Mold Testing

11/12/2024 (Permalink)

Mold Testing was not done in this home.

When to Decide if Mold Testing Necessary In Your Home?

Mold and mold spores are a part of our everyday living and breathing space. 

Some mold and mold spores in small amounts are generally harmless. There are certain types of mold can effect good air quality. 

The mold elimination process will begin with a mold test to determine the type of mold might be effecting the air quality.   

Identifying the type of mold in the air and where it is will help us with the remediation. Then the  appropriate method can be made for mold removal. 

How is mold testing performed? 

There are experienced and thorough testers that will determine if mold is in your home.  That is the easy part. 

Anyone claiming to be an inspector can look official, they can walk into your home with a swab and tape-lift. Anyone can wave a mold spore trap around the air and catch spores.  The real value lies in the results and documentation that is used in the remediation process. 

The fear of the unknown when it comes to a mold issue could be very annoying and frustrating.  

The inspector comes will take a swab test or tape-lift test. These are done exactly how they sound. 

A sample of air might me taken also, put in a small plastic cassette that takes a measured amount of air so that the severity of the mold problem can be measured based on air volume. 

These samples are sent to a lab so that the lab technicians can see how many different types of spores are present and how many of them are present in your home. 

They will create a report that states how many spores are present per cubic meter. The inspector may also take an outside air sample to compare with home.

This helps determine if the fungal reserve in the home is high compared to the outside air.

Call SERVPRO of Babylon/Deer Park to help you with this process. 631-661-3802. Open 24/7

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