Have you heard about Virginia deregulating mold inspection? If you have not heard, Advance Mold Remediation is here to give you all the details you will need to know about how these deregulations could affect you. Read now for details.

Recently the Virginia legislature approved Governor Bob McDonnell’s plan to streamline government by eliminating needless licensing and regulatory requirements. The bill that was approved deregulates mold remediators and mold inspectors.

The bill that was proposed in January is expected to go into effect July 1^st.  The state of Virginia feels that deregulating will help remediators and mold inspectors to be better served because they will no longer be regulated by the state.

Previously, the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold and Home Inspectors regulated the licensure of mold inspectors and mold remediators from 1993 to the present.

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not see a need to regulate mold remediation residential homes. By EPA standards, Virginia over regulates.

The bill that will take effect July 1^st includes eliminating two state agencies, merging seven state agencies into others, eliminating 19 boards and commissions, and merging 23 boards and commissions to form 11 boards and commissions.

Virginia hopes by deregulating mold inspection, the state can cut government in a tough economy where families and businesses alike are struggling to make ends meet.

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Mold removal is crucial to keeping your home and family safe, healthy and comfortable. We are here to help you learn about rot and how to control, remove and prevent mold growth in your home. Mold, mildew, rot and dust mites are very detrimental to your health and those you love. Some health issue concerns are asthma, allergies, eye and respiratory issues, just to name a few.

When Mold is in your home for too long, it can reduce the value of your home and lead to very costly structural damage.  Read below for great tips on controlling and eliminating mold!

Mold is viral and dangerous

Mold affects indoor air quality and grows rapidly. Mold starts growing in your home when humidity is over 60% in less than 48 hours. Mold can also grow and thrive in cold spaces, such as your refrigerator. If the fridge is above 40 degrees Fahrenheit, mold can grow. Rot can even not be visible to the eye; it does not mean it is not there creating damage to your home and health! Examples where hidden rot can be discovered are fiberglass insulation, wallpaper, and drywall.

How can mold harm your health

You can be exposed to rot by direct skin contact, breathing, or ingestion. You can suffer from asthma systems and form a skin rash. If you have Black mold, which is highly toxic and contains carcinogenic mycotoxins, you can become a victim of cancer or liver and nervous system damage!

Mold Prevention

To help prevent mold growth in your home, invest in an energy-efficient dehumidifier. Mold is drawn to dark, damp and humid spaces. When you utilize a dehumidifier you can lower tremendously the humidity levels in your home, making it impossible to grow or survive!

For more tips on how to prevent mold in your home, read this article from EzineArticles.com.

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Have you been affected by a recent home disaster? No matter your answer, you need to learn how to take necessary preventative steps and identify serious problems relating to mold, water and air ducts. Read below to get educated!

Water and Mold

Water leakage, dampness and humidity are all sources that can lead to mold and mildew growth. They can also lead to musty smells and poor air quality. When these occurrences happen, you create health risks for yourself such as allergies and asthma. You could lose tenants. You can find yourself fighting a lawsuit. For example, excessive mold growth can damage your building structure. If mold becomes massive in your commercial building, disaster restoration mold removal will be a mandatory task to accomplish.

If you are not sure how to go about water and mold damage, get a disaster restoration specialist to visit your building and diagnose the source of wetness. The specialist should take the necessary steps to restore the space.

Air Duct Cleaning

Air ducts are crucial components of a home or office because they transfer heated and cooled air throughout the home or office from the HVAC system and air vents. You have to make sure your air ducts are not clogged or dirty. If the air ducts are clogged or dirty, your home or office’s indoor air quality and safety will be tremendously compromised. Some examples of clogging and dirt build up are mold, bacteria, dust mites, and fiberglass particles. When your air ducts are clean and free flowing, your home or office is safe and it lowers your energy bills because the HVAC system does not have to work as hard, if heated and cooled air can flow freely.

To learn about more disaster restoration tips, such as dryer vent cleaning and emergency water removal, read this article from EzineArticles.com.

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 There are new details on 2012 version of LEED, a green building program. LEED 2012, updated by the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), will include updates to the Materials & Resources (MR) credit category.

