Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Hobbs, 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
Fourteen inches a year. Why would a slab still flood at the edge?
Because those inches arrive as a September burst on rock. Caliche does not soak. A 2.46-inch storm is a sheet of water looking for the lowest opening, which is often the slab edge or a pad. The annual total is desert; the afternoon is not.
A playa is a dry lake. When is it not dry?
After the monsoon. Playas on the Llano are the drainage. September fills them, and a manufactured-housing pad next to one is a few inches above a new pond. The rest of the year the playa is a field. The map does not change; the water does.
The water bill jumped and the floor is warm. Rain is not involved?
Usually not. A slab leak on caliche has nowhere to drain, so it travels under the floor. In a climate this dry that can run for months without a smell. The monsoon is the other failure. This one is plumbing, and the caliche is why it hides.