Back to the Earth - Mold, Fungus, and Rot

Mold has become a big issue is recent years. It is the subject of lawsuits, a terror to builders, the subject of newspaper articles, the reason for school closings, and the growth of a "new" industry - MOLD TESTING and REMEDIATION. With all the recent talk about mold, you may think it's a new complex issue. Mold is not complex, but rather a very simple issue.

Mold has a purpose. It's purpose is to breakdown organic matter. Without mold, dead plant and animal material would just pile up all over the place. If it's dead, organic, and wet, mold knows how to eat it. Mold sends out its spores which may lay dormant for years. When something dead, organic, and wet comes along mold grows on it and eats it.

Mold spores are everywhere, in our building materials, in our furniture, and even in our clothes, this factor cannot be controlled. The only one we can control in our homes is the moisture. Mold likes processed organic materials best - it will grow on paper and cardboard first. Paper is like candy for mold. Fiberboard, chipboard, and plywood come next and finally framing lumber. Sheetrock has paper on it and mold loves sheet rock as well. One thing's for sure; mold growing in your house is not good. It's not only bad for your health, it's just as bad for your home. By not fixing your dirt crawl space, over the life of the house, you are paying many times more than it costs to fix now.

There are really only 4 steps to totally eliminating the dirt crawl space from having negative effects on the rest of the house.

1- Fix any water leakage (if there is any)

2- Isolate the house from the earth. What better way to do that than the Healthy Spaces crawl space encapsulation system?

3- Seal the vents and other outside air leaks

4- Dehumidify your crawl space air.

For more information on fixing your dirt crawlspace or mold remediation call Healthy Spaces by Swat Pest TODAY at 812-476-9708