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MOLD INSPECTION
Mold Expert
Phillip Fry
defines
Mold Inspection
as "a thorough physical examination of a
building by a
Certified Mold Inspector to find and locate
visual and hidden mold growth and water problems
that enable mold spores to grow into mold colony infestations. Includes mold
testing and mold laboratory analysis of collected mold samples and
samplings. Certified mold inspection and mold tests are often
necessary to file a mold insurance claim."
Totally inspect your entire home, office, apartment, condo and real estate
property for toxic mold in home. The following are steps for a thorough
black mold toxic home inspection for mold.
1.
Hire a qualified, trained, and professional
Certified Mold Inspector (C.M.I.).
2.
Either the
Certified Mold Inspector,
property owner, property manager, or can be the
Certified Mold Inspector
accompanied by the property owner or property manager, will do a
thorough physical examination of the home or other real estate building for
evidence of possible water problems or mold infestations. The
Certified Mold Inspector has to painstakingly check for the following:
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If the home residents or building occupants suffer from any of the
most frequent general mold health symptoms,
he has to be very systematic in both mold inspection and mold testing of the
home and workplaces of the residents to find the possible mold cause of
their health problem.
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Areas where shrubs, trees, and other plants growing close to the
home or building must be paid special attention
during the inspection. Too many trees too close to the building protect mold
growth from the killing effect of the ultraviolet sunlight. In addition,
dead leaves and plants provide food to enable mold to grow. Growing mold
creates airborne mold spores to enter the building through open windows and
doors.
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Check and advise if the land around is toward the house or building.
If it is the case, there is a tendency of excess water to slide down to the
house or building and causing water intrusion into the house's or building's
foundation, concrete slabs, basement walls, etc. Houses or buildings with
surrounding lands sloping away is more advantageous since water sources such
as rainfall and snow will just slide away from the building.
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Check if the roof is in good repair.
It has to have good shingles and no cracks or holes in flashings around
plumbing vent pipes, air conditioning units, etc., to avoid water leakages
and other water damages or problems.
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Inspect if the underside of the roof decking, roof joists,
attic floor, and on and beneath roof insulation, have water stains or mold
growth. Mold cannot eat fiberglass
insulation, but it can eat the paper backing of such insulation, and mold
can also eat and grow on organic dirt deposited onto the fiberglass strands.
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Inspect for any physical signs or evidence of water intrusion or
mold growth
anywhere in water-oriented rooms such as
bathrooms, the kitchen, and the laundry room. Bathroom mold, kitchen mold,
utility room mold and laundry room mold can be lurking in there.
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Properly advise on mold evidences such as water stains, water
damage areas, or suspicious discoloration
of any other rooms' ceilings, walls,
floors, and furniture. If any evidence is spotted, test for ceiling
mold, wall mold, floor mold, living room mold, closet mold, dining room
mold, bedroom mold, attic mold, crawl space mold, storage room mold,
basement mold or garage mold.
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Use Hidden Moisture Meter
to test non-invasively surfaces such as wall cavities, beneath floors,
above ceilings, or behind ceramic tiles of bathroom walls, tubs and
showers, etc., to check for hidden water moisture.
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Confirm or inquire water intrusion
history such as roof leaks,
water leaks, floods, other water problems, of the house or building
being inspected. Pay attention to inspecting and mold testing areas that
experienced such past or present water intrusions. Use fiber optic
inspection device for mold growth and water problems inside walls, above
ceilings, and beneath floors.
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Check and advise of the indoor
humidity level of the crawl space, basement, attic, or any room of the
building. It has to be 30-40%.
If humidity level reaches 50% or more in any area of the home, there is
sufficient moisture for molds to grow. Use digital hygrometer to test
the humidity rate of each area of home or building.
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Check for elevated levels of
unhealthy mold spores in the air
of the attic, crawl space, basement,
and the various rooms of the house or building. Calculate the levels of
mold spores indoor and outdoor and differentiate their species. Use mold
testing techniques to collect mold air samples both indoors and
outdoors. The following are the best mold sampling techniques and
technologies:
*mold
culture plates upon which airborne mold settles onto after stirring up
the air in the room with disinfected fan for 15 minutes to 30
minutes;
*controlled
air testing impactors that use an air pump to draw in and impact
airborne mold spores onto the sticky surface of a mold culture plate;
*direct
sampling of visually-noticeable mold growth through scraping of the
suspect mold direct substance into a mold culture plate, or Scotch Tape
Lift Sampling, or actually cutting and saving a piece of what the
suspect mold is growing on or in such drywall, wood, carpeting, etc.
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Check for toxic mold contamination
inside the building's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system
(hvac) or hvac ducts. Tape mold culture plates onto at least one air
supply register grill of each zone of the hvac system, and then run the
hvac system for 15 minutes to impact possible mold infestation on spores
onto the sticky surface of the mold culture plates.
For further toxic mold questions please email to mold expert Phil
moldconsultant@yahoo.com. |
