Assessed First
Mold Removal & Remediation in Essex Junction, VT
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 Vermont.
Frequently asked questions
The river jumped overnight with no storm. Ice?
Often. The Winooski jams where the channel narrows or a bend holds ice, and the water upstream of that dam has nowhere to go. It is a winter and early-spring hazard that does not wait for a rainfall total, and it drops as fast as it rose when the jam lets go.
The clay is always damp. Is a basement a bad idea here?
It is a common one, and it has to be managed. Champlain clay does not drain, so a basement is a hole in a wet material. Exterior water control and interior humidity control are the job; waiting for the clay to dry is waiting for a property it does not have.
Cracks in February, damp in July. Is that the same wall failing twice?
Same clay, two seasons, one cycle. Frost heaves it in winter and opens the crack; June's perched water then uses that crack in summer. A bead of sealant in March does not change either half of that cycle, and the wall will report it again the next year.