When wandering around home improvement stores or clicking through mold removal techniques online, you may have come across something called “mold resistant paint.” Advertisers claim that this paint can both kill and prevent mold on your walls and this is simply not true. Here’s why.
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You may already know about how mold can trigger allergies and asthma, but did you know that mold exposure can cause a serious illness as well? Mold illness is surprisingly prevalent, mostly because mold is so pervasive.
Between the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, on top of the torrential rain we’ve been experiencing lately, Chicago has been a flooding hotspot in recent months. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take a long time or even much water at all for flooding to damage your home, and if you don’t treat flood damage you can run […]
How’s your holiday season going so far? Whether you’re celebrating Christmas or not, it’s likely you’re giving a gift at some point this holiday season. Often, these gifts tend to sneak up on us, and we have to make do with last year’s wrapping paper and a little duct tape. Sound familiar? However, using last […]
Here at ProCare Restoration, we know that the holidays are an incredibly special time for those who celebrate. Whether you’ve been lighting the menorah, setting up the Christmas tree, or you’ve been celebrating in any other way, you know that this time of year is a very special one. Families are brought together, and happiness […]
While gifts aren’t the most important part of the holiday season, they’re certainly a fairly significant part of it. Within the last couple months, there have been quite a few recalls of products due to mold colonization. With the holidays upon us, we want to make sure you’re not buying any gifts that could make […]
With the recent cold front, it seems like we’re going to have a cold Chicago winter after all! That means icy sidewalks, heavy snowfall, and worst of all: bursting pipes. So what do you do if this happens to you? Well there are some steps you should take right away, before even calling a professional, […]
Alright guys, this is the blog you’ve been waiting for. The big one. The home-run. What are the symptoms of mold exposure, and how does it affect our health? Here, we’ll relay the symptoms of nearly every kind of mold you can think of: “harmless” mold, toxic black mold, and other types of toxic mold, as […]
The new year is approaching with incredible speed. What are your plans? We all have resolutions, and they’re usually to the benefit of our health. Maybe you want to lose weight, or maybe you want to stop smoking. A resolution that most people don’t consider is safeguarding their home against other health issues — like […]
What is it like when you come home from work or school each day? If you have pets, it’s probably a momentous occasion. A dog will act like he’s never seen anything more exciting than your face, while the cat might be a bit standoffish that you had the audacity to leave, but ultimately won’t be […]