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Water Damage Can Lead To Creepy Hidden Mold In Your Home

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After water damage, even the best housekeeper in Las Vegas can miss potential mold growth. These airborne spores can flourish on surfaces with adequate moisture and a food source with limited sunlight and ventilation. That means you have a lot of little spaces that could grow. We at Design Builders have a list of five areas to check: Stored Papers and Files Paper files and documents and file folders, even stored in metal file cabinets, can become quite moldy after an indoor flood. Even if the stacks or boxes were never itself wet, the floor beneath can get wet, leading to extensive mold growth. Procedures for cleaning and salvaging moldy books and paper files can be expensive, making it appropriate only in special circumstances: preservation of works of art, valuable books or historic papers. Chimneys Not all water damage comes from indoor water. Depending how well a chimney is capped off, rusty flashing might let in a good amount of water from rain and snow. P...