Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Cambridge, MA
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 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.