Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Lacey, WA
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 Washington.
Frequently asked questions
The soil is gravel. Why is the crawlspace wet in November?
Because gravel is only the top. Vashon outwash sits on a hardpan that will not take 9.37 inches. Water perches on that pan and finds the crawl. A perc test from a dry July does not describe November. A perc test from a dry July does not describe November on this pan.
Olympia is five miles west. Is this the same Puget lowland problem?
Same climate belt, different ground. Lacey is the outwash prairie and the springs. Olympia's core is the Deschutes and filled inlets. November's total can be similar; the perched-water pan under these 1990s lots is the local mechanism. November's total can be similar; the perched-water pan under these 1990s lots is the local mechanism.
A 1996 house is not old. Why would November wet it?
New is not drained. Builder lots on this prairie often send downspouts to the next property line, and the pan makes that line a pond. Age of the roof is not the diagnosis; the grade and the pan are. Age of the roof is not the diagnosis; the grade and the pan are.