Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Raleigh, NC
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 North Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
A remnant, not a hurricane. Still a building problem on this clay?
Yes. The name of the storm matters less than the volume on ground that will not absorb. September remnants drop the year's heaviest month onto clay that sheds, so a crawlspace here can take water in a storm that never flooded a street in a sandier town.
The clay cracked away from the house in August. Why does September make that worse?
Because the gap is the path. Summer shrinking opens a slot at the slab or stem wall; the remnant then uses that slot instead of having to soak through intact backfill. The dry month and the wet month are one mechanism, not two.
Vents were supposed to keep the crawl dry. They seem to make it wetter in September.
They import the remnant. Outdoor air that month is near saturation, so venting brings moisture in rather than taking it out. The convention assumes outside air is the drier of the two, which here is a winter truth and a September falsehood.