Mold Growth 101: What You Need to Know

Have you been smelling something like mildew coming from the garage, recently? Are you worried about some recent water damage causing a mold issue for your home? Mold is a serious and dangerous issue that is not to be taken lightly. It can destroy your home, your health, and your sanity. So act fast, and contact the professionals if you spot mold growing in or around your home!

Here are the basics when it comes to mold growth:

It Only Needs 24 Hours to Spread

You read that right, friends. It only takes twenty four hours for mold to begin to grow and spread throughout your home. This is why it’s so important to act quickly! Once its spread, you’re putting yourself at risk for increased allergies, health problems such as asthma episodes, or even irritations of the eye, nose, and throat.

It Needs to be Taken Care of Immediately

Once you spot (or smell) a mold issue in your home or office space, it’s imperative that you seek professional help with the issue immediately! This is mainly because it barely takes any time at all to grow and spread!

Call in the Professionals

A professional cleaning and restoration company, like The Steam Team, can come out and remedy any mold situation. Our team of licensed experts can remove water damage, eradicate mold, dry, and repair your home or office building! You’ll be both amazed and relieved when we’ve finished the job.

No matter how bad the problem may seem to you, we promise you, it’s no trouble for The Steam Team mold remediation! This is what we’re best at, in fact! So if you or someone you know ever spots mold growing in or around their home, make sure The Steam Team is contacted immediately! We’re your leading cleaning and restoration company in Austin, TX, and we’d love to lend you a hand!

What is Black Mold?

Have you ever heard of black mold? Black mold is a type of toxic mold that is commonly referred to as black mold, or Stachybotrys Chartarum. It’s usually the result of water damage, and can be horribly toxic for anyone living in the environment around it! Now let’s talk about how to detect and get rid of it!

How to Detect Black Mold in Your Home

So how do you spot this pesky menace around your home? Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to detect black mold in your home; you can see it! You can also smell it. It has a moldy, mildewy scent. You’ll definitely know it when you see it or that musky scent reaches your nostrils.

Black mold is also notorious for causing health problems to varying degrees. For example, it can lead to breathing and respiratory problems, headaches, asthma attacks, excessive coughing and sneezing, and many more symptoms! That’s why it’s so important to take care of it immediately upon discovery. Contact a professional cleaning and restoration company ASAP; you won’t regret it.

How to Rid Your Home of Black Mold

How do you rid your home of black mold? Because black mold is so dangerous, you should let the professionals handle the situation! Only a professional cleaning and restoration company will have the proper equipment and knowledge for the job. And you definitely want to act as soon as possible, for the sake of your home and health.

Mold is Serious: Rely on The Steam Team

The Steam Team has all of the right tools, equipment, experience, and expertise for any mold remediation situation! Simply give us a call today; we’ll come out to your home, give it a thorough look over, and begin to remedy the situation right away! You’ll be amazed (and quite frankly, relieved) at our results!

Taking Care of Mold in Your Place of Business

Mold: we don’t like to think about it, and we certainly don’t like dealing with it. But the fact of the matter is, sometimes we have to. Is mold growing in your place of business? Here’s some information about mold contamination, as well as a couple of suggestions as to what you should do- should a moldy situation arise!

Mold

Mold grows and thrives in dark, damp environments. It only needs twenty four hours to grow and spread; that’s hardly any time at all! That’s why it’s so important to contact the professionals as soon as you spot a mold problem. The quicker you get to the problem, the faster you stop it from spreading!

Mold Contamination

Mold contamination is absolutely no joke. It spreads extremely quickly and needs to be contained as soon as is possible. In addition to being a natural pest, mold is a health risk. Those with allergies and asthma will definitely suffer more from a mold issue. It’s hard to know how mold will affect you and your coworkers, so it’s better to not even risk it!

Contact the Professionals

When a “moldy situation,” arises, it’s really important that you contact the professionals immediately! They’ll have the right tools and equipment for the job- not to mention plenty of expertise and experience! This is no project you want to do on your own, trust us- The Steam Team!

You don’t have to do everything on your own. Contact The Steam Team for all of your needs regarding mold and mold contamination. We’re available 24/7 for emergency situations, so you can always rely on us. Whether it’s a mold problem or a simple clean up job, we’re the right team of experts for it! You’ll be utterly amazed at our results. And if it’s a mold problem, well, you’ll be relieved!

Carpet Cleaning: Stains Don't Have to be Permanent

Austin Carpet Cleaning By The Steam Team

Whether it’s your home, office, or home-office that these pesky stains plague the carpet, The Steam Team is here to take care of the problem! We are the number one choice in Austin, Texas.

Thankfully, we no longer necessarily have to conceal our embarrassing carpet stains with area rugs, runners, or furniture, even! Those days are long gone. Fortunately, professionals are out there just waiting to assist you in eradicating even the deepest of carpet stains- and you’d be so pleased (surprised, even) with the results!

Steam Cleaning to Remove Stains

Why is this method preferred over other methods? Well, it’s simple. With a professional-grade steam cleaner which uses nothing but heated water and impressive pressure, dirt, dust, debris, and other nasty particles are extracted from deep within the fibers of your carpet. Not much with withstand The Steam Team’s intensity.

If you’re worried about how this method will affect your carpet still, The Steam Team will perform a spot-test on an inconspicuous area of your flooring, just to be sure. We won’t begin the process until we know everything will be safe, and that you’ll be satisfied with the results. But don’t forget- steam cleaning is entirely safe for the environment as it lacks the usage of harsh chemicals.

Odor Neutralization

Here’s some rather gross imagery for you: those odors that naturally embed into your carpet over the years? Well, every time we walk upon the carpet, they’re pushed into the air! But luckily The Steam Team can help with odor neutralization also! We use the latest technology, years of experience and expertise, and customer service that will have you calling us back for more, every time!

Struggling with stubborn carpet stains or troublesome, intrusive odors? Don’t hesitate to give us a call. The Steam Team will gladly come out to your home and help dispel these pests completely.