by Ryan Duffy | Mar 9, 2021 | Mold Inspection and Removal
The pipes were frozen and when they thawed, they leaked everywhere. What now? What should you do next? Dog Gone Mold recommends, after you have called your insurance company and taken lots of pictures, that you start by drying things up. After the source...
by admin | Jan 4, 2021 | Why worry about Mold
Just because its cold outside does not mean mold stops growing inside your home. Mold needs moisture to grow. Mold likes warmer temperatures and your home in the winter is warm and inviting, a perfect place for mold to grow. Although your air...
by admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Mold Prevention
Mold loves most paint. It feeds off it. At Dog Gone Mold DFW we call it “Mold Candy” when a homeowner or property manager tries to paint over mold to make it disappear. You only exacerbate the problem! Painting over the spots does not make them...
by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal
Mason is the only official mold inspection dog in the DFW metroplex. He is a rescued beagle dog, trained at the same place the FBI gets trains their drug and bomb sniffing dogs. He doesn’t know why or who is paying for the mold inspection, he just knows he...
by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal, Mold Prevention
Do you see it? The mold is hiding in the carpet. We recently helped one of our Real Estate Loyalty members save her client a lot of headache and money. Mason smelled mold in the carpet and signaled to his Texas certified Mold Assessment Technician that there was a...
by admin | Jun 18, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal
Dog Gone Mold Dallas has an effective dog and handler detection team. We use Mason, our working dog Beagle, for his innate sense of smell and his acceptance and comfort in a residential setting. When Mason smells mold, he stops sniffing and signals. ...
by admin | May 13, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal, Mold Prevention
Can a roof leak cause mold? Yes. Mold needs moisture to grow. Moisture is like sticky “mold candy”. If it is not cleaned up and dried quickly, mold will most likely formulate. The longer the leak is allowed or goes undetected, the...
by admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Mold Prevention, Why worry about Mold
Most home insurance policies DO NOT cover mold damage unless it was due to a catastrophic event. Who is responsible for the clean up if hidden mold is discovered? The homeowner. No one cares if you just bought the house or not. If you own it when the...
by admin | Mar 28, 2019 | Mold Inspection and Removal
Fewer than 10% of homes ever get inspected for mold. But studies show that nearly 3 in 10 houses have some sort of mold situation. If you suspect that your home might have a problem with mold — even if you can’t see it with the naked eye — it is...
by admin | Oct 8, 2020 | Mold Prevention
Dog Gone Mold DFW knows the easiest way to prevent mold growth in your bathroom is………..drum roll……. Turn your fan on when you take a shower! Yup. That’s it. Simple. Mold needs moisture to grow. When you take a shower, you are pushing major...
by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal
Would you rather have a Cheap Mold Inspector? Or a Good Mold Inspector? No Home Inspection is complete without a mold inspection. So do you hire the cheapest person to inspect? What good is that? That’s like hiring the cheapest surgeon, eye doctor or...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal
We know that dogs work. Most of us recognize them in traditional fields of work. Did you know that their most recent jobs are in Real Estate applications? Dogs and many other animals have a much keener sense of smell than we humans do. Dogs are unique in their...
by admin | May 28, 2020 | Mold Inspection and Removal
Dogs have been used extensively in law enforcement, military, arson accelerants, narcotics and explosives detection for decades. They are much more accurate at discriminating between odors than even sophisticated mechanical methods. According to Sandra L....
