Posted by Jesse Koslow on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 @ 08:46
Mold and water go hand-in-hand. One of the most common causes of mold is incomplete or improper drying after water damage resulting from flooding from a storm, a burst pipe or the failure of an appliance or heating system. If professional drying is not started with 24 to 48 hours, mold is very likely to form and spread.
Water-Out Southern New England is the premier emergency drying company in New England, and is a sister company of Enviro-Clean, Inc. Water-Out responds to water damage emergencies 24/7/365, and we've traveled all over the country to provide emergency drying services to clients in need. Just a few of the places we've been:
- Florida - Stuart, West Palm Beach, Destin, Pensacola, and Perdido Key in 2004 for Hurricanes Charlie, Frances, Jeanne and Ivan, and Santa Rosa for Hurricane Dennis in 2005
- Mississippi - Gulfport, Waveland, Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis for Hurricane Katrina in 2005
- Louisiana - Metarie, Gretna, Baton Rouge, LaPlace and New Orleans for Hurricanes Gustav and Katrina
- Texas - Houston, Port Arthur and Liberty for Hurricane Ike in 2008
- Iowa - Cedar Rapids for the floods in June 2008
The following pictures are from a commercial building in Cranston, Rhode Island. The sprinkler system let go and flooded the building. If you look closely you'll see that the water level in the basement is almost all the way to the ceiling!
Posted by Jesse Koslow on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 @ 12:09 PM
- A mold inspection consists of sensory perception. Can you see mold? Smell it? We look for sources of moisture because we know this basic truth --where there is moisture, the right temperature and an organic food source, there will be mold.
- The "looks dry, smells dry, feels dry" method is old school and ineffective.
- Through the use of ever-improving technologies, our ability to find mold has taken giant leaps forward.
- In addition to moisture meters and boroscopes, we use FLIR Thermo Imaging, the same kind of infra-red technology used by the military and law enforcement agencies.
- With these high-tech cameras, we can find moisture that remains hidden behind walls and ceilings. And that leads us right to what we're looking for -- hidden mold.
- Check out these pictures. The dark areas in the FLIR photos indicate moisture. We confirmed the presence of moisture with a moisture meter.
It looked dry, felt dry, smelled dry. But it wasn't dry.
