Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Franklin, TN
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 Tennessee.
Frequently asked questions
The creek disappeared into the ground. Is that good or bad for the house?
It is how karst works, and it is bad if your basement is on the other end. Water that sinks in a yard or a ditch is not gone; it is in the rock, and it comes out at the next opening. A dry swale upstream and a wet wall downhill are often the same flow.
The house is from 2002. Why would clay still crack the wall?
Residual clay on this limestone still shrinks and swells. A new wall is still a wall in moving soil. Drains help the water; they do not stop the clay from pushing. Lots cut in the boom years often left that clay against the buried face with no room to move.
Cut-and-fill on a sloping lot. Which side wets?
Usually the fill side. Fill perches rain at the contact with undisturbed ground, often at slab height. The cut side is in rock or stiff clay and can look dry while the fill side seeps. The house is one building on two hydrologies.