Do you have mold in your home or workplace?
If so, don’t ignore it: mold growth must be addressed as soon as possible to prevent potential health and structural problems down the line. As you may know, if you’ve encountered significant mold before, it has the power to exacerbate asthma or other conditions, posing a very real danger to people with weakened immune systems.
And mold can actually get worse with the arrival of extreme weather. Even if bursts of torrential rain or massive storms are rare in your region, wet conditions cause mold to form and grow faster than you may realize.
Mold and Moisture: Facing the Problem
We’re all much more concerned with extreme weather than ever today, due to the cultural fascination with global warming and horrifying natural disasters across the globe. While we all know extreme weather can be dangerous at an immediate level (flying debris, landslides, property damage etc.), the aftermath can see mold grow in affected areas too, contributing to the ongoing negative effects.
Coastal floods, for example, are a weather-related hazard strong enough to devastate communities and ravage properties of all sizes.
If your home or office floods, you could lose precious possessions, be forced to relocate for a while or even have to undertake major structural improvements to restore the property’s integrity. And, on top of all this, the excessive moisture will transform a flooded building into a breeding ground for mold.
Why? Because mold thrives in dark, damp, humid areas — like your flooded basement or a corner of a drenched kitchen, for example. Even in winter, when it’s freezing outside, an interior with the right conditions will be affected by mold.
Cranking the heat up in your home or workplace (something we all do) creates a warm space in which mold can grow, especially when said heat evaporates and causes condensation.
Extreme heat can cause mold problems too: if you leave your windows open to boost air circulation, moisture or even mold spores can find a way into your property. Proper ventilation is vital to reduce your chance of mold growth and sustain a comfortable environment.
However, crawl spaces and ventilation ducts may become moist enough to allow for growth too, which makes regular cleaning of these often-ignored parts of the home or workplace crucial.
Why is Mold Removal so Important?
Removing mold at the earliest opportunity is crucial to prevent it growing bigger and bigger, spreading to other areas. The more of it there is, the more of a health hazard mold becomes.
While you may feel tempted to try to remove mold yourself using household cleaning products, you could end up leaving enough of it behind to continue further growth. You might even damage your property if you don’t take the proper precautions.
That’s why professional mold removal services are so important. Mold Removal Oakland is an experienced team specializing in mold testing, mold inspection, mold removal, water damage restoration and more — everything to make your property mold-free and safe again.
