New Years Resto-lution: Mold Testing For Your Home
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to think about your New Year’s resolutions! Usually New Year’s resolutions are more personal, but why not make some for your home this year? Let’s start with the possible mold living in your home! Mold testing is a great way to ensure there is no mold growing in your home.
Have You Been Exposed To Mold?
More often than not, people don’t know they’ve been exposed to mold. Because mold is microscopic, it can be tough to spot. While some mold infestations can be seen or smelled, that’s not true for all of them. Common symptoms of mold exposure include:
- Stuffy nose
- Wheezing
- Red or itchy eyes
- Itchy skin
Those who are more sensitive to mold, have allergies to mold, or live with asthma often experience more intense reactions. Mold can have the tendency to grow in hard-to-see areas, which is why you should keep your nose out for a strong musty smell and call a professional to help you take care of the issue.
Why Mold Testing?
Mold can find its way inside any home that gives it a comfortable place to grow. If you give it oxygen, food, the right temperature (72-85 degrees), a viable spore, and moisture, it will never leave – unless you remove it yourself! Since mold can be difficult to spot, air quality testing is an important way to determine if you have a mold problem.
Got Mold? We got you.
At RestoPros, your health and safety is our top concern. If you are in a moldy situation or have concerns you may have been exposed, you should have the professionals take a look! We offer testing and removal services to Plano and Dallas residents and follow a process to ensure we not only remove your mold, but make sure it doesn’t return again.
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Initial Assessment and Written Instructions:
A licensed mold assessment consultant will come to your home to inspect and take air quality samples before writing a set of instructions for mold removal, based on what they found.
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Removing the Mold
After we test your air quality, we will set up containment to prevent mold spores from spreading during the remediation process. This will not only protect your home, but the occupants living there from any further mold exposure. RestoPros will remove any materials that have been impacted by mold and clean and disinfect the non-porous materials. Following that, we sanitize the entire containment and will even apply an anti-fungal paint if we feel it necessary!
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Activate Air Scrubbers
After the mold has been cleaned and removed, we will then activate our air scrubbers. Our air scrubbers will clean the air inside the containment area about a day before we do the final step.
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Clearance Testing
The final step to our mold testing process is clearance testing. After 1-3 days, the mold assessment consultant will perform thorough testing to make sure your air quality is healthy and safe!
Start your new year off with mold testing! Contact the pros at RestoPros today.