Is Mold Invading Your Home?
Welcome. I’m Joe Crivello, founder of Mold Free Now!
I have performed hundreds of mold inspections throughout Colorado. If you’ve got mold, I’ll find it and get rid of it. Contact me today for your FREE mold consultation and visual inspection of your property. Don’t put it off any longer … find out how easy it is to be Mold Free Now!
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Mold Removal and Remediation – Mold Testing and Inspection in Colorado Springs
Why Am I Doing This?
Some people have asked me why I don’t charge for mold inspections. That’s a fair question. I was the first in the area to offer this service for free, now I see a few others are advertising the same thing! That’s good … as long as they don’t just use the offer as a means of “finding” something they can then charge you a high price to remove.
95% of the homes I inspect for mold do not have a serious problem!
This is not some sort of trick to get in your house where I can mislead you about your mold problem. I would never do that … I don’t need to, I have more business than I can handle already! Ever since my wife was diagnosed with mold poisoning I have felt like this was part of my mission in life.
Anyway, if you want my help just fill out the form to the right and I will try to respond as quickly as I can. If you need immediate help you can call my cell phone at (719) 351-2333.
Thanks and God bless. -Joe
Joe Crivello – A.K.A. “Mold Guy”
Mold Testing and Inspection
Mold likes to hide. It thrives in dark, damp places such as attics, crawl spaces or behind the walls. In many cases it can be seen, but what do you do when it’s not openly visible? Take the next step and contact a professional.
The first question we ask a potential client is, “can you see the mold?”. Naturally if you can see where mold is actually growing this takes you from the need for a mold inspection and straight to the process of mold removal and remediation. Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy to spot and a professional inspection needs to be performed.
This is where we come to your home or business and examine it thoroughly from attic to crawl space. Where to look and how to recognize mold is part of our training, but sometimes additional tools are needed. The single most effective way to determine if mold spores are present in your house, and to what degree, is by performing an air test.
The air test involves a specially designed machine that pulls air in from the suspect room and traps it in a cassette which is then sent off to a lab for testing. The results are usually returned within 48 hours and the presence of any mold types will be reported along with the actual count.
An air sampling is also taken outside to establish a “baseline” from which to judge whether the count in the inside is unusually high compared to the normal outside range. Also of particular interest is the presence of stachybotrys, sometimes called black mold or toxic mold. Although any mold growth in the home is bad, this mold in particular can be quite harmful to your health.
Mold Removal and Remediation
Mold removal is basically getting rid of the mold. If the mold growth is on drywall, for example, then that drywall is sealed up in a heavy plastic bag and removed from the premises. All of this work is performed behind a “containment wall” with fans to create negative air to keep any mold spores from traveling to other parts of the structure.
Mold remediation is the process for treating areas where mold is actually growing on a more permanent part of the building, such as a wooden joist or concrete. In this case a containment area is setup and we apply our Green Performance Technology products to kill the roots of the mold spores and then HEPA vacuum the area thoroughly. For more on this procedure watch our Step by Step video training.
Mold mitigation is the action taken to reduce the severity and seriousness of the presence of mold in your home or office. Mold naturally occurs in nature and inside of our homes. Mitigation is the term that describes our purpose to reduce the levels of harmful spores to an acceptable norm. We make no claim to remove the presence of any mold type completely 100% and would caution against hiring those who do.
Although each job we do is a bit different the primary procedures are the same. It’s not rocket science but knowledge of mold has increased tremendously in just the last few years. We maintain our continuing education and remain on the cutting edge of technology to keep our clients safe and secure.
Remember, for a mold inspection, or for mold removal and remediation in Colorado contact us today!