How Professionals Handle Commercial Mold Damage Remediation in Phoenix

8/22/2018 (Permalink)

Finding mold in the corner of your store can cause your workers and customers to panic. Contact SERVPRO immediately for remediation.

Team SERVPRO Undergoes Extensive Training and Certification Before Remediating a Mold Infestation at Your Business Location

When you discover mold in your Phoenix convenience store, your financial health feels imperiled. You have concerns about the response of local health authorities, and you do not want to imagine how your customers might react if they see and smell the colonies of mold. You need a practical and streamlined solution to your mold damage problem. We offer one.

No company can promise complete mold damage removal for your Phoenix store. We can pledge to remediate the current outbreak and work with you to ensure that repairs, routine maintenance, and adaptations significantly minimize the possibility that mold recurs. You might feel that your staff can accomplish mold remediation without specialized training, products, or equipment. We recommend you give our remediation professionals a try as mold abatement must follow the protocol specified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to achieve the most successful results. Furthermore, moisture management must commence and continue as mold needs water to grow.

Our SERVPRO crew members complete a rigorous course of training from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) to become Applied Microbial Remediation Technicians (AMRT). The course outlines safety considerations for both the remediation team and those who work or live in the contaminated space as well as teaching the procedures approved by the EPA and other agencies to abate a mold infestation.

The first step is to locate the mold infestation. SERVPRO can provide mold testing resources, but if the mold outbreak is visible additional testing is probably not necessary. Then we contain the moldy surfaces with physical barriers like heavy duty plastic sheeting. An added level of protection and improvement in containment efficiency involves the use of a negative pressure air scrubber. We use a machine that creates a vacuum to prevent the drift mold spores and other microbial debris out of the contaminated areas. Ductwork directs the air through HEPA filters before exhausting it outside.

Within the containment area, SERVPRO remediation team members wear personal protective equipment as they employ mechanical strategies to scrape, brush, and wipe off the mold growth. Non-porous surfaces respond well to these methods, but we also see good results when we manage porous materials with a sodium bicarbonate blasting technique that loosens the mycelium penetrating the surface.

Final steps include using HEPA filtered vacuums to suction up debris knocked to the ground and left loose on surfaces. SERVPRO employees then treat the affected area with EPA registered antimicrobial solutions to inhibit future growth.

Partner with SERVPRO of East Phoenix if mold damage threatens the health of your business. Call (602) 507-6163 to schedule a consultation with one of our seasoned mold remediation crew leaders.

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