Rebuilding After Mold Damage in Durham

12/20/2017 (Permalink)

SERVPRO technicians have the training, experience, and special tools to remediate mold damage and restore your home to its original condition.

Rely on SERVPRO Technicians to Restore Your Home after Severe Mold Damage Takes its Toll on Walls and Flooring

Many homeowners in Durham and elsewhere in North Carolina, have a poor understanding of what causes mold. Many citizens have the idea that mold only shows up in homes where the owners are unclean or keep a dirty house. That idea is completely untrue.

SERVPRO understands that mold damage in Durham homes can happen at any time of year, regardless of housekeeping. Mold spores are harmless until they have enough water to expand and begin growing. The mold sends out hyphae to find food. These structures look like capillaries and serve a similar function, sending food and moisture to the growth to expand. When this mold colony goes undetected for too long, it can cause health effects for some people and destroy a home as surely as a fire or flood.

In extreme cases, after we remove the mold, we perform an additional inspection to determine the extent of the damage and what tools our restoration team needs. For abandoned or unoccupied homes, it is not unusual to bring in jacks and lifts to preserve structural integrity while our team replaces wall framing, load-bearing walls, columns, and other support structures.

With the walls not threatening to collapse on them, the team begins on the floor. We remove and dispose of every carpet, then examine the wood floor underneath. Unless the homeowner is insistent on preserving uncontaminated floorboards, it is cheaper for SERVPRO technicians to remove and dispose of it. If there is concrete underneath the carpet, we spray an anti-fungal agent on the pad and stretch new carpet after the cleaner dries.

Finally, we move to the roof. Since mold can grow in any direction, it is not unusual to find it went up walls and spread across the attic. In unoccupied homes, it can easily grow across roof panels and tiles. Depending on how extensive the damage is, demolishing and replacement can take from several days to a couple of weeks.

Mold can appear in any home, regardless if it has been occupied for generations or empty for a couple of years. To remove it and replace the damage is a process that requires training, special tools, and experience. For details on how we can preserve and rebuild your home, call SERVPRO of North Durham today at (919) 467-0880. We are here to help.

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