Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Ann Arbor, MI
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 Michigan.
Frequently asked questions
A rental sat empty over the break and something let go. What happens?
It runs until somebody arrives. A supply line that fails in an unoccupied house continues for as long as the building is empty, and in winter a frozen line is often what caused the break in the first place. Shutting the water off at the main before a long vacancy prevents most of it.
The ground moves all winter here. What does that do to a wall?
It works it slowly. Frost drives deep into clay till and stays there for months, so a foundation carries sustained lateral pressure long before any melt arrives. Cracks that get noticed in March generally opened in January under load, and the water only made them visible.
The house was split into apartments decades ago. What does that change?
The plumbing, mostly. Conversions add kitchens and baths to a system sized for one household, usually in stages and rarely to a drawing. More fixtures run through older drains, and the added work is the part nobody has a record of.