How Do Air Scrubbers Help With Mold Damage Cleanup In a Grocery Store?

9/21/2020 (Permalink)

Mold spreads quickly when the conditions are right. Contact SERVPRO to investigate the cause and remediate the damage in your store.

Boynton Beach Shop Owners Need Mold Damage Remediation That Leaves The Air Fresh.

Grocery store owners in Boynton Beach know it is vital to have a safe, clean, and hygienic premises. Customers are less likely to buy their food from a food store that smells damp or looks unkempt.

If you need mold damage cleanup in your Boynton shop, the remediation team must remove spores from the air.

How do mold spores get into the air?

Mold spores are microscopic and can easily be borne on air currents. When you see mold growing in your business, you see something called a mycelium. Mycelium is a collection of tube-like fungus cells known as hyphae. Spores break off from the mycelium and:

• Drift through the air to other parts of your store
• Travel on staff members’ uniforms
• Attach to customers’ clothes and bags, and go home with them

Why is containing and removing spores so important?

It is not possible to altogether remove every trace of mold from your store. Because the spores are so small, more of them can come in from the outside at any time. However, removing as many spores as possible means:

• Cleaner air in your store
• Less chance for fungus to re-grow
• A fresher-smelling atmosphere

SERVPRO technicians will set up containment around the affected area to prevent further spores from escaping. Containment makes mold cleaning and air scrubbing more effective.

How does an air scrubber help?

An air scrubber will filter the air to remove spores. The unit sucks in air and passes it through a series of filters to clean it, before releasing it back into the room. 

Air scrubbers capture mold spores that came loose during the cleanup process. SERVPRO uses air scrubbers with proper HEPA filtration, which means they can catch particles as small as 0.3 microns. HEPA filters are fine enough to catch mold spores, so they get trapped inside the machine and do not re-enter your store.

Some scrubbers also feature carbon filters, which help with odor control. 

If you want your store to be Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned, call SERVPRO of Boynton Beach at (561) 413-9754.