Mold in your home?
Take action before your health suffers

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Our mold inspection service helps you
avoid many complications

« When there is a lot of mold,
the problem is noteasy to adjust and
usually requires specialist assistance.. »

– Thomas Dignan, Health Canada

Solving the problem for good

Keeping the value of your home

Ensuring a healthy living environment

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Mold in your home?
Take action before your health suffers

Our mold inspection service helps you
avoid many complications

Solving the problem for good

Keeping the value of your home

Ensuring a healthy living environment

514.286.0550

WHAT IS MOLD?

Take action before mold affects your health. The term mold is generally used to designate several families of microscopic fungi that are occasionally found on putrescible materials such as cardboard, fabrics, certain building materials or food. In our homes, mold often grows where dust collects and releases spores that roam the air. These mold spores are so small that they are invisible to the naked eye and can easily be inhaled by occupants and have a negative impact on their health. To develop, mold requires the simultaneous presence of three essential elements: an adequate temperature, a nutritious substrate, ie a degradable material and a sufficient quantity of water or humidity. Among the most common sources of humidity related to mold growth, there is:

Greenish or black spots in places where ventilation is poor such as cupboards, under sinks or in the basement are signs betraying the presence of mold.

Although mold does not always smell, the presence of mold is often associated with a particular musty, earthy or “basement” smell.

The presence of excessive condensation in the windows points to poor management of the ambient humidity level which can lead to the proliferation of mold

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Dark circles, warps, or flaking on walls, ceilings, or windows are often signs of water infiltration, which can lead to mold.

WHAT TO DO IN THE PRESENCE OF MOLD?

Mold in your home? If the surface affected by mold is small, it is recommended to thoroughly clean the affected areas with soapy water in order to remove the traces found. Always keep the area dry and well ventilated to avoid the reoccurrence of mold. If there is a lot of mold, more than one place is affected, it reappears after cleaning, or one or more family members suffer from respiratory problems due to mold, it is strongly recommended to use the services of a building inspector specializing in mold. The latter will carry out a full investigation of your home and advise you on the procedure to follow to remedy the situation effectively.

In the meantime, there are a few general steps you can take to minimize the risk of mold growth in your home:

Reduce the duration and frequency of showers

Use fans when showering or cooking food

Use the dryer or hang clothes outside as often as possible

Move your furniture away from exterior walls to allow air to circulate

Use a dehumidifier to keep the humidity between 30% and 50%

Do not store your firewood indoors

Check the plumbing and look for leaks

Check for cracks in the foundation

Provide your sump pump pit with a waterproof cover

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF MOLD?

Don’t let mold affect the health of your loved ones. Although only microbial analysis of a sample taken from a surface can confirm the presence and toxicity of mold, any visible traces of mold should be addressed immediately. Unfortunately, it is children and the elderly, those with respiratory illnesses or those who are immunocompromised, who are most at risk of experiencing complications related to the presence of mold. Special attention must therefore be paid to these groups and react quickly if in doubt. Health Canada considers that the presence of invisible molds can cause a full range of fairly serious symptoms:

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Eye, nose, and respiratory
tract irritation

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Runny nose and

sinus congestion

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A range of symptoms
similar to those of colds

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Symptoms of chronic
fatigue and headache

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The increase in frequency
and the severity of asthma attacks

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Severe and deep coughing
and wheezing

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Eye, nose, and respiratory tract irritation

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Runny nose and sinus congestion

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A range of symptoms similar to those of colds

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Symptoms of chronic fatigue and headache

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The increase in frequency and the severity of asthma attacks

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Severe and deep coughing and wheezing

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MOLD INSPECTION SERVICE

Don’t let mold ruinl your daily life. Our building inspectors specialized in situations involving mold, advise you and accompany you from the discovery of mold to the resolution of the problem. Since they have no product to sell to you, you can rest assured that they offer you impartial expertise and a fair and complete portrait of your situation.

Our home inspectors will go back to the source of the problem, identify the cause behind the proliferation of mold and offer you durable and realistic solutions. They have in their possession all the technological instruments necessary to carry out their investigation on the presence of mold in your house and find the answers to your questions.

Mold in your home?
Take action before your health suffers

Our mold inspection service helps you
avoid many complications

Solving the problem for good

Keeping the value of your home

Ensuring a healthy living environment

514-286-0550