147: Brian Karr - How to Tell If You Have Mold in Your Home and What You Can Do About It
Brian Karr is known as The Mold Guy. He’s a certified microbial investigator and co-founder of We Inspect, a company that’s revolutionizing the mold testing and inspection industry. As you’ll hear about in this episode, Brian shares why traditional mold tests are outdated and inaccurate, a better way to test for mold in your home, why mold is a growing problem, and how to successfully remediate it. You’ll also learn about the top places mold likes to hide in homes, outdoor mold issues and how to prevent them from getting inside, and more. Dr. Anthony Gustin also shares his experience with finding mold in his home. Despite having indoor air quality samples come back negative for mold, his unexplainable symptoms said otherwise. See how Dr. Gustin got to the bottom of his mold issue and what you can learn from his experience. Here’s a peek at the episode breakdown: Dr. Gustin’s experience with discovering he had mold in his home How prevalent is having mold in our bodies and environment? What’s changed that led us to having more mold in our environments? Why mold is a growing problem Why certain people are more affected by mold than others What should you test for in your environment to see if you have mold? How Brian tests for mold What a typical mold remediation process should look like What do you do with all of your stuff if you have to clear out mold in your house? Do most people do a full remediation? And, if so, what would that look like? What to do during your inspection period if you’re buying a house How to treat mold that’s outside of your house and what you can do to prevent it from getting into your home The top exterior areas that could be growing mold and what to do about them Mentioned in this episode: Brian Karr’s website Brian Karr’s Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Brian’s podcast #moldfinders: RADIO The ERMI Code, which helps you understand your ERMI mold test results