{"id":200,"date":"2015-06-15T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2015-06-12T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:34:29","slug":"mold-testing-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/mold-testing-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Mold Testing &#8211; What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mold doesn&#8217;t make a grand entrance. It&#8217;s a stealth invader, finding its way into hidden spaces in your home. Even if you have no reason to suspect a problem, mold testing provides peace of mind by ensuring your home&#8217;s safety or detecting a problem before it gets out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>The techniques are more sophisticated than relying on visual cues.\u00a0Here is a primer on <a href=\"http:\/\/blackmold.awardspace.com\/mold-testing.html\" target=\"_blank\">mold testing<\/a> to give you a better understanding of the process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air tests are helpful if there are not any visible signs of mold. A sample of the air in your home is examined under a microscope to check for the amount of mold spores present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In surface testing, swabbing or other methods are used to lift samples from household surfaces for examination. This technique identifies the presence of mold but cannot determine its airborne presence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulk testing collects actual pieces of material from your home for examination to determine if mold is present and how concentrated the particles are.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>While testing gives you a picture of mold presence for a particular time and place, mold spores travel, causing the concentrations to fluctuate. Conducting a series of tests at different times and locations provides more accurate results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>DIY test kits are available on the market, but hiring an experienced professional mold tester is the most effective way to obtain a thorough and accurate report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a mold problem is discovered, our friendly, trained technicians will use our eco-friendly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/moldexterm-system.php\" target=\"_blank\">MoldExterm<\/a> system to remove all traces from your home and install measures to prevent future infestations. Contact us today to schedule a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\" target=\"_blank\">free mold inspection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mold doesn&#8217;t make a grand entrance. It&#8217;s a stealth invader, finding its way into hidden spaces in your home. Even if you have no reason to suspect a problem, mold testing provides peace of mind by ensuring your home&#8217;s safety or detecting a problem before it gets out of hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,1],"tags":[44,30],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-and-your-health","category-moldexterm","category-news","tag-exterminating-mold","tag-finding-mold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}