Video: When to be Concerned About Mold

Atar Barkai: The word mold gives the scare to a lot of people, but people should know that it shouldn't be always the case. Many times we get calls, people asking regarding mold that they find on the window sills. But it's important to know that not every time you see mold, it requires a professional company, a remediation company to come and set up the whole containment and negative air and air scrubber and the whole process. Many times, it's just something that's considered to be a household task. There's a lot of products out there, which you can do it yourself and wipe it down. Especially with windows sills that gets a lot of condensation and a lot of dirt, you should know that you shouldn't panic from that.

When you see that the mold is actually damaging building materials, or you see it on the drywall itself, start deteriorating and paint and carpets and stuff like that, which are more than just a few inches, a few centimeters. When you see that there possibly is some water damage or it could be hidden, could be behind the wall. Then those are the cases that you want to bring in experts to identify what's going on, and if needed, to perform a mold remediation. If you do see something that look like a suspected growth, call your local professional to get some advice and possibly help.