Interior Mold Inspection and Removal Services

Whether you can spot it or not, there is a good chance mold is in your residence. Mold is something that occurs naturally, but the strain of mold that is found in your home or business is the real issue. Mold spores can travel through the air, entering structures through openings like doors, windows and HVAC systems. They can also be brought into a location on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be nearly impossible for you to eliminate mold infiltrating your home. You need to be concerned as mold is growing in your home. Having an expert to turn to that can advise on the species of mold present is worth the expense. Add to that an expert who will devise the best way to treat it and perform the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for all kinds 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 that is experienced in this field. The detection and identification of 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 which specializes in all aspects of the process. Paul Davis offers mold removal and remediation services as well basic mold inspections. Mold will cause damage to your property and major health concerns for your family. Unlike most allergens, mold does negatively affect the health of any person whether they have allergies or not. Mold advances through any surface it resides in, this means the longer it goes untreated in your home, the worse its effects are. The experts at Paul Davis can correctly identify the species of mold growing in your property and effectively deal with treating it.

Families of Mold

There are 3 general types of mold:

  • Allergenic: Which produce and cause allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: Molds that cause health problems in people which suffer with acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: Any mold that can produce toxic substances.

With the variety of molds that can be found in properties, having an expert to investigate and diagnosis the extent of their spread is crucial to removing it. An expert with Paul Davis will assist in helping make your residence healthy and safe from the most insidious molds.

Some common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – This mold most commonly thrives on wallpaper, wallpaper glue, decaying fabrics, carpets and fiberglass insulation. It will cause hay-fever like reactions and induces asthma attacks.
  • Aspergillus – This is a warm weather mold that thrives both indoors and outdoors. Aspergillus can be found in areas of extreme dampness and extensive water damage, as well as organic matter that is breaking down. Aspergillus can also found inside of dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – Alternaria is often found in textiles, dust, carpet, showers, soil and window frames. This is a large spore mold that deposits in the mouth, nose and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium is the highest commonly identified outdoor mold that enters homes. It grows in damp, porous locations like wood and textiles. The indoor and outdoor kinds trigger asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – Being the least rampant household mold is good, as it is among the more terrible. Stachybotrys requires excessive damp to thrive, 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 humidifiers, drain pans, window sealants and cooling coils. It’s a powdery mold that grows in an array of colors like pink, white, grey or orange.
  • 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 the older it is. This highly allergic responsive mold is responsible for causing skin rashes and eye infections.
  • Chaetomium – Chaetomium can be located in houses after flooding 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 carries a dank odor. Chaetomium is known to produce mycotoxins that affect the immune system, causing nail and skin infections.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium grows in both warm and cold areas and migrates rapidly on fabric, upholstery, under floorboards and in carpets. It reacts adversely with wet tissues like the eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Capable of growing and migrating in colder temperatures, Fusarium is coral or pink in color and is most commonly found in a home’s soft goods. A reddish strain is found in organic products like house plants, and both kinds can move rapidly through a home. Symptoms from this mold begin 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 and is mostly white and green. It thrives in moist and consistently damp locations like HVAC systems, wood and upholstery. 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 found in kitchens and bathrooms and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory ailments and asthma.

Talk to Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

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