Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Lone Tree, 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.
Independent local crews · scoped at the property
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 builder documentation for our house talk about a void under the basement floor?
Because the ground here swells. The claystone under this part of the Denver Basin expands when it takes water, enough to lift and crack a slab poured directly on it. Builders responded with structural floors that span the basement on the foundation walls, leaving a gap between the floor and the soil so the ground can move without touching the house. That void is doing its job, but water that reaches it has no drain and no daylight.
Is the wet season here spring or summer?
Spring, and it is a specific kind of storm. Upslope systems push moist air against the foothills and can rain steadily for a day or two in May, which is a different event from the short summer thunderstorm most people picture. That slow rain is what soaks in, and on swelling clay it is the soaking that matters. A fast summer storm mostly runs off; the May kind reaches the foundation.
The house is under twenty years old. Can the foundation already be moving?
Yes, and age has little to do with it. Expansive clay moves every time its moisture changes, so a basement built in 2004 has been through twenty wet-dry cycles. What matters is whether the ground beside the foundation gets wet at all: downspouts that discharge at the wall, sprinklers in the foundation bed, and grade that has settled back toward the house all feed the clay. Keeping it dry keeps it still.
This FAQ belongs to the Lone Tree page; it is repeated here.