Have you been seeing dark spots on your floors, carpets, walls, or ceilings?
Do you notice a musty odor or persistent dampness hanging in the air?
Are you suddenly suffering from frequent respiratory, sinus, or allergy issues?
If you answered yes to all those questions, there might be mold growth in your property. You will need immediate professional mold remediation to deal with the problem permanently.
At West Central Equipment and Restoration in Lecanto, Florida, we provide timely, safe, and effective mold inspection, testing, and remediation services. You can trust us to quickly detect the cause and severity of mold in your property and provide a lasting remedy.
The fungus reproduces and spreads through microscopic spores carried by water or air to new locations. To grow in your property, tiny mold spores travel in the air and settle on structures such as drywall and flooring.
Under the right conditions—usually temperatures above 60 degrees with 45% indoor humidity—the spores multiply rapidly, though usually going unnoticed and becoming a problem inside the property.
Mold growth occurs majorly in high humidity areas such as bathrooms, basements, attics, and crawl spaces. It develops in ceiling tiles, carpet, drapes, furniture, drywall, ductwork, wallpaper, and even books and magazines.
With mold in your house, the air quality will be affected. Mold exposure can cause health problems such as nasal congestion, wheezing, shortness of breath, sneezing fits, red eyes, bloody nose, fever, skin irritation, headache, aches and pains, and asthma attacks in those with asthma.
Mold not only has the potential for structural damage to your property but also dramatically lowers the value of the property if you are in the market to sell. Real estate agents estimate that the value of a property drops by up to 10% if it has mold.
It is best to act quickly to stop the spread of mold to avoid adverse effects on your health. Plus, professional mold remediation will save your belongings and the structure of your building from damage. And if you plan to sell, mold removal ensures you get the best return on your investment.
Mold remediation is a comprehensive, science-based process that entails inspection for sources of water damage and high humidity, mold removal from surfaces and air, treating mold and mildew contaminated surfaces, and restoring healthy indoor and outdoor air quality. It employs the knowledge of the lifecycle of the specific mold species to prevent it from re-establishing itself.
Mold removal is not something that you can do on your own. Efficient and safe removal of the fungi requires training, knowledge, experience, and appropriate equipment and chemicals.
Attempting to clean the mold with household chemicals is more likely to spread the spores throughout the building and create more costly issues, especially if you are dealing with harmful black mold.
Moreover, applying bleach to kill mold on a porous surface (wood, drywall, grout, or carpet) facilitates mold growth. Using chlorine kills only a fraction of the mold. The water in the bleach sinks into the material and promotes deeper, further widespread mold growth.
If your property is in a humid area and you had leaky plumbing or flood damage in the past, you may have mold hidden somewhere in the property.
The best thing to do is call a professional remediation service immediately. These specialists will ensure your property is inspected thoroughly. They will identify the causes of the growth, remove the mold, and provide any necessary restoration services.
Our technicians wear proper safety gear throughout the process. Each of them will arrive in a full protective suit and will be wearing a high-filtration face mask and vinyl (or neoprene) gloves.
Shortly after arrival, they will begin inspecting and assessing your property to look for mold in areas where it could be causing structural issues. This includes the walls, vents, basements, attics, crawlspaces, and even in the HVAC ductwork. Since mold does not grow without water, the specialists will determine the source of moisture and how to control it.
They will sample and test the air in and around your property for mold detection. Technicians will then send the samples for tests, such as air-o-cell tests and cultures, to identify the species and concentrations of mold present in your property. They will look in hidden areas for mold growths that may not be obvious to the casual observer.
Typically, our technicians discard moldy porous building materials such as drywall, insulation, and baseboards. These materials are relatively inexpensive to replace and often impossible to restore to their previous uncontaminated condition.
The HEPA vacuums have special filters that capture tiny mold spores that would ordinarily pass right through regular vacuum filters. The vacuuming process lowers airborne spores to the natural level of the outside environment, prevents re-growth of mold, cleans up dust from surfaces, and causes an immediate improvement in air breathability.
Since mold usually produces a strong, musty odor, the specialists will use effective deodorization techniques.
At West Central, we will not be satisfied until every trace of previous mold infestation is eliminated.
Finally, the mold remediation experts will ensure leaky roofs, windows, and pipes are sealed, all the moisture is thoroughly dried, the shower, laundry, and cooking areas are adequately ventilated, and humidity levels are controlled.
At West Central Equipment and Restoration in Lecanto, Florida, we have skilled, knowledgeable, certified, and fully prepared technicians to conduct a safe, effective mold inspection, testing, and remediation on your property.
We use advanced equipment and processes to handle the mold and mitigate losses. And we are sure to get the job done right the first time.
If you have questions or need assistance with mold removal in Lecanto, Florida, call us any time day or night at (352) 270-8417.
We will work with the utmost professionalism, compassion, respect, and reliability. And, you will love the results!
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