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Rot, Mold and Termites: How to keep them away from your home by keeping it dry

in Home Care /by Carolyn Willbanks

By Garth Haslem, KSL.com Contributor | Posted – Aug 28th, 2019 @ 8:42am SALT LAKE CITY — It’s happened to nearly all of us: that sinking feeling when you realize your basement is soaked. Sometimes you just get a damp corner, and that’s bad enough. Other times the whole basement can be filled with water, […]

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Dangerous Mold at Gainesville FL Apartment Complex

April 28, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

Gainesville, Fla. (WGFL) — Angelo DePrado says for the last few months he’s been living in an apartment with mold. “I’ve been sick for a couple of months at least and I can barely breathe,” DePrado said. A water leak on the third floor of his Campus Lodge apartment caused major flooding in his unit. […]

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Water Damage – What Does Insurance Cover?

in Home Care /by Carolyn Willbanks

If you have rain, storm damage or flooding in your home, coverage by your homeowners’ insurance will vary depending on what policies you have and the circumstances of the damage. Some insurance companies cover flooding due to storms, backed-up city sewers and storm drains, broken sump-pumps or burst pipes. Floods, regardless of how the water […]

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Families Still Feeling Effects After Pipe Bursts at Billerica Apartment Complex

March 31, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

by Natalie Rubino, Boston 25 News Three days after a pipe burst at an apartment building in Billerica, families are still feeling the effects as they search for places to stay. The Monty family is one of many who can’t stay in their apartment due to the pipe that burst at The Commons at Boston […]

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MOLD. . .What Is It All About?

in Fungal Infections /by Carolyn Willbanks

Many people still don’t fully understand the health hazards of mold exposure. The term ‘toxic mold’ is somewhat misleading. It suggests that certain molds are toxic. While molds and mold spores do make people sick, the dangerous culprits are the secondary metabolites (chemicals) made by molds that are toxins. The correct term is mycotoxins. Airborne […]

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Mold and Moisture

in Home Care /by Carolyn Willbanks

Molds are microscopic fungi that live on plant and vegetable matter. The can be found almost anywhere, and grow on virtually any surface where moisture is present. Molds reproduce by tiny microscopic seeds called spores. They are in the air all the time. An air filter can capture some but not all of them. To […]

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Keep Mold from Growing in Your Home

in Home Care /by Carolyn Willbanks

Do you windows fog up when you take a bath? Is there are drip under your sink? The best practice is to prevent mold from growing in your home. To reduce mold growth in your home, consider these tips: Eliminate sources of dampness in basements, such as pipe leaks or groundwater seepage. Use a dehumidifier in any […]

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Why is Mold Growing in My Home?

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Molds are part of the natural environment. Outdoors, molds play a part in nature by breaking down dead organic matter such as fallen leaves and dead trees, but indoors, mold growth should be avoided.  Molds reproduce by means of tiny spores; the spores are invisible to the naked eye and float through outdoor and indoor air. Mold […]

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Mold is Everywhere

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

You cannot avoid mold. In fact, mold spores are everywhere. The reason that you do not see piles of dead plant material and other organic material accumulating outside is because of mold. Mold has a purpose in our eco-system, to feed on dead organic matter. However, mold becomes a serious problem when it begins growing […]

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Mold’s Favorite Places in Your Home

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Fungi (mold) grow by releasing reproductive cells (spores) into the air, just as plants reproduce by spreading seeds. The airborne spores are invisible to the naked eye, which is a major reason mold is such a problem. It is not uncommon to find hundreds or even thousands of mold spores per cubic foot of indoor […]

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Introduction to The Mold Help Organization

in Mold-Help News /by Carolyn Willbanks

Mold-Help.org is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who have lost their lives, health, jobs and homes to mold infestations. We goal is to offer the most current information and resources to educate and encourage individuals whose lives are impacted by the effects mold poisoning. In light of the ignorance, as well […]

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Important Update for Victims of Hurricane Sandy

November 2, 2012/in The Environment /by Contributor

Toxic mold is going to become a major catastrophe in the eastern coast states.  This is inevitable.  The problem will become most prevalent during the winter, spring and summer over the next nine months.  Immediate restoration is required as mold can begin growing within 24 to 48 hours once water damage has infiltrated your space.  […]

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Floods Create Mold Problems

March 19, 2010/in The Environment /by Carolyn Willbanks

Middleboro, MA — As they waited for floodwaters to subside Thursday, many homeowners started cleaning up amid warnings that mold could be their next problem. On Vernon Street, Judy and David Thompson saw the Taunton River overflow into their backyard. Between that water and nearby Poquoy Brook, their sump pump has been running nonstop in […]

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Cleanup Gets Mold Out Of High School

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

Construction crews and school officials showed off a newly reopened St. Charles East High School on Thursday, more than a year after the far west suburban high school was closed because of potentially hazardous levels of mold. The $17 million, 10-month job was painstaking work, said David Kedrowski, project manager for the company that oversaw […]

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Florence Schools Declared Mold Free And Safe

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

FLORENCE – Two schools contaminated by toxic mold last April have been given a clean bill of health. An environmental consultant told the Board of Education and 15 spectators last night there is no trace of Stachybotrys atra in the Roebling or Marcella L. Duffy elementary schools. “All parties involved are satisfied the schools are […]

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The Moldy Pet Store

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

My husband and I moved down from Portland, Oregon to Waterford, California in December 1998 to open a pet store. My sister found the building and talked with the landowner. She told me that the carpet was in need of being stretched, but other than that the building was in an ideal setting and was […]

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The Moldy Manufactured Home

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

In 1999 we began the process of replacing our home that was lost in the 1998 flood. We wanted to build a home, but the flood plain administration regulations were so strict we could not find a builder to build for us. We then began to look at manufactured homes; we looked at all the […]

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I Got a Mold Problem!

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Ok. Let’s hope this does more good than bad. About a year ago I took my 4 month old baby to the doctor, she was having real bad allergic reactions. She kept breaking out in a red rash in different places on her body, mostly her face. Other symptoms were runny nose, swollen and watery […]

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How Can You Determine If You Are Being Affected by Toxic Mold?

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I have recently moved back to Pittsburgh, PA from Florida and reside in a renovated railroad station which houses up-scale apartments. I live on the top floor of the building. I have lived here about 6 months; over the last 2 months, I have experienced certain symptoms which I did not know to put down […]

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