Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Commerce City, CO
An assessor determines whether mold is present, identifies where it is growing, and measures how far it has spread — before any remediation quote is issued. A mold inspection locates moisture and growth that a room-level look would miss, reading wall cavities, subfloor, and the areas behind finished surfaces. The result is a scope: what is affected, what has to come out, and what is driving the moisture.
No obligation: the assessment comes before any scope
Most people reach this page after noticing something rather than after something broke: a smell that returns, a stain that spreads, a room that feels damp. An inspection answers what is actually there and where the moisture comes from, which is the information every later decision depends on. Several states, Texas among them, keep assessment and remediation as separate licensed roles specifically so the party identifying the problem is not the party selling the fix. Nothing here is medical advice — if you have health questions, those are for a clinician.
Often needed alongside
- Mold Remediation
Containment, HEPA filtration, and antimicrobial treatment eliminate mold colonies at the source and prevent cross-contamination throughout the property.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the basement only get damp in late spring?
Because that is when the ground here actually takes water. Most of the year the clay is dry and shrunken and rain runs off it. May storms come in volume onto soil that has opened cracks over the winter, so water reaches depth quickly, the clay swells, and anything below grade sees pressure it does not see in September. The seasonality is the clay, not the house.
The builder graded it correctly. Why is water at the wall now?
Backfill settles, and on this soil it settles a lot. The trench beside a foundation is disturbed clay that consolidates for years after the pour, so a slope that fell away from the house at handover can be flat or reversed a decade later. Nothing failed; the ground finished moving. Re-establishing fall at the wall is usually the first thing worth checking.
Is fourteen inches of rain a year enough to cause a real problem?
On this clay, yes, because the damage comes from the swing rather than the total. Soil that swells and shrinks through a wide range each year works against a foundation continuously, and the cracks that opens are what let the next storm in. A wetter climate with steadier soil moisture is in some ways easier on a basement than a dry one with expansive ground.
These questions come from the Commerce City page.