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Three Mold Must-Knows for Every Homeowner
Have you seen both raining downpours and blistering temperatures this summer? Is your home suffering from water damage? You’re not alone. While a little part of the water damage picture, mold can be an ever growing, pesky problem that, if not taken care of quickly, can last forever. Better Business Bureau, along with the Environmental […]
Fall Season Typically a Busy Time for Mold Allergies
With the change of the seasons come the stuffy noses and runny eyes of colds and allergies. Fall is typically a very busy time for mold allergies and with 30% of the population having allergies; everyone needs to be aware of the symptoms caused by mold. This is a bad time of year for 11-year-old […]
Duct Cleaning and Allergies
It is now the season to start turning on the heat in your home, but what has been building up in the air ducts while they’ve remained unused during the summer? Take a look at the possible effect your air ducts may have on your health this fall Your airducts could be releasing allergens back […]
Navigating Your First Home Inspection
There are a lot of unknowns that come with being a first-time home buyer, not to mention it will be the biggest financial commitment most have ever made. A home inspection is a must for any first-time home buyer to help ensure they don’t get stuck with a nightmare property. This article from the TLC […]
How to Keep from Buying a “House of Horrors”
AOL Real Estate gives us this excellent piece on how important home inspections are, and how they can save the potential buyers thousands of dollars and worry. Included are several anecdotes on homeowners who have purchased “lemons” along with advice from real estate attorneys, agents, and home inspection professionals with a great video of a […]
Mice Infest Winnipeg Woman’s $1M House
A Canadian woman discovered that the $1 million house she’d just bought had a mouse infestation so thoroughly entrenched that she’s had to rip apart the home down to the framework to get rid of it. So how did she miss this “little” problem before buying the home? She says she didn’t get a home […]
Baby Diagnosed with Upper Respiratory Infection after Mold Exposure
Little Amelia was born 20 days after Hurricane Sandy struck her family’s Rockaways apartment in New York. At seven-weeks-old and breathing in foul mold, she’s been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. Pay special attention to the article’s statement that the mold returned after scrubbing, noting that Aspen always stresses professional mold removal so mold […]
Keeping Your Ducts Clean is Key
One industry expert says homeowners would be very surprised what may be lying in their air ducts. Anywhere from toys kids have dropped down vents to dead mice that may be blocking air flow and reducing the effectiveness of home heating and cooling systems. When it comes to heating and cold air return ducts, industry […]
Can Mold Cause Pneumonia? Brittany Murphy’s Mother Says Mold Caused Daughter’s Death
The late young actress, Brittany Murphy, and her husband, Simon Monjack, died just six months apart from pneumonia and anemia in late 2009. Now, her mother believes that toxic black mold caused by untreated water damage in the couples’ home is to blame for their health complications. Toxic black mold is known to have an […]
Cleaning Dirty Air Ducts Offers Number of Positives
You clean and clean and the dust keeps coming back, and your kids end up with allergies, asthma or breathing problems. It could be a problem with the air in your home, and the dirty ducts that blow air through your house. Kevin L’Herbier is the president and founder of a North Hills company called […]