According to the CDC, the most common indoor molds are: alternaria, aspergillus, cladosporium, and penicillium. These types of mold usually float in from the outside but can also grow within damp and moist environments.
Sometimes black mold exposure, also known as stachybotrys chartarum, can also come from inside your home or at work (inside commercial buildings). Did you know that various health problems can be caused by mold? Mold is found in the cleanest of homes and it’s pretty impossible to avoid it.
There are many ways to spot mold in your home.
For starters, pay attention to the smell of your home environment. Is there a particularly musty smell coming from the bathroom or kitchen sink or dishwasher? Mold in your home tends to grow in damp areas. Mold is a natural process outdoors but sometimes poor air ventilation and/or a recent flood to your home could generate more than usual indoor mold growth and that means harmful mold exposure.
So where to look for mold in your home or business besides the bathroom or kitchen?
Basements are notorious to growing mold during different seasons of the year, depending on where you live. Once I found mold under my foam mattress! Wow, talk about poor ventilation. Mold removal Dayton Ohio can help you test for mold at a reasonable cost. Once we detect mold indoors, we can quickly start the mold remediation process.
You may ask yourselves, what is mold remediation?
It’s a step by step process in which we remove the mold prior to performing more treatments. Afterwards, the Environmental Doctor uses high efficiency filters (HEPA) to ensure that your home mold removal stays clean and dry.
Ohio snow showers in the winter can mean more time spent indoors. Make sure that the air you breathe everyday is safe and suitable. Call the Environmental Doctor in Dayton Ohio today!