The updates have write-in comments and include changes to the existing LEED credit categories as well as two new credit categories. The two credit categories are Integrated Process (IP) and Performance (PF).

 The update of Materials & Resources (MR) credit category addresses waste reduction and aims to improve the environmental impact of materials selection and waste disposal. MR has been revised to include an increased focus on an application called the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA assesses environmental impacts of every stage of a product’s life: Extraction. Manufacture. Use. Reuse. Disposal.

 The LCA in LEED is meant to encourage project teams to use analytical tools that are based on information about resource flows through environmental and economic systems. USGBC hopes project teams will make more informed decisions as a result of LCA being used.

 For more information on the 2012 version of LEED read this article called New Details on 2012 Version of LEED at Ieconnections.com

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Are you a parent that has a child with Asthma? If yes, you should know there is a strong link between Mold and Asthma in children.

Exposure to mold prior to the age of seven greatly raises your child’s risk of developing a lifetime battle with asthma. What is more alarming is that homes with high levels of mold double the risk of a child developing asthma more than a mold-free home. So, if you are a parent with an allergy or asthma, living in a house ridden with mold, your child is at the greatest risk of developing asthma. But you will be happy to hear that indoor air cleaners can greatly reduce household air pollution and lower the rates of daytime asthma symptoms. Indoor air cleaners can ease daytime asthma symptoms more than some anti-inflammatory asthma drugs!

Although indoor air cleaners can lower household air pollution and daytime asthma symptoms, they have not reduced air nicotine levels or counter all detrimental effects of second-hand smoke that can harm children and adults alike.

Asthma affects roughly 9% of school-age children. Rates of asthma are even higher for children from poor, urban families. Asthma results in thousands of deaths and millions of lost work and schools annually in the United States. The Institutes of Medicine and World Health Organization (WHO) discovered in a study on environmental relative moldiness in homes, that dampness, mold and asthma are associated. However, the link between the three has never been quantified.

To learn the details on the study, read this article at Ieconnections.com.

The results of the study concluded that remediation of homes result in significant reductions in emergency medical attention for children with asthma.

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Have you experienced mold from heavy rain that has saturated the paper-covered gypsum around the units of your ventilator air intake and relief damper? Was it not a small and limited area of growth? Did it take over your home or office?

When this happens, you must find the primary source of the excess moisture. This source must be permanently eliminated to allow exterior walls stay warm and dry. When a Brick Rain Screen Wall fails you, you can repair and recover. Here are just a few tips on how to repair a failed Brick Rain Screen Wall.

1. Look at your HVAC system relief dampers and outside air intakes on the unit ventilator. Water intrusion into the cavity is often associated with poor flashing details that relate to the HVAC system. You do not have to replace exterior brick, if you can remove mold from within the wall cavity. You can remove mold growth and porous cellulose materials that have been living in the wall cavity. Once you do that, you can rebuild the walls from the inside because the interior spaces are under full containment.
2. Unit Ventilator Outside Air Intake Boot must be redesigned and replaced. The Unit Ventilator Outside Air Intake Boot must be redesigned and replaced because it needs to keep rainwater out of the ventilation system. The air duct outside should be well sealed. When air is drawn from the exterior wall cavity, it creates more molds to thrive in the wall cavity.

For more tips on how to remove mold and rebuild from the interior where a drainage plane behind the brick veneer has failed, read this article on pages 23,25 & 26 from Ieconnections.com. There you will find how to repair and recover from rainwater penetration and mold growth.

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Have mold in your home or office? We are here to tell you how to get rid of that mold yourself or how to get a professional to do it for you!

Mold is not only unattractive to have in your home or office but it is very dangerous. Spores reproducing on counters, walls, or wood trim can be a danger to those with asthma, allergies and other respiratory issues. Spores can also ruin the drywall, carpet and woodwork of your home and office. Below are a few ways to remove mold from your home and office:

1. Know where mold thrives.

Spores that form mold love areas with an abundance of moisture. Be ready to check areas that get and stay wet such as bathrooms, kitchens, exterior doors and basements.  In bathrooms, spores grow because of poor ventilation. Spores in bathrooms are usually discovered on shower ceilings and tile grout lines. Spores in basements can be discovered near hot water heaters and sump pumps. As for kitchens and exterior doors, spores are discovered anywhere moisture can hide.

