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Landscaping Design To Keep Mold From Growing

The essence of mold is moisture.  Keeping this basic idea in mind, landscaping can be designed that will help you win the battle against the effects of mold.

Newbury Park Garden Design

The most important area to address is the landscaping right next to the house, itself.  Shady gardens away from the house can develop mold, particularly if they get watered often and are not allowed to ever dry out, but this usually doesn’t pose much of a threat to people.  Normally, when one hears about mold issues it is related to the house itself.

The most obvious solution would be to create a continuous concrete sidewalk all around the entire house, pitched away from the house for drainage and to ensure that no sprinkler water gets close to the house or the foundation.  In actual practice, this might be useful for some parts of a residence, but doing the whole house that way would probably remind most people of a cheap motel.  Nice looking homes usually have gardens next to

Simi Valley Design

the house, at least in some areas.

Assuming that some gardens are desirable, the next question is how to have them next to the house without creating mold issues.

Next Week – some tips for achieving that.