How To Fight Back Against Mold As You Clean Your Home This Spring

8 May 2017
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As you clean your home this spring, you are going to want to fight back against the ability for mold to take hold in your home. Here are a few specific cleaning and home improvements you can do this spring that will prevent mold from returning and growing in your home.

#1 Clean Out Your Air Filters

Mold spores travel around throughout the air. They get caught up in the air filter and stay out of your home this way. It is a good idea to change out the air filters in your home every couple of months. This will help ensure that your filters work effective and will help ensure that mold spores do not build up in your home. Once the air filter is clogged, it will not work effectively, so changing out the air filters will help keep mold spores out of your home.

#2 Get Your Ducts Cleaned

Even the greatest air filter will not keep all mold spores out of your house. Mold spores often end up in the duct system of homes. These areas are nice and dark and often moist, providing the perfect environment for mold to thrive and grow unnoticed as it made it past the air filter in your heating and cooling system. Air duct systems are often complex, and can't just be cleaned by sticking your vacuum cleaner down the duct. It is best to hire a professional company to clean your duct and deal with any mold that they find.

#3 Deep Clean Your Carpets

Mold spores can live deep in the fibers of your carpets, and when the conditions are right, the mold can take hold and start growing under and within your carpet. You can fight against this by deep cleaning your carpets. You can hire a professional cleaning company to clean your carpets, or you can rent a carpet cleaner and do it yourself. When you clean your carpets, be sure to remove the furniture so you can effectively clean everywhere you need to.

#4 Keep Any Eye Out For Leaks

As you work your way through your home, cleaning it, keep an eye out for leaks and area where moisture seems to build up. For example, a water stain on your window still, or a puddle of water underneath a pipe, or moisture stains on the wall paper in your bathroom. If you find leaks or water stains, clean those areas extra carefully to make sure that mold is not present. Then, take steps to ensure that you address the moisture issues. For example, seal the window or add an extra vent to your bathroom so that moisture does not build up.

Taking the steps above, and fighting back against mold before it is present, is one of the best defenses that you can have against dangerous mold spores. Contact a restoration contractor, like Wood's Cleaning & Restoration, for more help.