Mold Remediation
Protocol Plan
A
mold remediation
protocol plan is a written, very detailed and very specific, step by step
plan of action of how to do mold remediation for a particular real
estate property such as a home, condominium, office, business, or rental property.
Because of the many hours of work and skilled analysis and experience required to prepare a
custom mold remediation protocol plan for the remediation of a mold-infested property, the
property owner or the insurance company (if any mold coverage) hires a
mold
professional to create the
protocol plan. To make an effective, workable mold remediation protocol
plan, hire a
Certified
Mold Inspector,
Certified
Mold Remediator,
or
Certified Environmental Hygienist.
To find such a certified mold professional in your area,
please visit the Inspector and Contractor directory sections of the
website Certified Mold Inspectors.
Mold expert Phillip Fry
is available to write your property's detailed and effective mold remediation protocol plans. Contact Mr. Fry at
envirodangers@yahoo.com
or visit his website
Mold
Expert.
Mr. Fry is author of the books
Mold Health Guide,
Mold Legal Guide, and
Do-It-Best-Yourself
Mold Prevention, Inspection, Testing, and Remediation. He is a
Certified
Mold Inspector and
Certified
Mold Remediator.
Then the property owner
or insurance company will give copies of the property mold remediation protocol plan to
qualified mold remediators/contractors to obtain written bids on the cost
to carry out the prototype specifications.
Mold Inspection
and Remediation Protocol Q & A
Q.
December 24, 2011. Basically, the situation is that rain water leaked
through cracks into the wall of my boss’s Bangkok, Thailand, home, causing
the built-in laminated wooden wall inside the master bedroom to be wet.
It has been left dry so long that you can see changes in color of the
wood. So we would like your qualified team to inspect and see if it is
safe to stay in that room, how much mold presents in the room both in the
air and on the surfaces, types of molds, then solve the problem completely
and verify if it safe to stay after all remediations are carried out.
Besides this master bedroom, we also would like your team to inspect
other parts of the house which have the same situation. His house was not
flooded. Your prompt feedback would be appreciated. By the way, please
also advise what he should do in the meantime while waiting for your
company’s mold inspection and mold remediation services.
A.
Thanks for your good explanation of your boss’s mold situation. Until
Certified Environmental Hygienists Fry and Montero can inspect, test,
and remediate any mold problems in the house, your boss can take these
immediate steps for the protection of his and his family's health: (1)
tape large sheets of clear plastic over all of the visibly-apparent
problem wall areas----this covering of the affected walls keeps any mold
spores from going into the breathing air from the any hidden mold
infestations in the covered areas; (2) in all affected rooms (where
obvious wall damage), select from: (a) not using those rooms and sealing
off the doors with clear plastic sheeting; (b) running continually an
adequate-sized HEPA indoor air cleaner (buy at a large appliance store) in
each affected room; or (c) open a window in each such room and continually
run a fan that directly exhausts room air to the outdoors. Step 2 above
lowers or gets rid of dangerous, elevated levels of breathable airborne
mold spores; (3) don’t run/use the air con system anywhere in the house
until we have inspected the air con equipment and ducts for hidden mold
infestation (likely in the facts of your boss’s situation). The first step
by Fry and Montero (who are also Certified Mold Inspectors) would be their
thorough and professional mold inspection of the entire Bangkok house to
determine locations of hidden mold growth (e.g., inside walls, air
conditioning equipment and ducts, etc.). This inspection can be done in
one full workday, and their professional services will also include: (a)
their verbal and written reports as to their findings and conclusions; (b)
their detailed, step-by-step written mold remediation protocol of how to
fix the problem. The remediation protocol plan can then be used by your
boss’s own workers or, better yet, by Fry and Montero (who are also
professional Certified Mold Remediators). If your boss wants USA
mold lab analysis of any collected mold samples (e.g., from inside the
affected wall or walls, air con system, etc.) to know the precise types of
mold species inhabiting the house, the lab fee is $60.00 per sample
collected and submitted . One or a few submitted samples is adequate, but
mold lab analysis is optional on your boss’s part because Fry and Montero
don’t need to know the mold species type to remove it.
Mold remediation procedures are the same regardless of the type of
mold species. The protocol plan would include a bid from Fry and Montero
to do the mold remediation if desired by your boss.
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