Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Farmington, NM
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 New Mexico.
Frequently asked questions
Eight inches a year. Is indoor moisture even a local issue?
The total is not the event. A September burst on baked ground runs to the slab edge in minutes, and irrigation seepage wets benches all summer without registering on a rain gauge. Dry air outdoors also delays discovery, so a supply-line failure can run for weeks before anyone smells it.
The yard is dust. How can the slab be taking water?
From the side and from below, not through the dust. Canal seepage and a monsoon sheet both arrive at the perimeter, and Mancos shale under many lots holds what it gets. A dry surface is compatible with a wet footing.
The house moves after the monsoon and again in spring. Same cause?
Same soil, two directions. Shale and clay swell when the burst or the canal wets them and shrink through the dry months, so a slab here is worked twice a year. The cracks that open in May often started as a September wetting.