Understanding Mold Remediation
Understanding Mold Remediation
To understand Mold Remediation, we need to gain a better understanding of what mold is and isn’t, what conditions it survives in, and how to remove it without further contaminating another area.
Six Requirements for Mold Growth
Food Source
· Lack of Air Movement
· Mold Spores
· Temperature
· Lack of Light
· Water
Why is Mold a problem?
· Decomposes building materials
· Affects appearance
- Stains and visible growth
- Unpleasant musty odor
· Health effects
- Allergies
- Toxins can cause cancer and other illnesses
- Infections
· Cause poor indoor air quality.
A study conduced by the Annals of Allergy in December 1993 found that air duct sanitation may be conducive to decreasing the amount of fungal contamination in a residential HVAC system. These graphs (summer and winter) show the study's results of Colony Forming Units (CFU's) or viable mold spores before and after air duct sanitation.
RESTORx References: Simplified
· IICRC S520
· NYC Guidelines
· EPA
· US Public Health Service
References:
· New York City Department of Health: Guidelines on
· Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor
· Environments
· Health Canada
· "Mold Remediation in Commercial Schools and
· Buildings" (PDF) by the EPA
· OSHA
· IICRC S500 Standards
· IICRC S520 Standards
Everything you would ever want to know about fungal growth your HVAC system
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