I just saw an ad in the local paper, from someone here that does power washing and window cleaning. His ad prominently stated he removes mold.
In my state, you need to be a certified mold remediation technician, I think the EPA is also involved in this. I am an IICRC certified Water Damage Restoration technician. We never use the “M” word if we are talking about clean-up and structure drying. I may work beside a mold remediator, but I leave the mold to those who are qualified in the legal sense.
What puzzles me is how can a power washing contractor say he removes mold? Mold needs water! You could blast off soil from the siding of a house, like I did this evening, but I never use the “M” word. Especially if I am feeding it water! Two words I never use in front of a customer, “dirt” because they find it insulting and “mold” because to me, mold is just soil, as I am not legally qualified to do anything to it.
Its his business, we are competitors, so I honestly don’t care what he does, I just know I’m not going down that slippery slope.
I would doubt a window washer’s or power washer’s insurance would cover them in the case of making the mold worse. This person likes to advertise he is licensed and insured, but this is very close the hacks he digs at in his advertising.
My main business is carpet cleaning. We call these people “trunk monkeys” or “splash and dash artists”. I’m sure he’s more legit than that, but would you consider this to be playing with fire?
Have you heard of this thing the kids are using nowadays…bleach? I think mold doesn’t like to eat bleach, if I understand correctly.
I worked in mold remediation and was told NOT to use bleach, because it doesn’t kill ALL types of mold and the kinds that survive somehow proliferate afterwards.
I never saw it in happen, but I believe the experts. There is a reason they have tight regulations for mold remediators, as you’ve just proven.
Bleach is recommended as a cleaning agent (by the material manufacturers) for several commonly cleaned substrates. On the exterior of the home there are really only two types that we are dealing with at any scale. Those molds do die off with bleach. Anyone doing roof cleaning or house cleaning for any number of years can tell you it definitely kills the mold and does not create a proliferation. Disinformation creates a lot of confusion in the power washing industry. It is important to research and talk with the actual manufacturers of the substrates, fabrics, etc. you are looking to clean. If you aren’t trained properly you can do damage with nearly any cleaning agent.
Bleach is the correct cleaning agent for killing and removing mold from many substrates. If you want to weigh in on percarboante cleaners that is another topic.
I am an iicrc wtr and mold tech. I luagh everytime I hear one of those guy say they can just wash it off. Orbleach it" haha! You guys know what I am saying
some studies have suggested that bleach doesnt always kill mold and may sometimes just take the color out of it
i’m also iicrc certified for wrt and asd. i wouldnt worry about legality in any way. theres a big difference between mold on the outside of your house and mold on the inside. the legality would come in to play if someone were to get sick (or die) from mold. inside a dwelling it could possibly be proven that mold inside the structure caused the illness. saying that the mold that is growing on the outside of my house on the vinyl siding were to get someone sick couldnt be proven because its not a closed environment, the mold spores could have come from anywhere
hahahahahaha some of y’all are so ridiculous.
why do you say that?
12% seems to do it for me.
Cuz he got owned, tbh, sorry Michael 
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Nah, because some people think that their water damage restoration certification has something to do with exterior home maintenance. Especially given the helpful (and completely ignored) post by Jared.
