Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Pontiac, MI
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 Michigan.
Frequently asked questions
Troy shares this gauge. Why would a Pontiac basement fail differently?
Troy sits on upland till with no outlet. This city sits in the Clinton bowl that till drains into. Same May total, opposite geometry: Troy perches, Pontiac collects. Writing both as flat Oakland clay erases the millponds, the combined sewers, and the valley floor that actually wet these cellars.
The river dropped. Why is the cellar still wet?
The millponds and the combined sewers do not drop as fast as the gauge. Water from the surrounding till is still arriving, and a cellar drain on the valley floor is the overflow. A falling Clinton is not a dry basement if the streets are still emptying into the same pipes.
Is a 1961 house on the valley floor built to drain?
Rarely. That era poured basement walls and trusted a floor drain to the combined sewer. When May rain surcharges those pipes, the drain reverses. The fix is a backflow path and drainage toward the river, not a coating on the inside of a wall that is already below the street.