{"id":18338,"date":"2021-09-16T19:17:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/?post_type=blog&amp;p=18338"},"modified":"2021-09-16T19:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:17:24","slug":"mold-and-your-home","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/blog\/mold-and-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"MOLD AND YOUR HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2021\/09\/Mold-in-a-kitchen-1060x480-1-1024x464.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/733\/2021\/09\/Mold-in-a-kitchen-1060x480-1-1024x464.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/733\/2021\/09\/Mold-in-a-kitchen-1060x480-1-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/733\/2021\/09\/Mold-in-a-kitchen-1060x480-1-768x348.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/733\/2021\/09\/Mold-in-a-kitchen-1060x480-1.jpeg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Mold is found literally everywhere in nature, playing an essential role<br>in the breakdown of organic matter. However, when mold grows<br>indoors, it can damage or destroy the structure and poses serious<br>health concerns to people living in that environment.<br>Mold in homes needs just three key ingredients to grow:<br>\u2022 Food \u2014 An organic food source such as wood, cardboard, paper,<br>                etc. Even dirt on inorganic materials can support mold growth.<br>\u2022 Temperature \u2014 Mold loves temperatures between 68\u00b0F to 86\u00b0F \u2014<br>                             the same range we typically keep our homes.<br>\u2022 Water \u2014 Just a little is needed for mold to grow. Even an indoor<br>                  humidity of 60% allows mold to develop.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Our homes normally contain a lot of potential mold \u201cfood\u201d and usually<br>maintain perfect temperatures for mold growth. All that is missing is<br>water. If a water problem is not remediated quickly and professionally,<br>the inevitable result will be mold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEALING WITH MOLD<\/strong><br>If mold is growing in your home, clean up the mold and fix the water<br>problem as soon as possible. If you clean up the mold, but don\u2019t fix the<br>water problem, the mold will likely come back.<br>The first step in cleaning up mold is to find and eliminate the water source.<br>Then, if the area is small (less than 10 square feet) and you feel comfortable,<br>clean the mold with a detergent solution. Thoroughly dry all materials<br>afterward.<br>If the mold area is larger than 10 square feet, call a professional mold<br>remediation company, such as PuroClean of Massapequa. Our well-trained professional<br>technicians are on duty 24\/7, and can remediate mold completely and fix the underlying water<br>problem that allowed mold to grow in the first place. The remediation must<br>be done properly, using industry-standard techniques and equipment,<br>otherwise the mold will return<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mold is found literally everywhere in nature, playing an essential rolein the breakdown of organic matter. However, when mold growsindoors, it can damage or destroy the structure and poses serioushealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":18166,"template":"","blog-category":[],"class_list":["post-18338","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puroclean.com\/massapequa-ny-puroclean-massapequa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=18338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}