Danger Zone: Wet Basements, Crawl Spaces, and Mold Prevention

Wet Basements, Crawl Spaces, and Mold

Maintaining the health of your basement or crawlspace is crucial for the overall well-being of your home. Tracer gas studies have shown that these areas communicate with occupied spaces above, making up to 40% of the air we breathe indoors. To ensure a healthy living environment, it’s essential to address wet basements, crawl spaces, and […]

Wet Basements, Crawl Spaces, and Mold: Protecting Your Home

Wet Basements, Crawlspaces, and Mold

Maintaining the health of your basement or crawlspace is crucial for the overall well-being of your home. Tracer gas studies have shown that these areas communicate with occupied spaces above, making up to 40% of the air we breathe indoors. To ensure a healthy living environment, it’s essential to address wet basements, crawl spaces, and […]

Summer Breaks and Humidity Control

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Manage Asthma in Schools

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What do you clean during Spring Cleaning?

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Spring cleaning is upon us! People will dust, vacuum, and wash everything in sight. But what about cleaning what you don’t see every day? How often are HVAC filters getting changed? What about the dryer ducts? Let’s go through some rooms.

Hagerstown Home Show 2018

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What Makes a Healthy Home?

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] WHAT MAKES A HEALTHY HOME? Many homes fall short of the basic requirements of a healthy home and contain one or more hazards that affect human health. According to the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a healthy home is…

Mold-Specific Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Buying a house? This mold test can be very valuable! Mold-Specific Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (MSQPCR) is a fast and highly accurate DNA-based analytical method for identifying and quantifying molds. MSQPCR methods can determine the genus and species level of molds. […]

World Aspergillosis Day

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Odor Control

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Mold has many smells.   Step One: Find the Source! Air freshers, disinfectant sprays, candles etc. only cover up the source of a mold issue. You may think your house is clean after smelling the Sea Breeze candle, but the cause […]