Certified Environmental Hygienist Phillip Fry announces that
EnviroFry Upkeep Masters, LLC, helps Charleston, Columbia, and statewide
South Carolina 2015 rain and river flood victims by finding, killing,
and removing toxic mold growth hidden inside flooded walls, ceilings,
floors, basements, crawl spaces, attics and heating/cooling systems.
Montrose, MI, October 10, 2015(PressReleaseCircle) -- "South Carolina
homeowners, commercial, and income property owners, and water damage
restoration companies usually fail to take the extraordinary steps
necessary and required to successfully prevent, locate, kill, and get
rid of toxic mold growth hidden inside walls, ceilings, floors,
basements, crawl spaces, attics, and heating/cooling systems flooded by
the historic flooding across much of the Carolinas in October, 2015,"
cautions Phillip Fry, Certified Environmental Hygienist, Professional
Industrial Hygienist, and co-manager of the nationwide firm EnviroFry
Upkeep Masters, LLC.
"House and building flooding puts mold-causing water and high
humidity into, above, and below all flooded building materials. Most
flood water cleanup efforts do not prevent, find, and remove hidden
toxic mold growth because property owners, residents, managers, and
flood cleanup crews do only superficial or limited flood cleanup
efforts," adds Mr. Fry, who has been webmaster of the mold authority
website
www.moldinspector.com
since 1999.
"One major mistake is the use of fans to dry out flood-impacted
building materials. Fans continually blow airborne mold spores
throughout the entire building, including inside heating and cooling
system air ducts and non-flooded areas. Instead, for mold-safe drying,
use large dehumidifiers along with multiple, large, high-capacity air
scrubbers that utilize 2 inch-thick HEPA filters to remove airborne mold
spores and other air contaminants plus a 1 inch-thick activated carbon
filter to remove airborne mold mycotoxin poisons thrown into the air by
active mold growth. Such air scrubbers remove 99% of airborne mold
spores and mycotoxins. The exhaust air flow from air scrubbers needs to
be taken by flexible ducting to the outdoors," recommends Fry, author of
five mold advice books.
Fry's firm EnviroFry Upkeep Masters, LLC, provides these twelve
advanced mold prevention and removal steps for flood-damaged residences
and commercial buildings in South Carolina:
1. Provide multiple eight-hour long treatments with high output ozone
gas to kill mold spores, mold growth, water-borne germs, and flood and
mold odors throughout the entire residence or commercial building.
EnviroFry does this ozone treatment as both the first and last step for
effective mold killing and mold prevention, as well as at other key
times in the mold remediation project. Information on ozone treatment to
kill toxic mold is available at
www.ozonegeneratorkillsmold.com.
2. Spray and fog the entire house or building with a strong but safe,
EPA-registered fungicide as a second step in total mold kill.
3. HEPA-vacuum all floors and walls to remove any landed or deposited
mold spores, dust, and dirt.
4. Run many dehumidifiers and air scrubbers to dry out the residence or
building.
5. Cut out and discard drywall at least four feet high from
flood-impacted walls.
6. Use power and hand wire brush and sand all exposed timbers inside the
cut-open wall sections to remove mold spores, mold growth, and water
damage.
7. As a second HEPA vacuuming step, vacuum clean all timbers and
surfaces inside the cut-open wall sections.
8. Spray an EPA-registered fungicide on all exposed timbers and interior
wall surfaces.
9. Apply an anti-microbial coating on all exposed timbers to help
prevent future mold growth.
10. Use a powerful duct-cleaning machine to clean the inside of heating
and cooling air ducts, followed by ozone treatment and EPA-fungicidal
fogging inside the cleaned ducts.
11. Do a final house-wide treatment of the house with both ozone gas and
an EPA-registered fungicide.
12. Do surface and air mold testing the remediated home or building both
before and after water damage and mold cleanup.
To schedule mold inspection, testing, and removal services for
flood-damaged residences, workplaces, and commercial buildings anywhere
in South Carolina, email Phillip Fry
phil@moldinspector.com or phone
toll-free 866-300-1616 or cell phone 480-310-7970, or visit
www.carolinamoldinspection.com,
www.moldexpertconsultants.com,
and
www.floodmold.com.
Contact:
Phillip Fry
EnviroFry Upkeep Masters, LLC
10104 Sheridan Rd.,
Montrose, MI 48457
Phone toll-free 866-300-1616
Cell Phone 480-310-7970
phil@moldinspector.com
http://www.carolinamoldinspection.com
and
http://www.floodmold.com