Tips On How To Clean Mold Safely
One of the dangers that all home owners should be aware of is the spread of black mold throughout the home. the problem with black mold is that no one thinks that they have a problem with mold growth until they become ill. Since the mold has been growing for a long period of time it has become toxic which gives off deadly fumes that causes illness. This makes toxic mold such a deadly force because you could be inhaling deadly fumes as you read this and not even know it. Not many people believe how quick mold spores can reproduce in the home so i will help your judge for yourself.
I will be honest with you i just experienced a mold problem not more than 2 weeks ago. We live in Florida so we have the air conditioning running constantly. Normally when the a/c unit turns off it will darin the excess water through a pipe that leads outside. This was always working properly until recently. I listened to the a/c system when it turned off and it sounded like it was raining water on my water heating unit. I always thought the water was draining properly just like it always did. Boy was i wrong. I was shocked when i woke up the next day and noticed that my hallway was soaked with water. I took a peak at the a/c unit and realized that all the support wood beams and filter were drenched with water. But now i saw the real problem because the black mold had already began to spread on the wood and sides of the air conditioning unit. I started to worry that this mold was growing there for a good day or two. What makes this more scary is i have no clue of how long that mold was growing in there until this incident happened.
The main option i had was to figure out how and where this thing was leaking water from. The next issue i had to deal with was to find what natural mold removers were out there that were strong enough to help fix my problem. I suspected that the drain plug had something blocking it. I just went ahead and took a look at that first before i did anything else. And wouldn’t you know it, that was the problem. I looked inside the drain pipe and it was filled with mold and algae. I got my trusty natural mold cleaner and applied it to the inner portions of the drain pipe. It did a great job cleaning both the mold and the algae at the same time.
The next thing i had to do was get rid of all the mold spores that were in the carpet areas. I took a drive to the rental place and got a water vacuum device and sucked up most of the standing water in the carpet. Since the carpet was not dry in the hallway I squirted all the areas in the air conditioning closet and carpeting with the mold removers. I let it sit for about 20 minutes to let it really sink in. I made sure i used a dry rag on the walls to make sure they were not wet and mold free. after that i just got out my vacuum cleaner to scrub up the remaining mold from the carpet and let the brushes do the work for me.
Since then, I don’t have a spec of black mold growing in the air conditioning area. I can’t tell you how glad i am that i learned about this mold problem before i ran out of time. i was reading stories about how families had to leave their homes because the mold became toxic and was giving off toxic fumes therefore causing the living conditions to be unliveable. Thankfully, my timliness was the key to my success. Now i know to keep an eye on my air conditioning unit each and every day to make sure it won’t leak again.
By: Drago Marx
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Here is some more information on leaking problems and mold investigations:
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There are several ways to prevent and minimize mold – most importantly, keep your home dry, and find and fix leaks. Vacuum regularly with a HEPA filter vacuum, they have special filters that capture small mold spores.
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