Preventing Attic Mold Damage in Your Home

6/20/2018 (Permalink)

Mold can appear in a variety of places in your home. One of the most frequent places we find mold is attics. Here are some tips and tricks for preventing mold growth in the top of your home: 

• Leaking Roof - Sometimes a roof leak is bad enough that water leaks into the floors below and becomes immediately apparent.  However often the leak is small enough to cause attic mold, without being apparent in the living spaces of the home. 
• Dryer Vents and other vents  -  This practice can pump warm, moist air into the attic where it can be trapped and begin the cycle of mold growth.  It is always best to vent these items outside of the home.
• Missing or Improperly Installed Insulation -  Missing or improper installation of the wrong kind of insulation can cause problems in multiple ways.  Moisture from the lower levels of the home can rise and get trapped in the attic.