Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Cambridge, MA
An assessment establishes whether mold is present, where it is growing, and how far it extends — before anyone quotes removal. 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.
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.
Every pro in our network is licensed and insured in Massachusetts.
Frequently asked questions
Somerville is a mile away and shares this gauge. Why write our moisture differently?
The ground is different. Somerville's low blocks are filled marsh under triple-deckers; this city's river edge is mill fill and canal at the Charles's grade, and the inland blocks are brick rows. The winter peak is shared. The path the water takes is not, and the two pages are written so that difference survives a swap test.
A basement along Memorial Drive is wet when the river is high and the sky is clear. Rain?
The Charles. Mill fill is porous to the river, and a basement there is a hole at river grade. A clear-sky high-water day is the signature. Pumps and a sealed wall help; waiting for a storm to explain it does not.
A brick row. The leak appears two parlors from the obvious roof problem. Typical?
Typical of continuous masonry. Water follows the top of a joist or a flue and exits where the plaster is weakest, often a unit that did not own the failed flashing. The wet parlor is the exit. The source is a walk along the block's gutters and parapets.