Mold can be a deadly health hazard and cause severe damage to your home but it often goes unnoticed. You may not see it as it invades crawl spaces, basements, and attics. Suddenly, you’re faced with:
•Health issues and discomfort (Mold and their mycotoxins can cause severe health issues)
•Structural damage (As mold deteriorates the materials it grows on)
•Financial loss
•Lawsuits
If you’re worried that your home is making you sick or hampering your ability to heal, you’re not alone. Homes typically harbor millions of germs and other harmful microorganisms. The more you’re exposed to them, the higher your risk. Home health care and recovery, especially for those with weakened immune systems and compromised. Children, pregnant women, and seniors are especially vulnerable.
Despite vigilant prevention efforts, the “invisible enemy” is almost impossible to spot let alone eradicate by homeowners alone. Left unchecked, germs, bacteria, and mold can lead to serious problems ranging from overwhelming odors to Sick Home Syndrome (SHS).
Ask us about our one-time home cleaning and fogging is great for preparing for an open house
Selling a home with odors (cigarettes, cooking, etc.) impacts the selling price and extends the time on the market.
When buying a home, make cleaning and odor removal a conditional part of your purchase if needed.
Rental Properties & Crime
From simple neglect to cigarette smoke, mold, methamphetamine labs, and fentanyl, rental properties can be exposed to many elements.
When police raid a property, it is up to the owner or property management to clean up the mess.
DO NOT enter a property if meth or fentanyl has been detected.
OUR STANDARD REMEDIATION PROTOCOL
- Containment:
- Establishing containment is the most important step when it comes to mold remediation.
- No matter which area of your home or building we’re working in we always seal off the space and cover floors using 6 MIL plastic combined with negative pressure created by using a negative air machine (or multiple if needed).
- This prevents cross-contamination of airborne mold spores keeping the other areas of your home or building safe to be in while we’re working.
- Removal:
- Once containment has been established all mold-impacted materials such as drywall, paneling, insulation, carpet, flooring, plasterboard, baseboard trim, etc. will be removed until evidence of mold growth is no longer visible.
- When direct access to the exterior of your home or building is not available, all mold-impacted materials will be properly bagged and sealed so as to not cross-contaminate the surrounding living spaces/rooms.
- Hard surfaced furniture such as hardwood, cabinets particle board, etc. can often be left in the space and treated provided the moisture and mold damage isn’t too severe.
- Porous surfaced furniture such as couches, pillows, mattresses, etc. tends to harbor mold spores making them extremely difficult to successfully treat.
- And when needed we’ll have a dumpster on site to properly dispose of these landfill-safe materials.
- HEPA Vacuuming:
- Once all mold-impacted materials have been removed all surfaces such as walls, ceilings, floors, subfloor, joists, sheathing, rafters, furniture, etc. will then be HEPA vacuumed (if possible- contingent on the size of space).
- HEPA vacuuming doesn’t necessarily remove all mold biofilms. More often than not staining will remain.
- When necessary, grinding is used to remove stubborn mold biofilms while also reducing staining on unfinished surfaces such as joists in a basement or crawl space.
- Treatment:
- Once all mold-impacted materials have been removed and all surfaces have been HEPA vacuumed, all surfaces will then be treated with EasyDECON (via an airless paint sprayer).
- This process neutralizes any remaining mold spores left on any left behind staining and also fills the air with fog.
- EasyDECON breaks down the mold spore’s protein coating neutralizing it entirely. It also breaks down into water and oxygen after 24 hours.
- And when needed, Fiberlock’s IAQ mold-resistant sealer will be applied to unfinished surfaces such as sheathing, rafters, subfloor, and joists (via airless paint sprayer) to provide a protective barrier against future mold growth.
With our product, you will no longer have to pay the hazardous material fee with any disposal company.