How To Test for Mold with our Do-It-Yourself Kits
Your first and most affordable mold investigative step to learn the
severity and the extent of the possible mold infestation is to use our do
it yourself mold test kits [self observation of results over a 5 to 7 day
time period, or send in for
mold lab analysis] to mold test the air of each room, attic, basement,
crawl space, and the outward air flow from each heating/cooling duct
register for the possible presence of elevated levels of airborne mold
spores, in comparison to an outdoor mold control test which you should
also do. If you see any visible mold growth, from each moldy area, scrape
some of the mold particles into a separate mold test kit per testing
location for observation over a 5 to 7 day time period, and/or for mold
lab analysis. When scraping mold into a test kit, you would be wise to use
a breathing air respirator [Home Depot or Lowe’s or a safety store] so
that you don’t breathe in extra mold spores that you put into the air by
scraping some mold-like substances into each mold test kit.
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Step 3. Use our home test kit to collect air samples [plus test samples of visible mildew growth], and then observe the growth of mildew [if fungi spores are present] in each test kit for at least 5 to 7 days yourself.
[Alternatively, if you want professional mold laboratory identification services for ALL of your home test kit samples, please proceed to Step 4 below.]
5 to 7 days [or
more] after you have done an air or visible mildew sampling, here’s how to
interpret the visual results apparent in your home test kits:
(1) If you observe and count a greater number of fungi colonies of any one particular fungi colony type [possessing the same or similar color, shape, and/or structural pattern] growing in ONE testing kit than you observe and count in the outdoor control testing kit, then you can reasonably conclude that there is a possible indoor-generated mold infestation in the area location in which you conducted that particular testing.
(2) If you observe a particular mildew colony type growing in ONE home test kit that is NOT present in the outdoor control home test kit, then you can reasonably conclude that there is a possible indoor-generated infestation in the area location in which you conducted that particular testing.
(3) If you observe three or more of the SAME mold colony type growing in ONE home test kit, then you can reasonably conclude that there is a possible mold infestation in the area location in which you conducted that particular test, regardless of outdoor control test.
Think about this rat analogy: if there are only three rats living INSIDE a particular area of your home, is there no indoor rat problem if more than three rats are living immediately OUTSIDE of your home?
You live or work in your home or building many hours per day. Your continual inhaling of mold spores into your sinus areas or into your lungs can initiate dangerous fungi growth inside your body! You can become very ill from continued, CUMULATIVE exposure to, and continued, regular, and cumulative inhalation of, even modest numbers of mold spores.
(4) If you observe three or more of the same mildew colony types in each of several or many home test kits taken from different areas of your home or building, you can reasonably conclude that that particular mildew species is possibly widespread in its contamination of your home or building.
The most dangerous mold species to you and other home or building occupants are the molds that are present in many areas of your home or building, causing continued and cumulative exposure and mold inhalation.
Step 4. If you detect a mold problem after completing Step 3 above, or if you want to proceed directly to professional mold laboratory analysis, then you have the following options [do one or all] ---
(1) Send one or more of your test kit samples [especially the ones with the most visible mold growth] for professional analysis, identification, and a written report by Mold Inspector Laboratory International, Ltd.
Expert mold analysis report is especially important if you are:
(a) considering the purchase or sale of a house or other real estate;
(b) making or defending a mold liability claim in regards to the rental of [or the already-completed sale or purchase of] a house, condo, apartment or other real estate building; or;
(c) making or defending a claim regarding mold problems in the work place or a public building such as a school, hospital, nursing home, or government office. If you so desire, you can pre-pay your mold laboratory mold identification services when you purchase your mold test kits.
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(2) Alternatively, don’t worry about mold identification because the remediation procedures that you or a Certified Mold Remediator must do to kill and remove mold are the same regardless of the type of fungi. Consider using your limited financial resources to do effective removal in accordance with the precise remediation directions provided in our book Do-It-BEST-Yourself Mold Prevention, Inspection, Testing and Remediation.
(3) Do follow up, intensive, and detailed inspection and testing of your home or other building to find and fix:
(a) water problems that are causing the mildew problem [such as high humidity above 60%], roof leaks, plumbing leaks, and water intrusion into your hvac equipment and ducts, and;
(b) mildew growth, especially fungi hidden INSIDE walls, ceilings, floors, attic, crawl space, and hvac equipment and ducts. You can do this thorough, follow up inspection and testing either with the help of one of our Certified Mold Inspectors, or by Do-It-BEST-Yourself inspection and testing using the very precise directions in our book Do-It-BEST-Yourself Mold Prevention, Inspection, Testing & Remediation.
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