After the drying
Mold Inspection & Testing in Philadelphia, PA
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
Water came in at the roof, but the wet ceiling is on the second floor. What gets opened?
Every joist bay the water ran through, working from the top down. In a house one room wide the water follows the bays and the stair opening, so it can leave the third floor dry and soak the second. The contractor opens the ceiling under each wet bay, dries it with air movers and a dehumidifier, and reads the joists floor by floor until each one holds the standard.
How long does the kitchen ceiling take to dry where the back of the house steps down?
About a week once that bay is open, longer if it had been running all summer. The ell roof meets the main wall in a flashed seam, and water that gets past it sits in the ceiling over the kitchen with nowhere to go. The contractor opens the bay, pulls the wet insulation, runs air and dehumidification into it, and reads the joists until they hold. The flashing is rebuilt before the ceiling is closed.
The house is three floors and one room wide. Where does the equipment go?
On the floor being dried, one level at a time. There is no hallway to stage in, so the contractor puts the air movers and the dehumidifier in the room that is wet, closes the open stair above it with plastic, and moves the whole set up a floor as each level reaches the standard. Running all three floors at once only pushes wet air up the stairs into dry rooms.
The same questions, in context, on the Philadelphia city page.