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Gordon and Debbie Glasnow of CBC Cleaning & Restoration in Santa Clarita talked about the services they provide and the process of testing for and removing mold during a recent interview on KHTS AM-1220.
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“Fifty percent of our work is still in the carpet cleaning, soft surface, hard surface, tile, upholstery cleaning business,” said Gordon. “The other is disaster, rebuilding, general contracting repair work, carpet work, mold remediation. We also do color correction (and) color repair.”
When mold is detected, CBC officials go about removing it through a process known as remediation, which consists of first, containing the mold to one area, and then removing it.
“Remediate means we surgically remove it … basically under containment, and then (with) HEPA air scrubbers, so that way, none of the spores are contaminating the rest of the home or the structure,” explained Debbie. “So (we) contain (the) area and then surgically remove it.”
CBC officials do not perform mold testing onsite, but will look at the area and determine if it is or has been wet, and treat it.
“With experience in the water damage business, wherever there is organic (material) and water, there is typically going to be biological growth,” explained Gordon. “As long as there is organic material such as studs, wood, paper, drywall and water there is going to be the potential.”
There is not much that can be done construction-wise to prevent the growth of mold without possibly endangering the rest of the home.
“If that was the way to go, they typically would have had them pre-sealed before you installed them,” explained Gordon. “The home has to have the ability to acclimate to different humidity and dry conditions, and it is throwing a potential problem if you start doing things that really were not designed to be done that way.”
However, mold remediation can be avoided by routinely checking the areas around the house that are exposed to moisture on a regular basis.
“Most important though, as a homeowner, you should be checking underneath sinks, you should be looking at baseboards if it is coming away from a wall,” said Debbie. “Places in which there is sources of water, check it constantly, because if you catch it early, it is by far less of a problem than having to remediate and remove it later on.”
Ed. Note: This article is a KHTS Feature story based on a recent radio interview with CBC Cleaning & Restoration. Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at community@hometownstation.com.
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