What we restore · Mould Remediation
Mould — Containment First, Then the Cause
Mould is not the problem. Mould is evidence of a moisture problem, and remediation that does not find the source is a cosmetic exercise with a schedule.
Photographs, moisture readings and a written scope. If you should not file a claim, that is what you will be told.
GC
A general contractor — we rebuild, not just dry
1 year
Florida deadline to report a new or reopened claim
No AOB
We do not ask you to sign over your claim
Licensed
General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
Treating the symptom
Any competent crew can remove visible growth. If the moisture that fed it is still there — a slow supply leak, a failed window seal, a roof penetration, condensation on cold lines in a humid wall — it returns, usually within months and often in the same spot. The remediation was not wrong; it was incomplete.
What proper remediation involves
- Containment before disturbance, so removal does not spread spores through the house.
- Negative air pressure in the work area with filtration.
- Finding and fixing the moisture source, not just the growth.
- Removing porous materials that cannot be cleaned, rather than surface-treating them.
- Post-remediation verification by somebody independent.
How we handle it
- 01Assess the extent, including inside wall cavities where it is invisible.
- 02Identify the moisture source before scoping the removal.
- 03Contain and set negative pressure before disturbing anything.
- 04Remove non-salvageable porous materials; clean what can be cleaned.
- 05Fix the source as part of the same job — that is the GC part.
- 06Independent clearance testing, not our own sign-off.
Florida licenses mould assessors and mould remediators separately, and for good reason: the person who says how much there is should not be the person paid to remove it. We will not do both on the same job, and you should be wary of anyone who offers to.
Said plainly
Where we stop
We will not sign off on our own remediation. Clearance testing is done by an independent assessor, and if that costs us a day, it costs us a day.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can I clean it myself?
- A small surface patch on a hard surface, often yes. Anything inside a wall or across a large area needs containment, or you spread it through the house.
- Does bleach work?
- On hard non-porous surfaces it can. On porous material it treats the surface and leaves what is inside, which is why porous material is removed instead.
- Is mould covered by insurance?
- Often limited, and frequently excluded where it results from long-term seepage rather than a sudden covered event. Read your policy.
- Who does the clearance test?
- An independent assessor. We will not test our own work, and neither should anyone else.
Your situation
Homeowners
The complication for an owner-occupier is that the house has to keep functioning while it is being repaired, and that shapes every scheduling decision.
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Landlords & Rentals
A rental adds two things a homeowner does not have: a tenant with legal rights, and a policy that may cover lost rent.
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Condo Associations
In a condominium the hardest question is not how to dry it. It is whose it is.
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Businesses & Commercial
For a business the repair cost is usually the smaller number. Being closed is the larger one, and the work should be planned around that.
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Seasonal & Absentee Owners
The worst water damage we see is not dramatic. It is a small supply leak in an empty house that ran for months, and it is the hardest category to get paid for.
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More what we restore
Water Damage
A burst supply line, a failed water heater, a supply hose behind a washing machine. The water itself rarely destroys much. What destroys things is how long it sits.
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Storm Damage
After a named storm, everything happens at once: the house is open, every contractor is booked, and unfamiliar crews are knocking on doors.
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Fire & Smoke Damage
In most house fires the flames damage one area and the smoke and the firefighting water damage everything else. The restoration is mostly about those two.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.