Interior Mold Detection and Inspection Services

Mold can be found everywhere so, whether you can see it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is something that occurs naturally, although the strain of mold that has spread in your home or property is the real problem. Mold spores migrate through the air, entering buildings through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a home on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be basically impossible for you to stop mold entering your house. You should be worried as mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on that can advise on the strain of mold present is invaluable. Add to that an expert that can orchestrate the best way to treat it then perform the removal process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential emergency restorative services for all kinds of disasters, including mold.

Services for Indoor Mold Remediation and Abatement

When you have Paul Davis inspect your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional that is experienced in this area. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be a long procedure. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, the best option is working with a company who specializes in all aspects of the process. We provide mold remediation and removal services as well basic mold inspections. Mold will cause damage to your property along with major health concerns to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, will negatively affect the health of an individual whether they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through the environment it lives in, this means that the longer it goes untreated in your house, the worse its effects are. Paul Davis can accurately identify the kinds of mold growing in your residence and effectively deal with treating it.

Properties of Mold

There are 3 general species of mold:

  • Allergenic: Which cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: These molds cause health problems in individuals who suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that can produce toxic substances.
With the range of molds that can reside in homes, having an expert to inspect and diagnosis the extent of their spread is crucial to eradicating it. An expert with Paul Davis can assist with helping make your home safe and free from the most dangerous molds. Some common molds are:

  • Penicillium - This mold most commonly feeds on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It causes hay-fever type reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus - This is a warm climate mold which thrives indoors and outdoors. It can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. It can also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria - Alternaria is often found in soil, showers, window frames, carpets and textiles. This large spore mold takes traction in the respiratory tract, mouth and nose.
  • Cladosporium - Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor fungi easily enters homes. It grows in porous, damp environments like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor strains bring about asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys - This particularly insidious mold that produces high levels of airborne toxins, luckily is a less common household mold. 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 thrives in areas of condensation like humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. Acremonium is a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium - Aureobasidium is most often discovered growing behind painted wood surfaces and wallpaper. It starts out light brown or pink in color but darkens to dark brown-black as it ages. This highly allergic responsive mold causes eye infections and skin rashes.
  • Chaetomium - Chaetomium can be located in houses after a flood or leaking and in chronically wet conditions. It has a cottony texture, changes colors from white to grey or brown as it ages and carries a musty odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins which affect the immune system, causing skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium - This unique mold thrives in warm and cold environments and moves quickly 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 growing and migrating in cold temperatures, this mold is pink or coral in color and is most commonly found in soft goods. A reddish variety is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move quickly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin as skin infections, sore throat and runny eyes then 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 white and green. It does well in consistently damp and moist areas like HVAC systems, wood and upholstery. Along with health symptoms associated with other mycotoxins, this mold also destroys the surfaces it inhabits, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium - Ulocladium is mostly found in kitchens and bathrooms. It is one of the black molds and contributes to asthma and respiratory ailments.

Contact Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

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