Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Hobbs, NM
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 New Mexico.
Frequently asked questions
Fourteen inches a year. Why would a slab still flood at the edge?
Because those inches arrive as a September burst on rock. Caliche does not soak. A 2.46-inch storm is a sheet of water looking for the lowest opening, which is often the slab edge or a pad. The annual total is desert; the afternoon is not.
A playa is a dry lake. When is it not dry?
After the monsoon. Playas on the Llano are the drainage. September fills them, and a manufactured-housing pad next to one is a few inches above a new pond. The rest of the year the playa is a field. The map does not change; the water does.
The water bill jumped and the floor is warm. Rain is not involved?
Usually not. A slab leak on caliche has nowhere to drain, so it travels under the floor. In a climate this dry that can run for months without a smell. The monsoon is the other failure. This one is plumbing, and the caliche is why it hides.