Testing & Assessment
Mold Inspection & Testing in Cincinnati, OH
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 Ohio.
Frequently asked questions
Water came up through the floor drain with almost no rain in the yard. How?
From the sewer, not the sky. The Mill Creek basin still runs combined, so a May cell that fills the pipes has nowhere to go but back through the lowest opening in the house. The yard can look dry while the basement is taking the neighborhood's runoff.
We are on a hill, not in the basin. Same May problem?
A different one. The hill sheds rather than surcharges: every lot is a catchment for the one below, and a brick row puts downspouts against the next uphill wall. You are out of the combined-sewer reverse-flow and into a gravity problem.
Covington is right across the Ohio. Why would the job here be different?
Because the hill and the sewer are on this side. Covington's story is the Licking terrace; this city's is seven hills draining into a combined Mill Creek basin. Same May total at Lunken, two different paths into two different kinds of basement.