Two Out of Three Homes in America Have Elevated Levels of Mold Spores in Their Home!
This means that your crawl space or basement probably has higher levels of humidity. Mold appears with humidity and can affect your interior through small drafts and HVAC systems which blow spores throughout your living area. When left untreated, the health effects can be disastrous to you and your family.
What’s That Smell in My Home’s Crawl Space?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 65% of the air we breathe on the first floor of our house comes from the crawl space and basement. These locations pick up mold spores, dust mites and other toxic pollutants, and as your HVAC system runs, they are pulled into the interior of the home through the wall and floor penetrations. The commonly called “Stack Effect” or “Chimney Effect” is to blame.
To be simplified…All of the dirty, unhealthy air inside of your home takes its origin from the crawl and basement. As you heat and cool the air inside of your home, you are also pulling in the pollutants growing inside the crawl space and basement. Sometimes odor is the best indicator, but other times, pollutants are odorless!
The Moldy Truth
We can find mold spores and the seeds of mold, everywhere in the air. At an acceptable levels, pollutants do not pose a threat to MOST of us. When the heat and humidity begin to rise in late spring, mold spores start to wake up from its winter sleep and then start to breed and feed. It can be a tough task to calculate the humidity and temperature fluctuation of the outside world, but it is easier for us to control what happen inside our house!
We Offer Mold Remediation and Removal
The good news…Mold can be removed! Through a licensed, safe process, our Mold removal specialists will remove the mold in your crawl space or basement to bring your home back to its healthy state. Mold spores can be removed, insulation replaced and your Hillsborough crawl space will look like it did during the original construction.
But…..STOP!
It makes no sense to remove mold, if you don’t repair the sources causing mold breeding!
If we were to remove all of the mold in the crawl space of basement and we did not seal-off all the sources of the heat and humidity, the mold issue starts back the minute we stop cleaning. The solution to a healthy, clean crawl space are encapsulation and basement waterproofing. In order to control your inside environment you must seal that space. You can waste so much money on cleaning mold when the real source of problem is ignored.
Contact Us for Mold Removal and Remediation in Hillsborough
Contact the best experts in Hillsborough NC today at 919-847-7072 and schedule your no obligation consultation with one of our Certified Mold Professionals. You can also contact us via our online form to learn more about the benefits of our crawl space and basement services. We will visit your home to give you the most accurate price point for the job.
Crawl Space and Basement Technologies hold the Council Certified Microbial Remediation designation. Our trained specialists will guide you through the option to determine the best solution for you and your budget.