Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Lewiston, ME
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 Maine.
Frequently asked questions
The canal has not turned a wheel in fifty years. Still a cellar problem?
The water is still in it. Mill canals along the Androscoggin were cut below the terraces and were never drained to a dry standard, so they set the water table the cellars were built against. A closed mill leaves the channel.
Ice on the river and rain on the roof in the same week. Which one enters the cellar?
Often both, on different clocks. The rain soaks the terrace and the freeze locks it against the wall; the river ice raises stage in the canals. A cellar here can take yard water and canal water in the same October week without either looking like a flood from the street.
Three families share this wall. Whose leak is it?
The building's, until someone opens it. In a triple-decker the party wall is continuous structure, so a roof or plumbing failure at one address travels before it shows. Sorting the path usually has to happen before anyone can honestly assign the source.