aspergillus – Indoor Air Quality Blog https://airquality.me.uk Blog About Indoor Air Quality Issues and Investigations Thu, 06 May 2021 16:06:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 Extensive water damage to a property in Watford https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/extensive-water-damage-watford/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/extensive-water-damage-watford/#respond Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:39:59 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2314 Property suffering from extensive water damage Today we travelled to Watford, where our client’s property was suffering from extensive water damage. We attended the site in order to conduct an indoor air quality assessment in relation to selected biological contaminants. While the property was occupied by tenants, the property suffered from condensation mould in various […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/extensive-water-damage-watford/feed/ 0 Indoor Air Quality assessment and damp survey https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/air-quality-assessment-damp-survey/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/air-quality-assessment-damp-survey/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:12:03 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2158 Contaminants in the indoor atmosphere In today’s article we discuss a recent project where we conducted an assessment of indoor air quality and a damp survey. Our client contacted us as the occupants of a flat had reported strong damp related odours, these odours were strongest in the master bedroom en-suite. The occupants had also […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/air-quality-assessment-damp-survey/feed/ 0 Is Poor Indoor Air Quality to blame for mould growth? https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/poor-indoor-air-quality-mould-growth/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/poor-indoor-air-quality-mould-growth/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:18:58 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2126 Concerns regarding mould growth Our next client had occupied a second floor apartment for 15 months and she contacted us as she had concerns regarding mould growth. The apartment has a history of mould growth, this was reported to the developer approximately one month after moving into the property. This mould growth was located in […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/poor-indoor-air-quality-mould-growth/feed/ 0 Carrying out a Microbiological Investigation https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/carrying-microbiological-investigation/ https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/carrying-microbiological-investigation/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:55:13 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2176 History of water damage in property Our next client contacted us and asked us to carry out a partial property inspection and microbiological sampling in the basement of a well known bank in Porthmadog. Our aim of this investigation would be to evaluate the extent of the water damage to the property basement, assess the […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/carrying-microbiological-investigation/feed/ 0 Indoor Air Quality Assessment in Margate https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/indoor-air-quality-assessment-margate/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/indoor-air-quality-assessment-margate/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:09:05 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2016 Concerns regarding damp in a dental practice Our client based in Margate contacted us with concerns regarding damp in their dental practice. They instructed us to carry out an indoor air quality assessment in relation to biological contaminants. The dental practice is a three storey terraced townhouse which consists of four levels, the ground and […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/indoor-air-quality-assessment-margate/feed/ 0 Microbiological Investigation in Rickmansworth https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/microbiological-investigation/ https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/microbiological-investigation/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:43:41 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1977 Microbiological investigation A client contacted us with concerns regarding fungal contamination and asked us to carry out a microbiological investigation. Our main objectives of this investigation were to evaluate the levels of fungal elements in the indoor air and to evaluate the risk to the health of the property occupants.  The property we attended was […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/microbiological-investigation/feed/ 0 Mould contamination due to leaky bathtub https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-contamination-due-leaky-bathtub/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-contamination-due-leaky-bathtub/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:27:14 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=742 Minor service leak can sometime results in serious problems in particular if they are ignored or not fixed properly. I have recently visited an apartment where a minor water leak from a bath waste pipe resulted in a major mould contamination of the internal cavity walls. The apartment I have visited  was located on the […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-contamination-due-leaky-bathtub/feed/ 0 Loft contamination by mould in newly constructed property https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/loft-contamination-by-mould-in-newly-constructed-property/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/loft-contamination-by-mould-in-newly-constructed-property/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:58 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=683 Newly constructed properties are sometimes far from being contaminants free. Sometimes lack of expertise in a particular area or a simple architectural error can lead to myriad of problems. I have been call to inspect a newly constructed property in the Manchester area which was affected by a significant mould problem in the roof space. […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/loft-contamination-by-mould-in-newly-constructed-property/feed/ 0 Aspergillus fungal infection due to past time activities https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/aspergullus-fungal-infection-due-to-past-time-activities/ https://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/aspergullus-fungal-infection-due-to-past-time-activities/#respond Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:52:17 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=521 People can sometimes experience deterioration of their health in their homes for no apparent reason. I have recently visited a property where an elderly gentleman started to suffer from shortness of breath, tiredness, lethargy and general exhaustion. It is only natural to us that we immediately try to identify the cause of such problems and […]

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