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Black Mold Removal: A Guide to Removing Black Mold In Your Home
Posted by GuestPoster in Home and Furnishings on August 15th, 2010
Black mold is not something you want growing in your home. Black mold can cause a person to develop horrible symptoms and can even be potentially life threatening. This is one of the more dangerous types of mold and the biggest problem is that most people don’t even recognize the problem until it is too late. Mold tends to grow in moist, dark areas of the home such as the basement so you may not even notice mold growth until you start to experience symptoms.
If you do ever notice growth of black or other mold in your home, there are a few important steps you must take. If you choose to take care of it yourself, you must seal off the room before getting started. This helps minimize the release of mold spores into the rest of the home. Using a damp rag and some a soap and water mixture, rub down the entire wall or other area until the mold is gone. Make sure you go over it at least once afterward to rinse off all the soap and any leftover mold.
If you don’t feel comfortable removing the mold on your own, you can call in a professional black mold removal company. For around one hundred dollars they will come in with the proper equipment and tools and get the job done safely. Now you just need to make sure you don’t let a mold problem start again. If your basement is very damp, buy a dehumidifier and set it up downstairs. This will help keep the moisture and humidity out of the air, preventing mold problems as a result. Even if you only turn it on during the nighttime it will help.
Black mold is definitely dangerous, but if you discover it, make sure that you get rid of it ASAP, so that you protect the health of you and your family.
Time For a New Shower Curtain?
Posted by whaleadmin in Home Decorating on June 19th, 2009
Time for a new shower curtain?
You know it’s time to think about a new shower curtain when
- you are fed up with looking at the design on the old one
- your shower curtain does not go with your bathroom
- the curtain has gone all brown around the bottom and despite your best efforts (and the efforts of your washing machine) it has not come up clean again
- it is even worse than brown around the bottom – it is black with mold and bleaching it has not removed the mold – enough said
- the holes at the top where you attach the shower curtain to the rail are starting to split
- you have remodeled your bathroom and need a new shower curtain to go with it
You will be spoiled for choice when you go shopping for shower curtains as there are so many wonderful designs around these days and you can buy anything from something cheap and cheerful at your local discount warehouse to a gorgeous designer shower curtain from an upmarket department store.
What Is the Difference Between Mold and Fungi?
Posted by whaleadmin in Fitness and Medicine on June 12th, 2009
If you’re not familiar with the two terms mold and fungi, it’s easy to mistake them for two different things. But really there is no difference between mold and fungi.
Funguses are a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores.
Molds are funguses that produce a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter.
While they may sound innocent enough, they can cause serious allergy problems and some molds (funguses) can make people severely sick. So no matter what term you decide to use, you should always use caution when exposed to any form of the stuff.
Always wear protective gear such as rubber gloves, masks and eyewear and make sure the product you intend to use to remove the fungi is made specifically for mold and fungi. Otherwise, you may very well find yourself with a worthless product. Okay, so now that you know there’s really no difference between the two, feel free to share this article with your friends!