Take These Steps to Prevent Mold Infestation in Your Home or Apartment

4/29/2019 (Permalink)

Mold can grow quickly in a moist damp environment.

No matter where you go in Tarpon Springs, a microbial population resides, either actively or in a dormant state. This includes the cleanest of homes, as well as the outdoor world. A small amount of moisture or increased humidity can revive dormant microbes and allow active to flourish even more vibrantly.

Whenever an apartment suffers from mold damage in Tarpon Springs, the critical ingredient centers on the moisture levels, and not on the mold already existing within the residence. SERVPRO professionals find a variety of sources of unwanted moisture and water within homes and apartments when performing mold damage remediation. Preventing future accumulation of water plays a crucial part in preventing microbial populations from expanding.

Moisture can come into your apartment through many sources, including appliances. Used appliances that come with your rented apartment might not seem faulty but a quick check of drip pans, water lines, and drainage hoses, especially their seals at both ends, can rule this possible situation out. Discovering that such a location does contain defects or loosened seals, a quick repair job can solve the problem. Other sources exist, however, even in the smallest of residences.

Other locations to look at include windows and their frames. Rainfall can result in extensive microbial damage when they allow water to enter inside, dripping down walls, or even inside them. Soaked insulation can harbor microbial growth for long periods before their discovery occurs. 

A leaky roof can also allow precipitation to cause prolific growth all throughout the apartment building, including other units. SERVPRO can remediate mold damage to your apartment after discussing the details with your apartment's owner. Your personal belongings can also become mold-infested, but we can help you recover most, and possibly all, of your affected property.

A leaky toilet, drain under a cabinet, or a shower head that sprays water where it should not go can all cause mold damage inside the bathroom. Loosened shower walls can allow mold to grow behind them, which can then spread to other areas of your home.

SERVPRO of Tarpon helps whenever mold damage becomes a problem, and beforehand, as well. No job is too large and complicated, nor too small and insignificant. All mold damage escalates and should receive expert remediation services as soon as possible. Call our 24-hour service line at (727) 934-5555, any day of the year, and we can help you recover from this and any other disaster.