Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Reading, PA
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 Pennsylvania.
Frequently asked questions
Ninety-four percent of the housing predates 1990. What does that actually mean on a block?
It means there is no newer house to compare against. The block is all party walls, all internal leaders, all cellars. A July storm tests the whole row as one building. Individual ownership does not make individual roofs, and a single clogged leader is a multi-address job.
The house is on the hill, not the Schuylkill. Is the river still involved?
Not as flood. As the outlet, yes — the combined sewer still drains toward the river, and a surcharge can show uphill of the flats. The hill's own problem is runoff in the wall from a failed parapet. Two different wet cellars, same storm.
Water stained the ceiling but the roof looks intact. Next place to look?
The leader and the party wall. Rowhouse roofs drain inside the masonry. A rusted leader leaks into the wall cavity and the stain appears a room away, often downstairs and next door. The shingles can be fine. The pipe in the wall is not.