Mold can cause severe damage to your home as well as your health. The only problem is that it can be hard to locate and sometimes even goes undetected for years! If mold has begun growing in your home you may notice the deterioration of certain parts of the building or decay in the health of one of your family members. This is why it is important to know where to look when you are inspecting your home for mold.

If you have an attic you probably don’t go in it very often. You may store some valuable keepsakes and other items that you think won’t spread mold. These items, in fact, offer mold a form of food and it will gladly begin to grow on them and spread throughout your entire attic if you’re not careful. Always check your attic on a regular basis, this will prevent mold from getting out of hand if it begins growing in this area.

A bathroom is an obvious place for mold because of both the moisture and lack of light. Mold has an easy time gaining a foothold in this room and then spreading to other areas of the home. Ensure that this room is well ventilated and that you wipe down any wet areas after use. If you maintain and clean your bathroom daily you will minimize the chance of having a mold infestation in this part of your home.

You clean your windows all the time but do you clean the sill underneath? This is an area that most people don’t realize harbors mold. When you think about it windows are encountering a lot of moisture from outdoor conditions and when this moisture hits them it trickles down onto the window sill. Here the water meets with dirt and creates the perfect nutrients to feed mold spores that have been sitting and waiting for food to grow.

If you think that you have a mold problem don’t hesitate to give professionals like Water Damage Zone a call. We know exactly what to look for and where to look and will have your mold problem under control faster than you can blink an eye. Don’t try to handle a mold mess on your own when we can save you time and money by ensuring that it never returns again.