Mould contamination has been identified as a major contributor to illnesses and poor air quality.  Some types of mould can cause cancer, immune system deficiencies, organ damage, bronchial constriction, internal bleeding, skin disease or gastrointestinal illnesses.
What causes mould?  The following factors can contribute in creating mould

Starter spore colony
Nutrient source
Moisture
Humidity greater than 45%
Temperature of 20-30`C
Bad light
Time

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An RIA Conference (Restorers Industry Association) was held in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) last month (March 2010). It included vendors from America, England and Canada show casing the latest and greatest in restorative technology. These included (to name a few) : heat drying systems, low amp drying equipment with keeping high cfm’s, ducting systems, bio sprayers, hand held bio [...]

Last month we attended to several water damage disasters. A lot of our work came directly through insurance / building companies. There was one client who had no power and it was outside of normal business hours. All of our extraction equipment was out, so our Gold Coast technician drove up on a Tuesday night three days prior [...]

Christmas time… Rain season…. This time of year we get a lot of water damage/flood disasters but a lot of families tend to go away at this time of year to spend time with their family or to just get away for a nice holiday. When they return they find that there has been some water damage [...]

Q. What should I be doing myself in the outcome of water damage to my property?
A.
1. Turn water off at main
2. Contact plumber
3. Contact Insurer / real estate / owner
4. Contact Water restoration Company
5. Pick up and items out of the wet areas
6. Move as much furniture out the way as possible
7. The use of [...]