Everything You Need to Know About Mold Contamination

4/7/2022 (Permalink)

Mold Contamination

The last thing you want to do after dealing with water damage, whether from a broken pipe, a flood, or any number of other causes, is turn around to find yourself with a mold problem. In the event that you do find mold growth in your business' building, however, it is important to know how to properly contain it so that its spread is slowed while you wait for your local Concord, CA, mold cleanup professionals to arrive. It can grow on almost any type of surface, including, but not limited to:

• wood
  
• drywall
  
• carpeting
  
• linoleum
  
• plaster
  
  

How Mold Spreads

Mold growths appear when mold spores, which are the fungus equivalent of plants' seeds, land on a hospitable surface of almost any kind. The spores prefer a moist, dark environment, and once they take hold, they can begin to spread at incredible speeds. As soon as 24-48 hours after water damage has occurred, mold contamination will likely begin to take over the affected area.

Why Mold Containment Matters

Because mold is so fast to grow, and because it is able to spread onto almost any moist surface, it is a good idea to take steps to contain your mold growth while you wait for professional mold cleanup help to arrive. Otherwise, the mold spores will jump from one surface to another until large swaths of your building are contaminated, whereas taking proper action such as installing a HEPA-Filtered Negative Air machine can nip the problem in the bud. A HEPA filter is a powerful machine that sucks in all the surrounding air and pulls particles like spores out before releasing the air back into the room, thereby reducing the risk of mold spores floating onto a new surface.
If mold containment feels too daunting to tackle on your own, not to worry — SERVPRO is Faster to Any Size Disaster and will guide you through the mold cleanup process from start to finish.