Mold Growth in Cold Weather

Mold Growth in Cold Weather

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...
Don’t Paint over Mold!

Don’t Paint over Mold!

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...
Meet our Working Mold Dog

Meet our Working Mold Dog

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...
Roof Leak = Mold

Roof Leak = Mold

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...
Mason vs. The Other Guys

Mason vs. The Other Guys

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...
#1 Way to Prevent Mold in Your Bathroom

#1 Way to Prevent Mold in Your Bathroom

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...
Cheap Mold Inspection? or GOOD?

Cheap Mold Inspection? or GOOD?

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...
Dogs Smell Good! Mold that is..

Dogs Smell Good! Mold that is..

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...
Mold Detecting Dog vs. Air Samples

Mold Detecting Dog vs. Air Samples

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....