Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Pittsburgh, PA
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 Pennsylvania.
Frequently asked questions
The stain is on the uphill brick and the roof looks fine. Next look?
Uphill. On a Pittsburgh slope the catchment is the house above you, and a downspout that ends at the property line is wetting your wall. A conversation about that outlet, or a small diversion, is usually the first repair, not a new roof.
Water came up the floor drain in a storm. Is that the hillside?
That is the sewer. Combined lines in the flats surcharge in heavy rain and the floor drain is the relief valve. It is a different problem from the uphill wall, and it is handled as contaminated water, not as groundwater.
The house has been on this hill for 80 years and now the wall is cracking. Why now?
Shale and clay fail slowly, then all at once. Eighty years of wet-dry cycling on a slope can be the timetable, and a blocked uphill drain or a new impermeable patio above you can be the trigger. The age of the house is not a guarantee that the ground is finished moving.