Indoor Mold Detection and Inspection Services

For the most part, mold is everywhere and, whether you can spot it or not, chances are your home has mold lurking just under the surface. Mold is a part of nature, although the strain of mold that resides in your house or property is the real issue. Mold spores travel through the air and enter buildings through any opening, such as windows, doors and HVAC systems. Spores can also be brought into a home on pets, clothing and shoes. It can be virtually impossible for you to stop mold encountering your home. You should be worried when mold begins growing in your home. Having an expert to rely on who will tell you the species of mold present is worth the expense. Add to that an expert who will develop the best way to treat it then execute the remediation process, and you have Paul Davis. We provide professional commercial and residential restoration services for all types of disasters, including mold.

Services for Indoor Mold Removal and Abatement

When Paul Davis performs an inspection on your commercial or residential property for mold, you have a licensed professional who has in depth knowledge in this field. Detecting and identifying mold is the initial step in what can be an arduous process. When it comes to dealing with mold safely, it is best working with a company that specializes in all aspects relating to the process. Paul Davis provides mold remediation and removal services partnered with basic mold inspections. Mold can cause damage to your property along with major health problems to your family. Mold, unlike most allergens, can adversely affect the health of an individual regardless if they have allergies or not. Mold migrates through any surface it’s found in, meaning that the longer it remains untreated 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.

Types of Mold

There are 3 basic strains of mold:

  • Allergenic: These cause and produce allergic reactions.
  • Pathogenic: These molds cause health issues in individuals that suffer from acute illnesses.
  • Toxigenic: These molds produce toxic substances.

With the abundance of molds that can reside in homes, having an expert to diagnosis and investigate the extent of their spread is key to eradicating it. A professional with Paul Davis can assist in helping make your residence healthy and free from the most damaging molds.

A few common household molds are:

  • Penicillium – A mold that most commonly thrives 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 environment mold that thrives outdoors and indoors. It can be discovered in areas that are excessively damp with extensive water damage, as well as decomposing organic matter. Aspergillus is also found in dust and produces mycotoxins.
  • Alternaria – Alternaria is commonly located in carpet, textiles, dust, window frames, showers and soil. This is a large spore mold that deposits in soft tissue, like the nose, mouth and respiratory tract.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium is the most commonly identified outdoor mold easily enters homes. It spreads in damp, porous environments like textile and wood. The indoor and outdoor variety cause asthma attacks along with inducing hay-fever like reactions.
  • Stachybotrys – This particularly insidious mold that produces airborne toxins at a high level, fortunately is the least common household mold. It needs excessive damp to grow, and causes breathing issues, symptoms reminiscent of the flu, hearing and memory loss, and bleeding lungs.
  • Acremonium – This toxic mold grown in areas of condensation like cooling coils, humidifiers, drain pans, and window sealants. It’s a powdery mold that thrives in an array of colors like grey, orange, pink and white.
  • Aureobasidium – This mold is most often found growing behind wallpaper and painted wood surfaces. It begins pink or light brown in color but darkens to dark brown-black the longer it’s around. This highly allergic responsive mold causes eye infections and skin rashes.
  • Chaetomium – Chaetomium can be located in residences 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 and cause skin and nail infections.
  • Cladosporium – Cladosporium thrives in cold and warm areas and spreads rapidly on upholstery, fabrics, carpets and under floorboards. It reacts strongly with wet tissues in eyes, nose, mouth and throat.
  • Fusarium – Capable of growing and spreading in colder weather, Fusarium is coral or pink in color and is most commonly located 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 then can progress to bone infections and brain abscesses.
  • Trichoderma – This is a highly allergic mold with 5 subspecies. It’s a rapidly growing mold with a wool like texture and is mostly white and green. It does well in moist and consistently damp areas like HVAC systems, wood and textiles. Along with health symptoms the same as other mycotoxins, Trichoderma also destroys the surfaces it grows on, causing decay and structures to crumble.
  • Ulocladium – Ulocladium is mostly located in bathrooms and kitchens and is one of the black molds. It contributes to respiratory ailments and asthma.

Contact Paul Davis for Reliable Mold Inspection

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