Stopping Mold Damage in Columbus

10/16/2017 (Permalink)

Mold Grabs on to Your Columbus Home When Sufficient Moisture and a Food Source Are Present--Mold Remediation from SERVPRO

SERVPRO Offers Remediation and Restoration After a Mold Attack

Mold is a quiet disaster. It does not crackle like a fire or roar into a Columbus home like a storm. Unlike fire and water, everything mold needs are already inside the house. Spores only need a little water, a food source, and a very conducive temperature between 68 to 86 degrees.

With those factors in place, mold damage in Columbus homes is a given. Spores rapidly expand out of their inactive state and begin growing, looking for food in less than a day. SERVPRO has extensive experience in combating mold by altering, stopping, and removing one or more of these factors.
 
Temperature is the hardest to change. Our technicians can raise the temperature of a room or house by a few degrees using the house heating system and then a bit more with space heaters. Doing this soon becomes expensive for the homeowner and cannot be maintained for more than a few days.
 
Since the reasoning behind changing the temperature is to dry affected rooms and surfaces, SERVPRO relies on air movers to force warm, dry air across them to remove sources of moisture. This method uses less power and is more efficient on walls and floors.
 
Finding the growth and removing what it is feeding on is probably the easiest, not to mention the cheapest factor for our response team. No food means no growth, but since residents cannot live in a house without interior walls or a ceiling, the replacement tiles and drywall eventually become infested if we do not find the source of the mold. Fortunately, drywall panels are inexpensive, though replacing may not be.
 
The best way to stop mold spores is to find and cut off the source of water. Our inspectors usually find a leaking pipe underneath a sink or in a laundry room. Sometimes, the source is a small pool of water that got into an attic through a minor point of damage on the roof. It does not take long to remove a water source after we find it. Our technicians quickly remove small pools, and they can replace most damaged pipes in a single afternoon.
 
Depending on the extent of the infestation, removing mold from your home can take a few days or a couple of weeks. SERVPRO of South Columbus has the personnel, training, and equipment needed to put you back into your home as soon as we can safely do so. If you have questions about what we can do for you and your home, call us today at (614) 863-1392.

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