{"id":7,"date":"2017-04-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2017-04-24T11:36:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T17:36:48","slug":"unexpected-places-mold-might-grow-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/unexpected-places-mold-might-grow-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Places Mold Might Grow in Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mold growth can be sneaky, especially when you live where there is a higher humidity level, as the Commerce, GA area.&nbsp;For mold to grow, it only requires a little food and water, and it will flourish.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s not a surprise to find mold growing in the basement or behind baseboards or drywall after a flood, but there are some unexpected and hard to detect areas it can grow.&nbsp; Check these unusual places for mold in your home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refrigerator drip pans are one place easy to forget because it&rsquo;s out of sight. &nbsp;Food and moisture collect in the drip pan and creates a perfect environment for mold.<\/li>\n<li>The gasket around front-loading washing machine doors creates another perfect mold-growing environment. There is lint to eat, and the gasket often stays wet.<\/li>\n<li>Window sashes and seals, where dust and dirt collect and add some condensation and mold will grow.<\/li>\n<li>The brick crevices of the chimney collect dirt, debris, and water where mold can flourish.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Places where dishes are stacked, such as grouted tile.&nbsp; The grout and cracks will stay wet, especially if dishes are washed daily, and create a nice mold-growing environment.&nbsp; This may not be visible until it&rsquo;s grown out of control.<\/li>\n<li>Air conditioners trap pollen and dust, good food for mold, and moisture from the air and mold can grow in the AC drain pans and ducts.<\/li>\n<li>The rubber seal around your dishwasher is another mold-growing culprit to watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>North Georgia Insurance Center<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The North Georgia Insurance Center provides home insurance to the Commerce, GA area.&nbsp; Our agents are fair and held to the highest ethical practices.&nbsp; We approach your home insurance needs as if they were our own.&nbsp;Contact a North Georgia Insurance Center agent to review your homeowner insurance needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mold growth can be sneaky, especially when you live where there is a higher humidity level, as the Commerce, GA area.&nbsp;For mold to grow, it only requires a little food and water, and it will flourish.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s not a surprise to find mold growing in the basement or behind baseboards or drywall after a flood, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-commerce-ga","tag-north-georgia-insurance-center"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ngainsurancecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}