Tips how to avoid toxic mold growth on your property

11/9/2021 (Permalink)

Black mold is the most dangerous type of all mold, technically called stachybotrys. The best way to deal with Newport Beach black mold is to prevent it from occurring altogether. Here are the top tips to prevent it from it growing in your home.

Keep Your Home Dry Everywhere

The best tip is to keep your home dry. This can sound obvious, but you can find that it’s not so easy. The bathroom and kitchen are two of the most humid places in the home and you can easily miss some the moisture growing. Take steps to protect every room in the home.

Have extractor fans in both kitchen and bathroom. You can also use dehumidifiers in the home, which will suck out the moisture and keep your home dry and safe. Add dehumidifiers into basements, as they are another area that commonly suffer from moisture without realizing.

If your basement has a history of flooding, take steps to prevent this from happening. You may need to change your landscape outside, or you may need to implement methods to soak up the water before it gets into your walls and flooring. A professional will be able to help with this.

Remove Anything Already Tainted

If you find black mold in Newport Beach homes, you need to act as quickly as possible. The best thing to do is remove anything from the home already tainted. Mold spores will stick around and multiply around the rest of your belongings. Removing items from the home is the only guaranteed way to get rid of it all yourself.

When you want to keep belongings, you’ll need to hire a professional. Experts will know the best cleaning products to use to make sure all the spores are removed to keep the whole family safe. The professional mold removers will also help determine if something isn’t salvageable, such as anything with old wood or porous material.

Prevent Water Flowing to Your Home

Black mold in Newport Beach is especially common after outside water has made its way into the home. You need to do everything you can to prevent the water flowing into your home.

This can mean changing your landscape of your lawn and garden. Consider changing the leveling, so the water is forced to run down towards the street and away from your home. Don’t remove too much greenery, giving the ground a chance to soak up water before it runs to your home.

While you can’t prevent all flooding, you can make an effort to keep the flooding as minimal as possible. Get a landscaper and professional out to help determine the best way to keep your home safe from water damage and future mold problems.

Black mold in Newport Beach is dangerous. You’ll need to take steps to protect everywhere you can to prevent the mold from growing. With the tips above, you can keep black mold at bay and treat any moisture quickly to keep the family safe.  

If you find anything suspect you want to call the team at SERVPRO of Newport Beach.  We have the train professionals to care for your remediation needs.