Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Ketchikan, AK
An assessment establishes whether mold is present, where it is growing, and how far it extends — before anyone quotes removal. A mold inspection locates moisture and growth that a room-level look would miss, reading wall cavities, subfloor, and the areas behind finished surfaces. The result is a scope: what is affected, what has to come out, and what is driving the moisture.
Most people reach this page after noticing something rather than after something broke: a smell that returns, a stain that spreads, a room that feels damp. An inspection answers what is actually there and where the moisture comes from, which is the information every later decision depends on. Several states, Texas among them, keep assessment and remediation as separate licensed roles specifically so the party identifying the problem is not the party selling the fix. Nothing here is medical advice — if you have health questions, those are for a clinician.
Every pro in our network is licensed and insured in Alaska.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a dry season worth planning around?
No. A 157-inch year does not include a month that dries a crawlspace. Work here is about keeping rain off and air moving, not about waiting for a window that the gauge does not offer. November is the peak, not the exception.
The house above us is the one that is leaking onto us. Common?
On this hillside it is the usual path. Streets switchback, lots are cut into muskeg, and every uphill roof and culvert is a catchment for the wall below. A stain on your uphill siding is often their gutter, not your roof.
Salt is on the windows facing the Narrows. Does that reach the walls?
It reaches the metal. Spray rides into flashings, tracks, and fasteners, and 1970s stock in this exposure loses those details long before the shingles themselves are gone. A leak that 'came from nowhere' on the channel side is often a corroded piece, not a storm large enough to notice.