is mold in your house call the experts with Paul Davis. Our professional team will provide a detailed inspection as well as perform the remediation servicing necessary to remove damaging mold from your home. Paul Davis is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.