Tips on how to remove mold including how to work with a professional mold remediation company.
Introduction Microban is possibly the most common antimicrobial product professional mold remediators use. It’s not because it’s the most effective. It simply has the largest market share. According to the manufacturer’s website, Microban formulations are in thousands of substrates worldwide including apparel, footwear, textiles, air filters, building materials, and health care products. For purposes of […]
Mold is everywhere. That’s not the same as mold growth is everywhere. If you look under a microscope, you should find a spore or two of mold in the dust collecting in your home. It won’t be a Stachybotrys (black mold) spore. It might be a mushroom or common outdoor spore type. It’s as finding spores
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1. Don’t try to kill the mold. Mold is tough and is still allergenic and potentially toxigenic when the mold is “dead.”Instead of trying to kill or treat the mold, you want to remove it. Plain soap and water is the best way to clean up the dust after you cut out effected drywall, rot, and
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One of the reasons mold remediation is expensive are the engineering controls: use of air scrubbers (also known as negative air machines), creating a negative air pressure inside the work area, containment, and so forth. These are what prevent mold from getting into the rest of your house during remediation. If the containment is set
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Here’s an example of an estimate from a remediation company which also did the testing for mold at the home: “After inspecting the property, test results show elevated counts of Aspergillus/Penicillin mold.” (This is a direct quote. It says Penicillin, a type of antibiotic, vs. Penicillium, a type of mold). The estimate stated: “The following remediation
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The EPA’s guidelines for mold remediation differ depending on how many square feet of mold are VISIBLE. The issue is that most of the mold is hidden and not visible until walls are cut open. The EPA never did studies and has no data on what exposure levels are based on how the amount of
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It seems that each mold remediation company has some variation of what it uses to clean, kill, encapsulate or remove mold. There is, however, an industry standard for mold remediation: the IICRC S520 Standard for Professional Mold Remediation. The S520 recommends not using antimicrobials. Does your mold remediation know this? Continue reading to find out what should
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A client asked me for my opinion about this product. The mold remediator she hired to do the work in her home was planning on using it. The concerns were: Will it work? Is it safe? I told her to have the mold remediation company send us information about the product. They emailed the Safety
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Using hydrogen peroxide to kill mold doesn’t work. Water it and mold can grow. There are lots of ways a house can be affected with a sources of water in a home that can result in mold growing: plumbing leaks showers and tubs kitchen sinks toilets leaky roof leaks around windows condensation Keep reading to
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It can be common practice for a mold remediation company to recommend they be allowed to use antimicrobials for mold remediation. If the mold remediation company you are considering using want to apply an antimicrobial, you should ask them not to. There are a few reasons for this. To start, antibiotic resistant molds and bacteria
You may spend tens of thousands of dollars on mold remediation and testing. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that what’s being proposed by the mold inspector and mold remediation companies is going to work.
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