Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Lansing, MI
Containment, HEPA filtration, and antimicrobial treatment remove mold colonies at the source and stop cross-contamination through the rest of the home. Mold remediation removes affected porous materials and corrects the moisture source that allowed growth. The work is done under containment with HEPA filtration so spores are not carried into unaffected rooms, and the area is cleared only once the underlying moisture problem has been resolved.
Remediation is the step after the assessment, not before it. A local pro establishes how far the growth extends and what is feeding it, because removing what is visible while the moisture source is still running puts the same colony back in the same wall. Texas and several other states also set a square-footage point above which the work has to be done by a licensed remediator — the service note below covers where that line falls in this city.
Every pro in our network is licensed and insured in Michigan.
Frequently asked questions
The yearly total is only 33 inches. Why are basements this wet?
Till and timing. Thirty-three inches would drain on sand. Here it perches, and June arrives while melt is still in the river. A 1959 basement is below that perched layer with no tile to relieve it. The climate is not tropical; the soil and the plumbing are unforgiving.
Water came up the floor drain during a June storm. Different from a wet wall?
Yes. A wet wall is perched groundwater. Water up a drain is the combined sewer surcharging, which means it carries waste. One is a sump and grading job; the other is a valve and a contaminated-water cleanup. Mixing them up is how the wrong work gets done.
REO Town and the older grid. Is the housing itself the issue?
The era is. Full basements, lime or early asphalt damp-proofing, drains tied to the sewer. That layout was normal in 1959 and is why a wet cellar here is a system problem, not a one-house defect. Newer plateau tracts fail differently, usually at the slab or the window well.