1. Know everyday solutions.

You can get rid of daily spore reproduction with soap and water. If you find a very stubborn form of mold, you can use a solution of 1:9 bleach and water. Once you place this bleach and water solution on the infected area, spray and wipe. Open a window or run a bathroom fan after a shower or bath. Dry sinks and tiles after washing dishes. Periodically clean and dry any areas of your basement that can easily reproduce spores because of moisture.

1. Know when you have a huge mold problem.

If you have spores growing on your drywall, studs, and sub-flooring, you will need professional help to get rid of the mold. You will definitely need professional help when the area infected with spores exceeds 10 square feet. Both living and dead spores can be very dangerous, especially in vast numbers.

For more tips on eliminating mold, read this article from HouseLogic.com.

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Living in a mold free home and office will benefit your health and make your home or office more aesthetically pleasing.

If you feel you may have a mold problem in your home, it is important to hire a well-qualified mold remediation service to deal with the outbreak as soon as possible. Mold, while most is harmless, can trigger serious allergic reactions and health problems, such as respiratory distress.

This article from MoldRemovalFacts.com explains the importance of hiring a professional mold contractor.

Mold removal specialists make their living by removing mold and mold damage from homes, offices, schools, etc. There are many companies around who make outlandish claims about their mold remediation prowess. So how can you tell the professional mold cleanup experts from the swindlers?

Well, research.

Talk to friends and family and ask about their experiences with mold remediation specialists, who they would recommend and who they would never use again. Your family’s health is nothing to mess around with, so be sure to hire a qualified, professional contractor, like Advance Mold Remediation.

Advance Mold Remediation is a service-oriented corporation dedicated to thorough, efficient analysis and treatment anywhere mold is an issue.

Our professional mold remediation team consists of certified inspectors, environmental scientists and abatement technicians. Together, we furnish exceptional services which include:

• Initial investigation and thorough testing of mold contamination
• Complete remediation services
• Post-remediation report preparation
• HVAC decontamination
• Final clearance testing

All remediation services at your residence or business are performed by highly trained, skilled technicians who are directly employed by Advance Mold Remediation – never subcontractors. We use procedures and protocols established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC), along with our own proven proprietary technologies. Our successes are verified through final clearance testing.

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Living in a mold free home will benefit your health and make your home more aesthetically pleasing.

Until the Environmental Protection Agncy (EPA) approves a reliable lead test (mandated in its own regulations), it will not be able to enforce its Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule (LRRP). This article from Indoor Environment Connections goes into greater detail about the regulation, which went into effect 22 April 2010.

The LRRP requires contractors, landlords, plumbers, remodelers, property managers, painters, window and floor installation professionals, and electricians who work with homes built before 1978 to be EPA-certified or face fines up to $37,500 per violation.

Yet, despite the intent of the LRRP (minimizing the spread of hazardous lead paint), the regulation continues to face repeated efforts by Congress to either water it down or kill it. To at least appease some of its detractors, the EPA announced it would not impose lead dust clearance as an addendum to the LRRP, which would have included expensive lead-dust sampling and laboratory analysis. It was concluded that enforcing additional testing would result in higher costs and cause more homeowners to attempt dangerous renovations themselves, which would not only put homeowners in harmful positions, but would also negatively impact certified contractors who would be unable to compete with rising remodeling costs.

Further opposition to the LRRP came in the form of The House appropriations amendment, sponsored by Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.), more commonly referred to as the Rehberg amendment. This amendment would lift the burden of LRRP compliance and its costs from thousands of consumers in homes that otherwise would have tested negative, because of unreliable test kits. The EPA, which was supposed to approve a lead test kit, which produced no more than 10% false positive and 5% false negative, has failed to do so. Instead, the test kits used today have been known to produce false positives as high as 60% of the time.

The Rehberg amendment has moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration.

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