It is important to
know how to keep mold at bay and
protect your home
from mold problems. There are basic steps that prove
effective in reducing the amount of mold in your home.
- Keep everything dry.
- Ensure that all water leaks are
repaired immediately.
- Lower the inside humidity in your
home.
- Vent humidity sources outside:
dryer, stove hood, showers
- Keep the basement dry.
Unfortunately there is no way to get rid of mold completely, but there
are several actions to take that will reduce the mold in your home.
De-humidify the basement. Keep the humidity within your home under 60%.
Completely dry all wet carpeting. Area rugs in the bathroom are a huge
source of mold.
There are ways to create
automatic
mold relief
within your home. It all starts with cleaning up the dampness that
started the mold problem and cleaning up or remediating the mold that
has
grown and then providing a solution to reduce the amount of the ever
present mold spores within your home.
Keep everything as dust-free as possible. Dust mixed with moisture will
allow mold to grow. In the basement this is a difficult situation, but
there are ways to reduce the airborne spores in your house. In the book
How to Get Rid of
Black Mold there are several solutions that actually prevent
the outbreak of mold.
As a home owner, you should know that mold needs moisture and a food
source to grow. When you can see mold that means there are already
millions of mold cells growing in that location. That mold colony is
producing massive amounts of mold spores that will follow the air
currents in your home and find another suitable location to grow.
This can all be vastly reduced by following the recommendations
available at:
http://www.mold-removal-tips.com
With my experience in hospital cleaning services, I have been exposed
to simple techniques and technology that greatly reduce the possibility
of infection within the healthcare environment. Using this knowledge,
I've provided a guide for the home owner that may have or may want to
prevent mold within their home.
Finally, with the mold disclosure laws present in most states, a home
owner that is selling a house will need an affordable way to remediate
mold. As mold awareness increases in the media and in litigation, a
home owner will end up much more responsible than current practice
dictates. Realtors should also be aware of how to improve their sales
performance with the techniques that I've outlined. Not only will the
basement smell be reduced or eliminated, but you'll be brokering a deal
that won't end up in "mold court" someday.
