Monday, December 1, 2008

Mold and Odor Remedies

Keeping your home neat and clean is very important. Beside this it is necessary to control the humidity level and prevent home from any water damage. Among the masses only few are particular about checking the pipes, for leaks or after a water damage care to look whether level of mold growth.

There have been times, when you would have visited home of a relative and there is the foul smell. Neither you can leave nor say anything. Poorly we are stuck in a situation. Well to avoid such thing happening from your end it is wiser to follow mold and odor remedies.

* Before you remove the items affected by the water damage and infected with the mold & odor problem, find from where the infestation problem started.

* Maintain the right humidity level at home. This will help in eliminating the stuffy odors released by the organic material. This includes fabric, paper and wood.

* Immediately remove the mold-infected items like wooden board, baby care items, and stuffed toys.

* If bedding and mattresses have been affected by water damage, it’s wiser to replace them. Firstly, cleaning and disinfecting them would cost you very high. Secondly, after you get them cleaned still you would witness, odor there.

* If the odor is coming from wet papers, then just an open box of baking soda. It will help in removing the odor easily.

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