Mold,Carpet and Indoor Air Quaility

To clean or not to clean... Carpeting is a major investment in any home, and regular cleanings are necessary to keep it looking new. Just as the clothing we wear need regular washing to keep them fresh and hygienic, carpets require periodic cleaning as well. Accumulated soil and grit are major causes of reduced carpet life, and enable destructive and health harmful mites, bacteria and even have VOC issues. Cleaning costs are minimal when compared to the cost of replacing carpets and furnishing, so regular cleaning makes economic sense too. Some newer carpets create high VOC levels and can last for months causing poor indoor air quality issues. If your home has proper ventilation these usually do not cause as many health issues as poorly cleaned older carpets. What the issue is with carpets that are not cleaned properly is poor water extraction. Carpets become filled with organic materials and mold spores deep within the fibers. Add water and boom, a mold issue is created. Usually detected by the odor, which only takes 48 hrs to start the mold growth.
Having your carpets cleaned with the cheap guy may cost you big time. Carpets should be deep steam cleaned only. This process gets deeply embedded soils out of your carpet and removes most of the water during extraction. All carpets should have a high CFM fan place per room until carpeting ad substrate is below 9% moisture. Carpet should feel dry to the touch and you should be able to walk around wearing socks that absorb no moisture. A dry carpet is a mold free carpet.
Always use a good HEPA filter vacuum prior to any cleaning. Also regular dusting and vacuuming should become part of a daily routine!

Mold Remediation and Health Risk

Excessive amounts of mold needs to have a professional mold remediation company perform procedures that will eliminate the risk of contamination. More importantly is to have an independent mold inspection done prior to work and after work Is completed. The completed inspection, called a clearance test, will provide the building owner with an air test showing the work was properly performed.
Is you mold remediation being done properly?
Here are the top five steps to a properly performed mold inspection and remediation job.

1. Independent mold testing / inspection
2. State Licensed Asbestos inspection "All Jobs Require This!"
3. State Licensed XRF Lead Paint inspection "All buildings older than 1979"
4. Remediation Plan
5. Independent Clearance Test

Before any work has begun the building owner should have clear understanding what the remediation company's clearance standards are in relation to the independent inspections air testing results. What, if any, guidelines are they following?
For more information on any mold related issues in the Seattle,WA area visit our website. We are an independent commercial and residential building inspection company serving all of Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Bothell, Renton, Lynnwood, Medina, Kent and all of Pugent Sound.

Pacific Northwest Inspections Group

13256 NE 20th St

Suite 12

Bellevue,WA 98005

Energy Audit Home Inspections

Our energy audit inspections show where your homes energy loss is and the cost of savings for correcting the issues at hand. The average home has 100s of air leaks that are easily corrected and could save you up to 20% on you energy cost to heat and cool your home.

You have a newly built home so is an energy audit right for your home?
Absolutely, builders often do not properly check on the sub contractors work and many areas are skipped where energy conservation is needed.

Our detailed reort shows cost of repair Vs cost of savings you will gaing from the correction. This gives you an informative desicion on if the repair is cost effevtive.

Call us today for your homes Energy Audit Inspection. Commercial and Residential building inspections.

Sammamish Home Inspections

Sammamish,WA Home Inspectors
As a leading real estate inspection professionals in King County, we want to explain our views on the necessity of hiring a qualified home inspector in Sammamish when you buy a home. A home inspection, by a qualified home inspector, greatly reduces the chances that the home you are buying will have serious problems. In the wet climate here in the Pacific Northwest, a perfect breeding ground for rot and wood destroying insects, the inspection for wood destroying organisms is absolutely essential. In fact, in this state, any inspector hired as part of a real estate transaction must be licensed and is mandated to perform an inspection for wood destroying organisms. The law allows a buyer to choose to waive having a home inspection, but if an inspector is hired, the inspector must be state licensed to inspect for wood destroying organisms and such an inspection must take place. So before you buy that lake view property in Sammamish Call us for a home inspection. Conducting Home, septic, Well, Water, Lead, Asbestos, Termite, Mold, Radon, Radiation in Granite, Energy Audit, Thermal Image, Condo Reserve, Commercial.....

Pacific Northwest Inspections Group, LLC
Office: 425.608.9553

Home Energy Audit Inspection

With winter approaching it will soon be the best time to order your home energy audit inspection. With our thermal image cameras we find all energy loss areas in your home saving you money.

Tip: Order your inspection when your home has a 15 degree temp difference from the exterior.

Our report will show you dollar for dollar what changes to your home will provide the best return for your dollar.

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