GOT A BAD CASE OF ATTIC
MOLD IN YOUR HOME?
If you have a bad case of mold in the house, the first thing you
need to do is assess the situation. Clearing out mold can be
pretty easy if you have the right company and qualified experience. If this is
the first time you are dealing with mold in the house, you should hire cleaning
contractors for the job. Mold removal is
one of those home remediation tasks that can be easy or difficult- depending on
the kind of mold you are dealing with.
Inspect
The attic is one of those places in the home that is most
susceptible to mold growth. Like the bathroom, the attic is usually exposed to
some form of moisture or humidity. And unlike other places in the home, the
attic is usually just used to store things and does not see a lot of traffic,
which means it can be months on an end before a problem is discovered. One way
to stay on top of any house cleaning issues is to regularly have a mold remediation
company come by and inspect the attic.
Ventilate
A very crucial factor to take into account is that venting and air
flow. A lot of mold infestations take root simply because of poor ventilation.
Attics are usually known for inadequate ventilation, which allows fungi to
breed and spread and the lack of fresh air just acts as a catalyst. When the cleaning services you hire are
completed it is important to ventilate the treated area properly. All the
humidity and moisture trapped inside a single space without proper ventilation
is a hotspot for germs, fungi, microorganisms and the suchlike. To keep your
attic mold from worsening and/ or returning you must make it a point to
ventilate the area properly.
Clean
One of the most important things to realize when you discover mold
in the attic is that simply removing the mold is not enough. A lot of people
choose to forgo mold
cleaning services in favor of homemade cleaning products such as chlorine
bleach. These can actually work really well but the important thing to realize
is that mold removal is not the same thing as killing/ destroying the source of
the mold. Chlorine bleach and other mild cleaning solutions cannot actually
penetrate through layers of wood/ boards/ fabric in the attic and thoroughly
uproot the mold. As a result, even though the mold will be removed from the
surface and all visible traces of it will be gone, it is likely that the spores
will remain intact. If the mold spores are
not killed, the mold will return and all you will have is temporary relief.
Homemade cleaning solutions
are ineffective for killing mold. You can either call in the professional mold remediation
company or purchase strong mold-killing industrial cleaners to make sure that
the mold is removed right from the root. To actually remove attic mold you
need to use more advanced techniques and products. Cleaning companies usually
use equipment with a high efficiency HEPA vacuum cleaner to get rid of mold
completely. Another common technique is to fully remove the affected regions
and dispose of them carefully, and then replace them with newer boards/ wood/
upholstery. This way you’re completely getting rid of the affected area and
removing the problem as a whole. Proper disposal is the key to this step
because you must make sure that the mold does not come into contact with other
surfaces in the house.
On the whole, when it comes to bad cases of
attic mold it is recommended that you hire a professional mold cleanup
company to take care of the problem.
