Hero Mold Removal Mold Testing for Commercial and Residential Clients
Well Trained and Friendly Certificated Mold Testing Technicians
Hero Mold Removal offers Services for Professional Mold Testing in homes, businesses, hospitals, and schools throughout the community of Portsmouth, VA. We promise accuracy with affordability.
Testing for Mold is needed for several reasons such as:
Legal necessity to demonstrate, without a doubt, whether or not Mold is a problem in your home or business.
Renters Seeking Property Damages from a Landlord
Medical treatment plan depends on what species of mold has made someone sick.
Post Mold Remediation Testing to check its success.
Condition of Closing for a Real Estate Sale.
Your Peace of mind- to see if your environment is safe.
Many times, the mold testing needed depends upon the reasons for testing. For example, only certain environmental tests will be accepted by a court of law to prove damage which makes it imperative that you engage knowledgeable Certified Mold Testing Inspectors.
Testing for Mold is needed for several reasons such as:
Legal necessity to demonstrate, without a doubt, whether or not Mold is a problem in your home or business.
Renters Seeking Property Damages from a Landlord
Medical treatment plan depends on what species of mold has made someone sick.
Post Mold Remediation Testing to check its success.
Condition of Closing for a Real Estate Sale.
Your Peace of mind- to see if your environment is safe.
Many times, the mold testing needed depends upon the reasons for testing. For example, only certain environmental tests will be accepted by a court of law to prove damage which makes it imperative that you engage knowledgeable Certified Mold Testing Inspectors.
Air Quality Testing: Several Samples Will be Taken
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Tape Sample Testing Mold Species
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Mold Swab Test
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What is the Cost of Mold Testing in Portsmouth, VA?
Mold Testing Costs depend upon size or area that is suspected of mold contamination because more samples must be taken in larger areas. However, homeowners normally will spend $1,176 on the high end and $340 on the low end to test for mold species and level of contamination in their homes. Should the type or strain of mold have to be known for legal or medical purposes it adds additional costs that can quickly surpass 1,000 because more testing is needed for court cases or medical emergencies. Accredited Mold testing Labs have to be very advanced because they require a controlled atmosphere to avoid cross contamination of test samples. This also assumes that a Professional mold inspector or licensed certified Industrial Hygienist will take mold samples for testing free of contaminants. Hero Mold Removal will take samples and then send them to an unaffiliated lab for analysis. Mold level testing and its remediation done by the same company is not advise because of the conflict of interest. Hero Mold Removal will take samples in front of client's, seal them in tamper proof packaging in the clients presence and then ship them to a third-party Mold Assessment Laboratory.
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For information about all our mold removal services in Portsmouth, VA click on Mold Removal and Remediation in Portsmouth, VA
Caution! Limitations of DIY Mold Petri-dish Test Kits
Test Kits are available in Portsmouth, VA Home Improvement Stores or through the Mail: The Best Testing is Done by Professionals
A DIY Mold Petri-dish test kit is a small round plate with a substance covering the bottom that feeds any mold spore that may settle on the plate while traveling on breezes within a home which is why they are also called mold settling plates. They are sold at home stores or mail order companies with the encouragement that buyers mail plates that have a growth to a preferred lab for further testing for an additional fee. These test kits have many limitations:
- Mold is everywhere providing garbage disposal functions across the world wherever life exists or more specifically it’s a fungus Bio-decomposer that devours dead organic matter. It is a very important process of the environment that can't be avoided. However, important molds are to the environment we don’t want them running amok in our homes because many people become sick with molds, sometimes very toxic, byproduct of gaseous odors.
- How does mold get in our buildings? Mold or fungus spores could be waiting dormant on building materials, carried on air currents blown into our homes through open window and doors and are also carried in on something or somebody. When a floating mold spore finds a favorable moist environment on carpet, basement floor, in a petri-dish it shouldn't surprise anyone that it will grow and spread.
- The DIY mold test kits could have been in storage for a very long period of time and without expiration dates buyers wouldn't know whether the nutrient on the bottom was still good.
- Mold Species is impossible to read from a Petri-dish it can't even be guessed at because many species are the same color. The only sure way to determine Species is for a specialist to look at a sample under a microscope.
- Inaccurate Laboratory testing because of insufficient technical capabilities is a big problem with some labs. The Lab needs to be an accredited lab with atmosphere controls in place or the mold samples might be compromised by mold spores on surfaces or floating through the atmosphere in their laboratory.
Lab Testing Mold Sample
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DIY Mold Petri- dish Kit
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Swab Sample Testing
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Hero Mold Removal: No Unnecessary Mold Tests Will be Recommended
We care about your Budget
We prefer to try and save our clients from possibly unnecessary expenses when their resources could be better spent- perhaps on mold remediation if needed. Mold testing especially if the mold is visible is not always necessary because it should be removed regardless of species or level of infestation. Knowing the species of mold will not change methods of removal or remediation.
Hero Mold Removal of Portsmouth, VA remediation steps for all species of mold include:
Mold Removal technicians are trained in the use of protective gear.
Discover the source of moisture feeding the mold and stop it.
Build containment around the infected areas to seal off any floating Spores from the rest of the building.
Build negative air pressure within the containment to prevent accidental mold spore dispersal.
Vacuums with HEPA filters are used to ensnare mold spores from contaminated surfaces.
Hero Mold Removal of Portsmouth, VA remediation steps for all species of mold include:
Mold Removal technicians are trained in the use of protective gear.
Discover the source of moisture feeding the mold and stop it.
Build containment around the infected areas to seal off any floating Spores from the rest of the building.
Build negative air pressure within the containment to prevent accidental mold spore dispersal.
Vacuums with HEPA filters are used to ensnare mold spores from contaminated surfaces.
Musty Odor? Contact Hero Mold Removal: Certified in Portsmouth, VA
A persistent Moldy odor means somewhere in the home, government institution or Commercial business a mold colony is devouring a portion of building materials and is either out in the open or hidden somewhere. Hero Mold Removal certified mold testing technicians who are also trained in building science will conduct an exhaustive search for mold- we examine every nook and cranny. Mold growth lying hidden can be located with special calibration tools that analyze moisture levels.
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No-obligation 100% Free Mold Inspections
Hero Mold Removal in Portsmouth, VA is an experienced and affordable team eager to gain your trust by sending licensed certificated technicians to evaluate mold colonization within your home or business. If mold is found, we will present a written and clearly stated estimate of mold remediation costs. Connect with Hero Mold Removal of Portsmouth, VA today for fast expert help with any mold or moisture problem.