Attic Mold Removal That Works Safely and Completely
The mold inspection and remediation professionals at Healthy Home Mold Services Inc are experts at eliminating mold from attics in Cary, Illinois.
With us, not only are you getting a proprietary system of biodegradable, non-toxic mold removal, you’re also getting total, permanent, and safe mold removal from your attic.
What Causes Attic Mold?
The reason attics may be affected by mold more than other parts of the home is simply that they provide the perfect conditions to flourish. There are a few ways for mold to infiltrate vulnerable homes. Typically, it’s a combination of things that lend themselves to mold growth.
The first element is moisture. If you’ve got mold, that also means you’ve got an uncontained, unknown water source in your home that’s feeding the mold. One of the primary reasons attics are the affected is because of their proximity to the elements. Leaky roofs – including those with poorly installed sheaths or raised, aging shingles – are primary culprits for water entry into the attic.
Going hand-in-hand with moisture and leaving attics as one of the places most vulnerable to mold is poor ventilation. To make matters worse, many homes have bathrooms fans that vent warm steam directly into the attic, instead of out of the home.
Attic Mold FAQs
What is ‘encapsulation’ and is it part of your mold removal process?
Encapsulation is a last-ditch method used by some to contain mold, instead of removing it completely. At Healthy Home Mold Services Inc., we don’t use encapsulation and instead aim for the full removal of the mold and mold staining.
In fact, the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (the IICRC) actively discourages the use of sealants to treat mold and believe them to even invalidate future mold inspections and potentially result in structural deterioration.
Are Encapsulants Harmful?
Furthermore, the IICRC states that encapsulants may even promote mold growth by combining nitrogen (an ingredient for certain encapsulants) and trapped moisture with the mold. That means that any necessary future mold remediation will likely involve sanding down the encapsulant, thereby spreading new mold spores that could have been removed in the first place.
Is biocide fogging part of the process?
No biocides will be used inside your home. The reason for this is because not only can they leave a chemical residue, but they may even fail to eliminate the mold completely.
Again, the IICRC discourages the blanket use of biocides in the home and cites them as “generally ineffective on porous and semi-porous materials.”
How Does Healthy Home Mold Service Remove Mold?
To properly remediate the mold growing in an attic, our process involves attacking the hyphae or, “roots,” of the mold that grows into wood substrate. While it’s easy to remove surface mold, treatment that doesn’t also remove the roots will result in a resurgence of mold.
While sanding, wire-brushing, or dry ice-blasting wood are relatively common approaches, those processes are time-consuming and likely to be expensive.
Instead, Healthy Home Mold Services Inc utilizes the exclusive GM6000 product to permanently eliminate the root systems and spores of mold. We then follow up with a non-toxic, non-mechanical air scrubber that’s non-corrosive and fully biodegradable to eliminate mold spores in the air.
With our system, labor is reduced and money is saved – all while permanently, safely and completely eliminating mold from your attic.