Mold
Mold testing and inspection.
Mold is a symptom. Somewhere water is getting in, or air is not getting out, and the growth is what that looks like on a wall. We test to confirm what is there, then go looking for the reason it is there.
- Air sampling
- Surface sampling
- Lab analysis
- Moisture mapping
- Source tracing
- Add-on to any inspection
1Visit, with your inspection
48Hours to your report
2004Testing since
3States covered
What testing tells you
Finding it is the easy half.
Sampling establishes what is present and at what concentration, indoors against an outdoor control. That is the part people expect. The part that decides what it costs to fix is the moisture source — a failed flashing detail, a crawl space with no vapour barrier, a bathroom fan venting into the attic.
Remediation without fixing the source buys you a few months. So the report covers both: what the sampling found, and where the water is coming from.
What you get
Three things this buys you.
Two to three hours on site for a typical property, and the report within 48 hours. If the utilities are off we bring propane and a generator and power the building up rather than reporting it as unverified.
Sampled against a control
An indoor count means nothing without an outdoor baseline taken the same day.
The source, not just the stain
We report where the moisture is coming from, because that is what the repair has to address.
We do not remediate
We test and report. Remediation goes to a licensed contractor, so the result is not a sales lead.
Where we draw the line
We inspect. We do not repair.
Our code of ethics forbids our inspectors from performing repairs, or from estimating repair costs, on a property they have inspected. An inspector who can profit from the problems he finds has a reason to find them.
You get a plain account of what is wrong and how serious it is. A licensed contractor prices and fixes it, and we will come back and re-inspect the work at a minimal fee.
Often booked with this
- Air quality testing
- Water damage inspection
- Crawl space inspections
- Basement inspections
- Infrared scan
- Home inspection
Mold
Book the inspection.
Monday to Friday 8am–6pm, Saturday 9am–2pm. Give us the address and we will scope the right inspection for the property.