Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Kenosha, 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 bluff did not collapse. Why is there a new crack in the yard?
Bluff failure starts as a crack, not as a slide. Thaw weakens the clay, June rain loads the crack, and a strip of yard drops a little. The house may still be back from the edge. The edge is moving toward it. That is a slope problem before it is a basement problem.
Inland of the bluff, is the lake still involved?
As humidity, yes. Cool lake water against warm June air keeps dew points high along this shore, so a basement a few blocks inland stays damp longer than a Fox River equivalent. The lake does not have to enter the lot to slow the drying.
Pike Creek flooded a street that never flooded in the 1970s. What changed?
The catchment filled in. Same clay, more roof and pavement, same June cells. A creek that could take a 1970 storm cannot take a 2020 one on the same banks. The house did not move; the runoff did.