How Do You Know the Mold is Remediated (Cleaned)?

3/17/2017 (Permalink)

Mold damage remediation in Miami Beach.

People understandably want assurances that their mold problem truly has been fixed after a remediation. 

We always tell our customers the same thing: Don't rely on us to give you verification that the property is at "normal fungal ecology" (that's the correct phrase for what we're trying to achieve on a mold remediation). We tell our customers to bring in an independent, objective outsider called a "Mold Assessor."  These Florida-licensed professionals are objective, and represent you.  If they see something wrong with the job performed, they will let you know.  They are not beholden to the remediator, so you'll get good honest feedback.

We always recommend that a property owner bring in a licensed, independent assessor to review the job.

How do they know if a job is ready for "clearance"? What constitutes a passing clearance review?

One assessor we met on a job recently describes it as follows: 

"A satisfactory mold clearance inspection consists of satisfactory visual observations that suspected visible microbial growth is not present inside the subject property, no active source of moisture is identified, and air sample results are positively evaluated by comparing the total indoor counts with the exterior or reference counts and then comparing the species types (genus) of microbial spores identified inside versus outside. Additionally, interior total levels, as well as any one or more interior individual genera should be the same or lower than exterior levels, and the types of spores identified indoors should be similar in nature to the types of spores found outdoors."

Mold assessors are licensed to do what they do. We suggest contracting one when completing a mold remediation project!