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Our company has been a family owned and operated business for over ten years. Our business has grown every year because of our commitment to customer satisfaction. Most of our clients have come from referrals and we feel our continued growth is because our customers recognize the personal, yet professional, service we try to provide. We plan to keep on serving you with high quality mold testing and remediation services that include attention to each customer's individual and unique needs. 


Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We strive to bring you the best in quality service. If something isn't right, please let us know.


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1. BE SURE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH. If you were told you have an animal in your house, your first question would be, "What kind of animal?" Based on the answer, you will know the best way to "suit up" for the encounter. If you know you have a kitty-cat, you may need a pair of gloves to keep from getting scratched. If you know you have a lion, you might want a whip, a chair, and a pistol - just in case. It's the same with mold. If you are going to clean up some common allergenic molds you may only need a cheap dust mask and a pair of rubber gloves. If you are going to clean up toxic mold, you'll need an expensive respirator and other protective gear. Perhaps you will want to set up a containment area to keep toxic mold spores from contaminating other areas of your home. Taping off vents and duct work can help prevent the spread of toxic spores into the HVAC system as well.

2. VERIFY THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. Many of the indoor mold problems you will encounter are the direct result of water intrusion, i.e. improper drainage and irrigation, plumbing leaks, rain and condensation issues. After discovering the root of the problem and correcting it, you may be able to clean the area with bleach — depending on the scope of the contamination. In the event you choose to do the clean up yourself, it is important to understand that bleach is only good for cleaning mold off of a surface. It should NOT be used for cleaning mold that is deeply embedded. Bleach dries too quickly to penetrate deep enough into wood or drywall to reach embedded mold, therefore, it does not always reach mold that is embedded beyond the surface. For that reason, after or instead of cleaning with bleach, use a mildewcide (not a fungicide) disinfect cleaner to penetrate deep into contaminated construction materials to kill embedded mold. After this, you must take care to thoroughly dry the cleaned area. If there is any trace of mold left behind, it is only a matter of time before you will repeating the entire process. One way to be sure your clean up is effective is to have the cleaned materials re-tested by your inspector.

3. HIRING A CONTRACTOR.
If you choose to have a contractor clean up the contamination, there are a couple of important matters for you to consider: 
 
a) Hire ONLY experienced Mold Mitigation/Remediation Contractors. There are many fine and well established remodeling companies around who do great remodeling work but are not well experienced in mold remediation. Remodeling contractors who are not remediation specialist can make a bad situation absolutely horrible with their lack of mold experience.
 
b) Insist on references of customers who's jobs are at least one year old. A mold clean up job can look really great right after it's finished. However, if it isn't done correctly, the problem can come back much worse than before within six months to a year.