| Symptoms of black mold in your home can manifest | | | | many homeowners concentrate on fixing the leaks |
| themselves in many different ways. You do need to | | | | and don't realize they are toxic mold symptoms and |
| know what these symptoms are so you can be | | | | therefore do nothing about the black mold itself. |
| cognizant of anything occurring in your home that could | | | | Odors or musty smells are often the first symptoms |
| lead to a build up of black mold. This form of mold is | | | | of black mold. This is because black mold grows in |
| very toxic and can cause mild allergies as well as | | | | places that are not usually visible or in places that you |
| serious medical conditions. When you know what the | | | | can't get to for cleaning, such as in cracks and |
| symptoms of black mold are, then you know what to | | | | crevices. Getting an odor does not necessarily mean |
| look for. | | | | you have toxic mold in your home, but it is definitely |
| You can be on the lookout for symptoms of black | | | | one of the symptoms that can alert you to the need |
| mold if there is a high level of humidity in your home. If | | | | for black mold testing. If the odors are present when |
| the humidity is higher than 55%, then this is the prime | | | | the air-conditioning system is running, then these are |
| condition for the development of black mold | | | | serious toxic mold symptoms. |
| symptoms. The thing that you need to be most aware | | | | Yellowish stains on the walls are also symptoms of |
| of is that you may not even realize that there is black | | | | black mold. Black mold has a greenish color to it and |
| or toxic mold in your home until someone starts to get | | | | when you notice the wall starting to stain underneath |
| sick. Even then the symptoms may be so much like a | | | | the wallpaper or coming through the paint, this is a |
| sinus infection or asthma, that you might not associate | | | | symptom that you do have a serious mold problem. |
| them with toxic mold symptoms. | | | | Toxic mold symptoms can also manifest themselves |
| Since the basement is the place where most of the | | | | as the paint coming off the walls because of the |
| water pipes in a home are located, the condensation | | | | excess moisture. One way you can find out if you do |
| on these pipes often goes undetected for long periods | | | | have black mold in the walls is to shine a black light on |
| of time. In fact you may never realize that there are | | | | it. If you see a yellow glow, this is one of the |
| symptoms of black mold present if you don't have a | | | | symptoms of black mold in the wall. |
| problem with the pipes. When leaks are discovered, | | | | |