If you’re concerned about the cost of working with the professionals in Cincinnati and Columbus, OH, you may be all about the DIY life. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no safe way to remove mold from your property if you’re not an experienced professional. Not only will a DIY removal put you in danger, but there’s a significant chance that you may fail to truly address the problems that are plaguing your home.
The Danger to Your Health
There are no molds that won’t have a negative impact on your health over time. Naturally, you’re going to want to remove any mold that you find in your crawl space as soon as possible to prevent or even lessen its impact. If you don’t take the appropriate safety measures when removing mold from your property, however, you can spread it to other parts of your home while also exposing yourself to an immediate health risk.
Any contractor you bring out to your property is going to put on gloves, eye protection, and a mask before removing mold from your crawl space. From there, they’re going to contain the mold that’s infested your home so as not to spread it to your other floors. While you may be able to do the same with practice and time, you don’t necessarily have time to develop those skills when you’re dealing with an active infestation.
The Danger to Your Home
If you’ve never removed mold from your home before—which you shouldn’t have—or conducted DIY crawl space repair, your first go at the process isn’t going to be perfect. In fact, you may make a plethora of mistakes that put the overall integrity of your home at risk. If, for example, you remove the mold that’s plagued your property, you may find that you have to replace your drywall as well. While replacing your drywall, you may accidentally leave behind gaps in your work that make it easier for moisture to get into. Even if you do manage to remove all of the mold spores from your property, you’ll be setting yourself up for additional water damage later down the line.
What’s more, mold isn’t the primary problem you have to contend with when repairing your home after an infestation. Mold, after all, can’t take root in your crawl space unless it has ready access to moisture. Not only do you have to remove mold from your property but you also have to identify and repair any damage that your crawl space has already taken on. Without experience to guide you, this process gets tricky. You can make several mistakes while installing DIY crawl space repairs and waterproofing measures, to the point where you may cover up the real damage you’re dealing with. In turn, you may walk away from your crawl space thinking that your problems are solved when they’re only going to get worse in the days to come.