Mold Problems
Kitchen Mold Problems
Q.
My wife and I have recently purchased a new home and under the kitchen sink
it appears there was a leak at one time and the back wall has some black
discoloration. The area is dry now and very little moisture gets in there.
How should I clean this area? I don’t see evidence of this “mold” or mildew
anywhere else in the house. [Jan. 7, 2005]
A.
Learn about
new home mold. You need to investigate as to whether the kitchen sink
leak water damage and thus
mold growth are present in and under the bottom
of the kitchen sink cabinet and adjoining cabinets.
Hidden mold growth in
those kitchen cabinet areas is very common from a kitchen sink leak. You can
open up the bottom of the sink cabinet floor for a visual inspection. You
can use a fiber optics inspection device to inspect beneath the under
cabinets by drilling access holes. Such a big help is about $300---find one
on the internet. You also need to mold test your entire home for possible
mold contamination by airborne mold spores. Do-it-yourself mold air testing
can be your first step to determine whether your home or workplace has a
serious
mold infestation problem. If there is even a hidden mold problem
inside walls, ceilings, attic, and the heating/cooling system, usually
detectable airborne mold spores will make it into the air. If the indoor
mold levels are elevated in comparison to your outdoor mold control test,
you know that you probably have a serious mold problem which needs further
investigation and possible mold remediation. You can use do-it-yourself
mold test kits [available from your local large hardware, home improvement,
or safety store]
to mold test any
visible mold growths, the air of each room, basement, crawl
space, attic, garage, the outward air flow from each heating/cooling duct
register, and inside the passenger compartment of your vehicles [often mold
cross contaminated if your home or office is mold infested]. Watch the mold
test kits for 7 days. If any of the test kits show a large number of mold
colonies of one more different
mold species [visually different to you],
you can submit the mold test kits to a
Mold Lab for
mold analysis and mold species identification. If mold test results indicate a problem, you may then want to
then hire a
Certified Mold Inspector to use fiber optics to inspect inside walls,
ceilings, and the heating/cooling ducts for evidence of physical mold
growth, and to do in depth
mold investigation and
mold inspection. Learn the 25
steps recommended for safe and effective
mold remediation.
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