Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Lancaster, OH
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 Ohio.
Frequently asked questions
The north side ponded and the south side stayed dry at the street. Same storm?
Same July, two rocks. Till north of town perches; shale on the escarpment sheds. A wet basement on the till plain is a swale job. A wet cellar on West Main is often the hillside. Treating the whole city as one hydrology after a July cell wastes half the calls.
We sit above the Hocking. Is the river still involved?
On the escarpment, as the destination of the benches, yes. As flood, only when both sides pulse the gap at once. A hillside cellar can wet from the cut with the river behaving itself. Distance to the channel is a poor test of which mechanism you have.
A 1963 basement cut into shale. Was it built to drain the hill?
Almost never on this escarpment. The wall was poured against the cut and the grade was trusted. Tile is rare, and the next house upslope leaves no room to add it. Paint on the inside will not stop shale water held against the buried face. The cut is the job, not the finish.