Posts Tagged ‘Mould Removal Company Toronto & GTA’
When Your Dream Home Is Infested With Toxic Mould
A family of four moved from a small town in the Niagara Peninsula west of the GTA to what they thought was their dream home in cottage country about a year ago. When the two small girls in the family became ill not long after moving in, the culprit was found, to their parents horror…
Read MoreMouldy Toronto Home Sells For $650K
Mouldy home? No problem – at least, not for some buyers in Toronto’s crazed real estate market. A home in Scarborough, in the east end of the city, just sold for $650,000, a full $100,100 over the asking price, despite the fact that it was literally riddled with mould. A Buyer’s Nightmare – Or Not?…
Read MoreWhether It’s Winter Or Spring – There’s Mould
Let’s hope that spring weather comes sometime soon to the GTA – because what we’ve had so far this April has been a nightmare. From cold and rainy, to snow, to a few sunny days with warmer weather scattered between them, there’s a lot of hazards that homeowners can face. One that you may not…
Read MoreThe Mould That Closed A Museum
Mould is a serious threat to human and animal health, and it can also cause extensive and costly damage to buildings. In Ottawa, the discovery of mould had huge consequences for a national institution. The Canada Science and Technology Museum is reopening on November 17, 2017 to much fanfare. The museum has been closed since…
Read MoreTips For Avoiding Mould In Rainy Season
It’s spring, otherwise known as rainy season, and this year we’ve already seen heavy, even torrential rains and flooding in some areas of the GTA and Southern Ontario. On April 20, 72.4mm of rain fell in Dundas, just west of the GTA – in effect, representing a month’s rainfall that was dumped on the community…
Read MoreMould And Renovations
A GTA homeowner recently got a nasty surprise – mould in the walls in a prized family room. What’s worse, the Thornhill resident is blaming a TV renovation show that took on her home in a televised episode for the problem. The woman says that, back in 2009, the room was more or less gutted…
Read MoreDIY Bargain or Mouldy Nightmare?
Bargain for a bit of work or nightmare filled with hidden issues — like mould? Risky real estate buys can bring on much more than you bargained for. Old houses…old problems With the price of housing in the GTA, not to say the competition for viable homes, many people are considering deals they may never…
Read MoreBagpipes, Mould and You
A medical case just published in an academic journal illustrates the hidden dangers of mould in a dramatic way. An article in the journal Thorax – a peer-reviewed pubication about respiratory medicine – details the unfortunate case of a 61 year old British man and his breathing troubles. The man suffered from hypersensitivity pneumonitis or…
Read MoreFix Our Schools Wants Province to Address Mould, Asbestos Issues
Get rid of asbestos and mould in our schools. That’s the goal of Fix Our Schools, a grassroots organization that is putting pressure on the provincial government to address the often shocking state of our schools. They are asking the Ontario government to put aside $1.7 billion to “to fix the critical and urgent disrepair…that…
Read MoreWood, Water & Mould in the Springtime
Humidity levels are typically high this time of year. Even though the temperatures aren’t as high as they will be later in the summer, the start of the growing season in spring requires a lot of moisture and while it’s wonderful for your garden and lawn, it can wreak some havoc with your hardwood flooring…
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