Basement Mold and Mold Damage in Your Delta Home

2/27/2018 (Permalink)

When your basement floods, mold colonies can begin to form and need to be remediated immediately.

Call on the Professionals at SERVPRO to Remediate Mold Damage and Prevent Future Mold Growth

If you have ever dealt with your basement in Delta flooding, you know that pumping the water out is just the beginning. The lingering effects of the moisture can result in mold growth, which can cause health effects for you and your family. Even with just an inch of water, there is enough humidity present to allow mold spores to attach to surfaces and start growing. Mold can grow on just about anything indoors including carpeting and drywall.

A wet basement can quickly spell trouble for your Delta home, even if you can get the water out. Without it being completely dry, or not in enough time, you are going to be dealing with mold and mold damage. Mold growth starts fast – within 24 to 48 hours, so you need to act quickly. If mold still gets a chance to grow, our SERVPRO technicians are the answer to your problem. We can do a thorough job cleaning up the mess and even help dry your basement out again.

Mold starts life as a tiny spore which functions as a seed but is smaller and more straightforward. A mass of mold spores can have thousands at once, but still be smaller than a pinhead. If something disturbs the mass, thousands of spores are set free into the air, where they are carried off. They remain in the air until gravity causes them to settle. All they need to lift off and stay aloft is a very gentle air movement.

At SERVPRO, we understand this, which is why we are careful to contain the area of mold, so it does not spread to areas which were not affected. It is also why we wear protective gear when cleaning mold growth from your home.

Sometimes during mold remediation, we need to remove porous materials such as drywall, insulation, fabrics, or carpeting that have extensive mold growth. Non-porous surfaces may be cleaned by HEPA vacuuming if it is dry, or by damp wiping with a detergent solution if the mold is growing in a layer of soils.

Once the mold has been carefully removed, we ensure to dry the area as well, so the mold growth does not return.

At SERVPRO of Montrose / Telluride, we take any mold growth in your home in Gunnison, Ouray, or Paonia seriously. When you reach out to us at (970) 240-6970, you can rest assured that your mold problem is going to be history.

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