Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Fond du Lac, WI
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 Wisconsin.
Frequently asked questions
The lake looks calm. Why is the south-end cellar wet?
Calm at the surface can still be a seiche holding the south end up. Winnebago is long enough to pile water on this shore for hours, and marsh fill under the streets passes that water sideways into a 1967 basement. The river can be behaving. The lake does not have to wave to wet the fill.
A house on till inland. Is Winnebago still the diagnosis?
Usually not. Till perches June rain and sends it into original tile aimed at a lake that, when high, is a closed door. The lake is the outlet, not the source. Treating an inland cellar like a seiche cellar will have you waiting on a wind that is not in the path.
Organic fill. What does a camera in the 1967 tile usually find?
A sag where the peat compressed, so the run now ponds against the footing instead of falling to the river. Replacing that sag is the repair. A new pump in the old hole will keep fighting a line that no longer goes downhill.