How to Properly Dry Out After a Flood and Prevent Mold
Flooding is by far one of the worst and most annoying challenges a homeowner can come across. Once you notice the first signs of flooding, you should react immediately and take all the necessary steps to prevent mold and other flooding and water damage from happening. Repairing the flooding damage can be extremely hard, not […]
The Most Common Places Your Home Could be Harboring Mold
There is a multitude of reasons why we don’t want to invite mold into our homes. For one, the fungus looks fairly disturbing, no matter where it happens to grow. More importantly, inhaling black mold spores can be incredibly harmful and cause anything from breathing problems to serious lung conditions. It can be even more […]
Insulation and Mold Growth: What’s the Best Choice for Prevention?
All mold growth requires a feeding source and moisture, so wouldn’t the insulation in your home be your best defender against mold spores invading your home? The answer isn’t as black and white as one might expect. Insulation Installation On one hand, the insulation in your home can be your top line of defense against […]
Testing for Mold Growth
Mold growth is complicated. For one, it can spread quickly without your knowledge because it tends to grow in dark, unseen places in your home when moisture is present. Secondly, if it’s not growing in plain sight there’s a chance you might not ever know it’s there because the signs of mold growth in your […]
The Most Common Causes for Toxic Black Mold
Toxic black mold causes a wide variety of issues and something we all want to avoid if at all possible. It has the ability to affect our health, the structure of our house and can ruin our furniture. Plus, it can spread very quickly without the homeowner’s knowledge because it typically grows in areas that […]
Deep Cleaning with Mold Growth in Mind
There’s something about the fresh start of the new year. I feel like this is the time I’m more motivated to become more organized in every area of my life. Whether it be buying a new planner or deep cleaning my house and re-organizing my pantry, I’m ready to get my life super organized. Since […]
Understanding Mold Growth
If you haven’t ever had to deal with mold growth in your home, it’s most likely never been top of mind. Mold is a fickle organism that can be very hard to get rid of and sometimes very hard to identify in general. One of the most famous quotes from The Art of War is […]
Do You Have Toxic Black Mold?
There’s an endless amount of information available relating to toxic black mold, but it can be difficult to sort through all of it to get to what you really need to know. In this article, I’m going to cover the basic info you need to determine a couple of things. One, this will help you […]
Keeping Mold Growth at Bay
Mold growth causes a wide range of problems and if you don’t notice it quickly, it can get out of hand. Mold is attracted to any source of water and it doesn’t have to be a large amount either. Mold can seek out even a small amount of water. There are a multitude of different […]
Common Factors In Mold Growth
With the holidays fast approaching, you might be expecting more traffic in your house than normal. If you plan on hosting family and friends for the holidays, the last thing you want is for a guest to spot mold growing in your home. Not only can mold be embarrassing, it can cause major health problems […]
