Professional Mold Removal Services for Rocky Mountain Homes & Businesses
This video is from the ClO2 release - restoration of a moldy, storm damaged house, saving the owners TENS of THOUSANDS in reconstruction costs.
We KNOW How to Remove Mold Stains & Mildew Odor!
What is the difference between Mold, Mildew & Must?
Think of it as three stages of the growth...
What is Mold?
Mold is a living organism that will rapidly expand to fill all available space.
Wherever there are the right conditions, including warm air, moisture and something on which to cling, mold will continue to grow and grow. If it is not stopped it can quickly destroy an entire house. Mold is very dangerous.
Mold is a living organism with a deeply developed root system.
Mold is a fungus. A fungus is in many ways like a plant, but is really an organism all to itself. Instead of producing seeds, it produces spores, which are generally sent through the air to surrounding fertile habitations.
Mold is a living organism that metabolizes and releases both smells and spores.
The expressions of mold - mold odors - can contain some very dangerous components that can and will cause respiratory infections that require horribly invasive treatment. Mold smells are light a 'check engine light' a warning sign that must be heeded.
What is Mildew?
Mildew is also a fungus, with an inferior, underdeveloped root system.
Mildew is within the same class of organism as mold, but has a shallower root system. Where mold has a veracious appetite, growing directly on its food-source (breads, rotting vegetables, soaked surfaces full of yummy bacteria), mildew can survive with less. It will grow and begin showing its black dots (instead of spots) on surfaces like lightly dampened paper, ceramic tile grout, clothing materials, etc.
Mold is a living organism that can seen to be a royal nuisance, but displaying danger.
The very fact that you can see mildew is indicative that there is trouble a-lurking. The surfaces on which mildew grows are not generally perceived to be vigorous food sources for even the tiniest of fungus, and may not emit any noticeable mildew smells or odors; however, what it should be telling you is that there is, behind the mildew, colonies of bacteria that are growing and feeding the fungus. Get rid of the mildew, be rid of the bacteria.