Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Schenectady, NY
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 New York.
Frequently asked questions
The Stockade is the oldest ground. Is that an advantage in a flood?
It is the reason the town is here, and it is the wettest ground in town. The bend that made a port is the bend that jams. Ice piles at the Stockade and holds the Mohawk against cellars that were built to the river on purpose. Age is not elevation. Here it is the opposite.
July is the wettest month. Why talk about January ice?
Because the gauge records rain, and the Stockade fails on jams. July cells wet Hamilton Hill from above. January jams wet the Stockade from the channel. A city with one wettest month can still have two seasons of basement water, and they are not the same job.
A GE Plot house on the terrace. Is the river still the problem?
Not as flood. As the terrace seep, yes — water that entered the slope above Vale is still arriving at the uphill wall after a July cell. The Plot was built to be above the Mohawk. It was not built to drain the hill.