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Making sure your remove Black Mold Correctly
Posted by admin in Home and Furnishings on August 26th, 2009
This short article is designed to highlight the importance of removing black mold properly and effectively. Unless you do the job correctly any mold removal is likely to be a waste of time due to the fast growing properties of mold.
Before beginning any form of black mold removal verify that you know the extent of the problem. If the mold resides in the walls or floors make sure you have access to the complete area of contamination. Any less will simply allow the mold to grow back at a later date in as little as just 24 hours.
The cleaning operation provides the area with a certain degree of moisture; this is necessary and cannot be avoided. Unless carried out properly this moisture will provide the black mold spores a perfect opportunity for growth.
What Is Black Mold?
Posted by admin in Home and Garden on June 17th, 2009
With as much information that’s available on the Internet, it’s very easy to find out what black mold is. However, not a lot of information is available on the spores that are actually the very reason mold grows.
Spores are actually a small single-celled asexual reproductive body that is produced by fungi. The spores are then capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion. In simpler terms this means that the spores can move from area to area and allow mold to continue to grow which is bad news for homeowners.
That is why when you see a professional seal off an area with a sheet of plastic when working in a specific area where black mold is present; they’re actually preventing the spores from reaching other areas of the home.
So now that you know what a black mold spore is, you may want to think twice before you just scrub away the toxic fungus without sealing off the area first.