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mardi 6 janvier 2015

The Importance Of Having Mold Testing San Francisco

By Stacey Burt


When homes are infested with molds, the owners should test the interior surfaces and air to determine if the microbes are posing a health concern. Molds are found everywhere and in homes, they will be present but in small numbers. Unless they have overgrow and multiplied, they normally do not present any problem. A mold testing San Francisco helps you determine how safe or harmful the molds are and whether you need to remove them immediately.

The microbes are found everywhere at homes and in most cases, they are not harmful. As long as the population remains low, they may not cause harm to the people. In fact, molds are helpful in natural processes within the ecosystem such as decay and in addition of flavor in products. However, the same molds can be toxic and harmful.

Not all molds are toxic but all molds can be harmful to people. When the spores are inhaled, they cause complications in body. Spores can cause allergy reactions. You may suffer from problems like coughing, sneezing, chest wheezing, irritation of throat, irritation of eyes, watery eyes, and nasal congestion.

Basements areas are attacked by moisture problems because they are location below ground level. Whenever there is heavy downpour, it causes the ground around basements to become wet. The wet ground causes the basements to be moist. Water will slowly infiltrate the basement walls and reach the interior. This is why you see many homeowners considering basement insulation to prevent the damage by moisture.

Moreover, the windows in a house also suffer from moisture problems. When there is a difference in temperature of the area outside a building and the air inside the house, the window glasses form vapor. You will see the glasses looking foggy and misty. That moisture on glass drips slowly and soaks in concretes and window frames.

Gutter lines are designed to allow water collect in downspouts before being directed to drainage channels. When the gutters are releasing water to the ground, it means you have wet soils around the foundation. The wetness could transfer to the interior of a house causing molds to grow.

Carpets also soak in moisture and tend to harbor molds. When the floors are wet, carpets will also get wet and attract molds. The molds may grow under the carpets and remain unnoticed for a while. It can be difficult to discover that molds are down under the carpets and by the time, you know about it, you are already suffering. There are different ways in which you would test a room and they include taking air samples, surface samples, and doing bulky test.

The air may be tested to determine the concentrations. Air samples are taken and tested to find out if there could be molds that are not visible. If the tests show high concentrations yet you cannot see the molds, it would mean that there could be hidden molds on surfaces like crevices and wall joints or under the floor tiles. Another method that may be applied to test for molds is surface testing. Using swabs, samples are taken from various surfaces and tested.




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