After the drying
Mold Inspection & Testing in Glendale, CA
An independent assessor confirms whether the assembly that got wet is actually dry, whether growth started while it was not, and how far it reaches. An inspection after a water loss confirms whether the assembly that got wet is dry now and whether growth started while it was not. Readings are taken in the material, cavities are opened where the readings point, and the result is a written scope of what is dry, what is not, and what has to be corrected for the repair to hold.
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On this site, inspection is the last check of a water job rather than the start of a separate one. Most people reach this page because something was wet, was dried, and a smell or a stain came back. The inspection answers whether the material is dry now and whether anything grew while it was not. Nothing here is medical advice; questions about health are for a clinician.
Often needed alongside
- Mold Remediation
Growth and the material it grew into come out under containment, what remains is cleaned, and the assembly is dried and read before anything closes it in.
- Structural Drying & Dehumidification
Sealed air movers and dehumidifiers bring framing, subfloor and drywall back to a measured dry standard, with daily readings logged from inside the material.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the house on piers?
So that it does not depend on the surface soil. On a slope that soil creeps and slides, so the building is carried on concrete piers drilled down to something stable with a beam spanning between them. The structure is deliberately separated from the ground it sits over.
If the house does not move, what breaks?
Whatever crosses between the two. The supply and the drainage run from the moving ground into a structure that is not moving, so the pipes take the whole of that difference at the point they enter. That is where these failures almost always are.
What opens up under the building?
A gap between the grade beam and the soil, as the ground settles away from a structure that stays put. It gives water a route straight under the house, and because it is under a beam on a slope nobody sees it from either side.
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