Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Lewiston, ME
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 Maine.
Frequently asked questions
The canal has not turned a wheel in fifty years. Still a cellar problem?
The water is still in it. Mill canals along the Androscoggin were cut below the terraces and were never drained to a dry standard, so they set the water table the cellars were built against. A closed mill leaves the channel.
Ice on the river and rain on the roof in the same week. Which one enters the cellar?
Often both, on different clocks. The rain soaks the terrace and the freeze locks it against the wall; the river ice raises stage in the canals. A cellar here can take yard water and canal water in the same October week without either looking like a flood from the street.
Three families share this wall. Whose leak is it?
The building's, until someone opens it. In a triple-decker the party wall is continuous structure, so a roof or plumbing failure at one address travels before it shows. Sorting the path usually has to happen before anyone can honestly assign the source.