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Making sure that you prevent mold growth on window sills can be a tricky job - as a meeting place between the air conditioned inside of your home and the outside weather, temperature differences can make for ongoing condensation trouble. While it’s important to prevent mold growth on window...

No homeowner wants to find mold growing in their home, but if you do, it’s important to have a safe mold inspection and removal as soon as possible. Mold growth in homes has been a problem ever since we started building them, and has only accelerated as our homes have become more airtight....

At MoldTech, we’re often called in to remove black mold in the bathroom - it’s one of the most common places that mold grows indoors, but many homeowners don’t understand why or know how they can make simple changes to their home and habits that can help reduce the likelihood it...

The internet and its multiplicity of ideas, thoughts, and DIY instructions mean that there are hundreds of suggestions to follow when it comes to home improvement and maintenance, making every weekend warrior an expert in some field or another. But when it comes to mold removal, one of the stickiest...

Identifying where you may find mold growth in your home can be the hardest part of mold prevention and maintenance - it can be tricky to locate and then, once discovered, hard to figure out where it came from in the first place. But mold growth is a predictable problem, unlike severe weather or...

The carefree months of summer are the time of year when we’re most focused on the outdoor aspects of our home - but making sure that you keep an eye on your interior spaces to prevent mold in the summer is important as well, since the higher heat and humidity of the summer months can quickly...

After the unfortunate discovery of mold growth in your home, your first reaction may be to Google your local mold removal company and schedule a remediation visit as fast as you can. But before you book, what should you look for in a mold removal company? Like any services you pay for in your home,...

The summer months are often the worst for mold growth inside our homes - the extra heat, humidity, and moisture can make preventing mold in the summer an unwelcome interruption to your summer plans or weekend at the cottage. Getting ahead of mold growth and understanding why the summer months might...

Often it’s not until we’re moving furniture around or cleaning out the basement that we spot it - mold growing on the coffee table, a newly exposed baseboard, or on the studs in our walls. It’s important to remove mold from wood as soon as you spot it, but how is it done? Is it...

The top search results for black mold removal on Google suggest a number of different approaches for removing toxic black mold from your home - but with so many different options, how do you know which will be most effective? When it comes to your health, no mold is more important to remove promptly...

The news media has been reporting on toxic black mold growth for the past few years, warning homeowners and renters about the acute dangers of having it grow in your home, and educating folks on the signs your home has black mold.  It’s sometimes difficult to know what the signs your home...

The best part of the spring months is seeing our yards begin to bloom, bud, and grow green again. But all that water from rain and melting snow can also cause mold growth in spring in Toronto which can cause a great deal of trouble down the road. Mold growth in spring is precipitated by an excess of...

Knowing whether or not you are experiencing mold exposure symptoms can be a tricky question to answer, because mold exposure symptoms can present themselves differently depending on your age, health, and exposure. Mold is a natural fungus present around the world and a necessary part of the...

With warmer temperatures on the horizon it’s a great idea to add a thorough mold check to your spring cleaning checklist. Mold thrives in moist environments, and with the great amounts of rain and snowmelt that arrived early this year in Ontario, wet basements, attics, and other parts of the...

Growing awareness of how you can get sick from mold growing in your home has meant that many homeowners are paying more attention to the signs and symptoms associated with mold allergies. Regardless of the time of year or the age of the home, mold can quickly develop in homes that suffer from a lack...