Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Troy, MI
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 Michigan.
Frequently asked questions
Thirty-four inches of rain a year is not much. Why are wet basements common?
Because the soil takes almost none of it and the ground is flat. Clay till drains slowly, so water that lands stays near the surface, and without gradient it does not travel away. A modest annual total behaves like a larger one when nothing removes it.
The subdivision was farmland. Does that leave anything behind?
Often the drainage assumptions. Agricultural land here was managed with ditches and tile, and subdivisions built over it inherit whatever remains of that system. Some of it still functions, some was cut during construction, and the difference is rarely documented anywhere a homeowner can see.
How does frost depth affect a basement?
It works the joints. Ground freezing well below the surface moves as it does so, and that movement widens existing cracks over a winter. The freeze itself lets little water in; what follows it does, because the spring melt arrives at openings the winter enlarged.