Mold Remediation

For those who are familiar with and perhaps even had experience with mold remediation, they would tell you that it looked like a scene out OF The X files. Picture men in white suits, the kind you would wear if you were to enter a quarantined area. I’m sure that for those people who are going to see this for the first time, there might be a feeling of alarm, but you shouldn’t be scared at all. Let’s just say that the people who are going to do the mold remediation, as with other potentially dangerous jobs such as dealing with asbestos or lead based paint, they have to be fully suited for the job at hand. However, this does not mean that your home has toxic mold nor is it a hub for alien mold but that’s a whole other story. The suits are like job uniforms and standard operating procedures require the workers to wear them. So now that you’ve gotten over the fear of the men in white suits, how do you deal with them and what should you do when they are working in your home?

First and foremost, keep your pets away from them and the area. Provide them with a clear access to and from the place where they are going to be working in. Typically, they would park their vehicle near your doorway and they would lay down plastic sheeting as well as have hoses running through your house straight to where the mold is. If the place where they would be working in is accessible from outside your home, such as a crawlspace, the better and easier it is. In fact, the best mold remediation company would clean up after themselves and make sure that your home is as clean as before they started work.

So what happens during mold remediation?

Well, the events can be divided into two days. The first day sees the workers spraying the mold area with biocide. No, biocide is not some kind of hazardous chemical (well, it is to molds). Biocide is actually an EPA-approved liquid that eliminates and kills off molds. Remember, bleach was never approved by the EPA as an agent for killing molds so I don’t recommend anyone trying to use it. After spraying the area, the workers leave and return the following day for step 2. Now, step 2 has them spraying the area again but this time with an encapsulant. They would spray the area with something that is reminiscent of a whitewash or white paint which helps in encapsulating the mold spores that remained. They would actually spray this beyond the area where the mold was found and that is done to prevent further growth. After this, the only thing left to do is to clean up and monitor any signs of returning molds. If the company did a good job, your home would be forever mold ree and you can rest easy.

Mold remediation, again, might seem like something out of a sci-fi film what with all the men in white suits. This idea sometimes makes people feel a little iffy about getting it done. Let’s just say that after the initial alarm that one feels at the sight of these men, the after effects of having a mold free home that you get to enjoy is more than worth it.