Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Skokie, IL
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 Illinois.
Frequently asked questions
Water rose through the floor drain rather than coming in at a wall. Meaning?
That the sewer surcharged rather than the foundation leaking. Water arriving through a fixture during heavy rain is Category 3 and carries waste, so the response is disinfection and removal of porous material rather than exterior drainage. The two look identical on a basement floor.
This was wetland before it was built. Does that still matter?
It does, because the water table is unchanged. Draining and filling ground makes it buildable without lowering where the groundwater naturally sits, so basements excavated into it stay close to that level. Wet springs bring it back to something near its original height.
Would a backwater valve solve this?
It addresses one specific route — water pushing backward through the lateral — which is the mechanism when a floor drain is the entry point. It does nothing about groundwater or surface water, so establishing which problem a given basement actually has comes first.