4 Important Steps To Remediate Mold Situation

Mold is an extremely problematic situation both in homes and business. Toxic molds exit in an extensive array such as in different shape, sizes or colors. Mold exposure may cause immense ill effects that range not only from minor annoyances but very severe health problems. According to some sources, there are over 100,000 different species of molds, some can cause potentially serious health hazards, while, the other species are comparatively harmless.

There are two primary things about mold remediation: Take care of the mold as soon as you face it and prevent it by following correct things in the first place.

The following steps are the basic process to deal with a mold problem----

#1 Assessing mold growth: It’s quite important to identify mold growth as it can be an invisible interloper, which clearly means not only on walls or corners but also mold growing around and behind what you first observe.

Firstly, learn about moisture or water problem with mold growth. Secondly, when you observe where the moisture comes from or how it enters into the home. These two crucial steps will help you to locate all mold growth immediately.

#2 To create a remediation plan you must document the mold problems with photos, videos or any piece of writing. This particular step will help the team supervisor to plan mold remediation manually because these documents prove to become an important factor to answer questions like when to initiate work schedule and completion of work, testing, relocation of homeowners if required, etc. 

#3 it’s important to take a keynote on the contamination level of the mold growth because calculating the extent of the contamination will help you to approach mold clean up.

The essential guideline has been developed by the New York City Department of health or NYC DOH for remediation of mold damage. These guidelines highly recommend six levels of mold remediation which are extensively practiced in the construction industry.

#4 In this step 2 levels to remediate mold contamination is explained: Level 1 is mainly used to remediate mold from the secluded or small area while Level 2 is used to cover big areas up to 30 square feet.

Basically, the Cleanup process is the same both for level 1 and level 2-

·         Pay attention to repair the water problem as it will help to prevent new mold growth.

·         Make sure to isolate the contaminated area such as doorways, windows, and other openings.

·         Always remember to discard all the wet and moldy materials in a plastic bag to avoid any health hazard in the long run.

·         Make sure to clean wood surfaces and non-porous materials with disposable wipes and clean the surface using damp cloth and detergent solution.

·         Dry the affected area.

·         Replace or repair all the moving materials.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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