Preventing Mold in the Home and Commercial Mold Damage

2/19/2018 (Permalink)

Prevent the Moisture to Prevent Mold

Mold in the home always seems much worse than commercial mold damage simply because no one lives at work. However, both are dangerous, and both are gross. To prevent either from occurring, it helps to know what causes mold damage to occur.

Fungus loves moisture, and it also loves humidity. Anyone who owns a home knows how easy it is for mildew to form in some locations such as around the bathrooms and basements where there is excess moisture and high levels of humidity.

Mildew might not be as damaging as mold, but mildew is a telling sign mold could form easily in this area. Mold is fungus. It’s a fungus that lives in the air in the form of mold spores. These spores look for moisture. They look for humidity. When they find both together anywhere in a home or office, they begin to put down roots. It takes mold hours to form and less than a day or two to spread rapidly.

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