What is mold testing?
Clients are often confused about mold testing and a mold inspection. If you have any similar concerns, call us to get in touch with someone from our team to help answer any questions.
Typically, mold testing involves taking surface samples from your home to determine the kind of mold that is growing in the area.
Although you can use home testing kits, it’s far better to leave this job to a licensed mold assessor for the following reasons:
You need carefully controlled conditions to perform a mold test, which is not always possible at home. Due to this, your results will not be accurate.
The mold growing in your home differs from the spores that come in through the window or with your shoes. But since the environment in your home is not controlled, these spores will also show up in the test results as false positives.
At the moment, there are no EPA guidelines about the acceptable mold quantity in a household. So, you don’t have a standard to check your results against.
Instead, if you hire a True Home Inspections mold assessor for mold testing of your property, they’ll assess the severity of the situation from our expertise and professional insight.
Although there are different methods of mold testing, our network normally uses the following three sample types:
Bulk Samples: These samples include a surface physically removed from your house and sent for testing.
Tape Samples: Our assessor will press a clear piece of tape on the sampling area and remove it. The tape picks up mold and mold spore. It’s then sent for testing in a lab.
Swap Samples: Sometimes, they also use a cotton swab and rub it against a surface to pick up the mold growing there as a sample for testing.
If you require mold testing in Brevard, Indian River and Saint Lucie counties, give us a call today.
What is a mold inspection?
A mold inspection is different from a mold test and is less invasive. Mold can grow in any part of your house. Fortunately, it’s visible in most cases, and you can see it growing on your bathroom walls or in the corners of your rooms. However, sometimes, mold is hidden since it grows in the ducts or cracks between the walls.
That’s why it’s crucial to get a professional mold inspection since experts use high-quality equipment and sensing tools to find hidden mold. You should opt for mold inspection for your Florida property in the following situations:
If you are purchasing a new ‘old’ home, it’s the right thing to do to hire a professional company to deal with mold. In this way, you’ll know if there’s any health hazard or water damage in the house.
If you’re reinhabiting a house that has been left unoccupied for a long time, you should consider a mold inspection. Even though no one was living in the house, high humidity leads to mold growth.
Roof leaks, poorly sealed windows and burst pipes all lead to water-inflicted damage, such as mold growth.
If you notice black, white, blue, or green stuff growing on the walls and in cracks, you should get in touch with us for a mold inspection. It’s likely that the same mold is also growing in other areas in your home.
Furthermore, you should also opt for a mold inspection after mold remediation. It’s important to know if you’ve gotten rid of every last bit of mold in the house.
Get in touch with us to find answers to all your mold questions and concerns!
Indoor Air Quality
The indoor air quality of your home is extremely important for your health and wellness since you spend most of your day inside. However, the alarming news is that the indoor air quality can often be 100 times poorer than the outdoor air quality.
Mold and Indoor Air Quality
In many cases, mold is responsible for this decline in air quality. Indoor air pollution can have the following adverse health effects:
On a regular basis, you might experience some health issues that are actually due to mold rather than any other underlying reason. These include fatigue, dizziness, and headaches. Indoor contaminants can also reduce your activeness.
Additionally, contaminants like mold also irritate the eyes, throat, and nose. If you’ve started experiencing these symptoms, it’s high time you get in touch with a mold removal company.
Long-term exposure to mold and other indoor contaminants causes respiratory problems, such as shortness of breath and coughing.
The likelihood of you falling prey to these health conditions depends on many factors, including age, existing medical conditions, and the amount of time you spend indoors.
Our licensed mold assessor and remediator has the knowledge and tools to collect air samples and then deliver them to a specialized lab. When the results are returned, our assessor will interpret the report to you and make recommendations for the proper remediation.