Angie’s List: Getting Rid Of Mold In Your Home

By Jim Donovan

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Ignoring a mold issue in your home will only prolong the problem and allow it to get worse. Since mold exposure can cause health problems, it is important to take steps to eliminate it from your house and hire a reputable company for the job.

In this weeks Angies List report, Jim Donovan shows you what you need to look for when choosing a professional for the job.

Are you concerned you might have mold in your home? There are a couple things experts will look at.

There are generally two types of test one is a lift test where a sample is taken from a suspected area of staining that is not quite for sure that it is mold. The other is an air sampling it is to determine the level of spores that are in the air in a particular area of a home, or crawl or attic, said Ron Porter, a mold removal specialist.

But mold remediation can be expensive, so if the mold is visible, that initial diagnostic test can be skipped but you dont want to skip the final testing.

Do the remediation and then do the post test because the post test is going to be very important to make sure that the remediation was done properly, said Angies List founder, Angie Hicks. Also, make sure the company you hire explains who will be testing your samples.

Its important for consumers to confirm that the company they are hiring do the testing is going to send the sample out to a third-party, an independent third-party for analysis because you want separation between those two activities. You dont want the company selling you remediation to be analyzing whether you need it, said Hicks.

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Common areas: Mold is most commonly the result of water damage found in crawl spaces, basements and attics and is usually identifiable by a musty odor.

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Angie’s List: Getting Rid Of Mold In Your Home