Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Spokane, 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
Seventeen inches a year. Why are crawlspaces a winter problem?
Because December is rain on snow on a rock lid. The annual total is modest; the event is a pulse that cannot infiltrate basalt, so it runs to the next opening, which is often a crawlspace. Summer is dry. Winter is when the water arrives.
Vents in the crawlspace were supposed to keep it dry. They seem to wet it.
In December they can. Cold humid air on cold wood is a condensation recipe, and the original 1960s vent idea assumed a climate that dries. Closing vents in the wet season and controlling the air is often the reversal that works on this plateau.
The house is on the plain, not the river. Still a water-table issue?
A perched one, not a river one. Sediment on basalt holds water on top of the rock, and a crawlspace cut into that sediment is in the perched table. The river is a different issue for the terrace lots; the plain has its own.