Tag: Mold

  • Healthy Lungs and Your Home

    Healthy Lungs and Your Home

    Indoor air pollutants can cause long term and sometimes permanent damage to your lungs! Here are a few things to look out for. You likely consider your home a “safe space”, and you should be able to! The fact of the matter is however, that health hazards can lurk anywhere, even your living room. For…

  • Could Your Home Be Making You Sick?

    Could Your Home Be Making You Sick?

    How clean is your air? If you’re like us, you probably spend a lot of time at home, and while you keep the house clean and tidy, often it’s what you can’t see that can be the biggest problems. This is particularly true of indoor air quality, so here, we would like to address some…

  • The Home Inspector Found Mold, What Now?

    The Home Inspector Found Mold, What Now?

    When the Home Inspector finds Mold, what does this mean to you and to the home sale? Whether your home is on the market, or you’re looking to buy, one of the most nerve wracking moments of the process is likely to be the Home Inspection. As the home inspector combs through the property, thoroughly…

  • What can happen when you leave your home unattended?

    What can happen when you leave your home unattended?

    When you leave your home for an extended period of time, you hope nothing happens to it, but what if something does? Whether you’re going to be traveling for work for an extended period of time, or closing up a summer home for the season, vacant properties are prone to issues. This only intensifies when…

  • What to Expect from a Home Inspection!

    What to Expect from a Home Inspection!

    When buying a home, the home inspection can be daunting, but do you know what to expect from your Home Inspection? When it comes to buying a home, the home inspection seems like another hoop to jump through however, it is important to have the home inspected by a qualified professional. There may be issues…

  • How to prevent Mold in humid Summer months

    How to prevent Mold in humid Summer months

    Moisture issues aren’t always big. Sometimes significant damage can result over time from what begins as a relatively small problem. While it is absolutely true that Mold issues can occur anywhere, humid indoor conditions provide the optimal environment for mold to grow and thrive. In fact, many of the mold issues we are contracted to…

  • Why Waterproofing Should Be Part of Your Mold Project

    Why Waterproofing Should Be Part of Your Mold Project

    Proper mold remediation is extremely important, but so is addressing the moisture issue that caused it in the first place! Resolving a Mold issue properly is extremely important. When the job is completed however, you want to make sure that it doesn’t come back. That’s where effective Basement Waterproofing comes in. Because at the end…

  • Your Mold Toxicity Questions answered on PA Live!

    Your Mold Toxicity Questions answered on PA Live!

    Could Mold be making you sick? As PA Live’s Ask The Expert for all your indoor environmental concerns, we recently appeared on PA Live to discuss mold exposure and what it can mean to your health! Disaster Blaster is a local company specializing in addressing all of your indoor environmental needs. Whether it’s Mold, Water…

  • Is It Appropriate For A Mold Remediation Company To Do Their Own Testing?

    Is It Appropriate For A Mold Remediation Company To Do Their Own Testing?

    It may be convenient to have the same company do mold testing and mold remediation but, is it ethical? At Disaster Blaster, we do not do mold testing due to what we believe to be a conflict of interest. We welcome an independent party to test our work! We often caution consumers against using the…

  • Indoor Air Quality and Cancer Risk

    Indoor Air Quality and Cancer Risk

    Do you know what’s in your indoor air? It might surprise you! Here are some common contaminants, and what you can do about them! When we think of air pollution, we often think of outdoor air, but studies have shown that indoor air can be just as contaminated and sometimes these contaminants can even cause…