Smart Selling: Moldy Matters / The Facts about Mold

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Category: Mold News | Tags: mold detection prevention remediation

Mold is a pervasive fungus that occurs in numerous colors and shapes. Even in clean houses, mold can be found in warm and humid places like the shower, and in less visible and accessible places like basements, or behind drywall. Mold can grow around leaking windows and pipes, or any place that has been flooded and not thoroughly dried. Visible mold is always a result of an uncontrolled water problem. All molds need to thrive are spores, moisture and an organic food source, like wood, paint or drywall. Besides being unattractive and sometimes smelly, mold can cause structural damage and a range of health problems with varying severity.

There is more concern about mold today because modern construction methods have resulted in tightly sealed buildings that trap excess moisture, and because many houses have poor ventilation. The presence of mold in your house can be a frightening thought, but if you’ve done proper maintenance and the problem is confined to a small area, there’s little reason to worry.

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