Mold Assessment and Testing Services Available in Pittsburgh, PA

Why Get A Mold Inspection?

Determining your property’s health is critical to your family’s health. The Mold Men of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has professional project estimators certified to provide mold inspections and testing. We believe that pre-diagnostic mold testing is essential—it ensures a more accurate mold assessment—but the initial visual mold inspection is always the first step. We want to provide the right services and correct your mold issues.

Estimating the job correctly is very important because we know that providing you with the correct information and pricing is important to you!

Difference Between a Mold Inspection and a Mold Test

A mold inspection without a mold test is based on what our certified mold assessors can physically see. It is purely a visual inspection, which is always a great start to determine your situation. The visual inspection is primarily based on the inspector’s experience and knowledge about mold. A certified mold assessor can give you a better, more reliable mold inspection with an accredited laboratory test. A mold test will more accurately verify if a mold infestation problem exists. As certified specialists, we usually recommend mold testing, but it’s optional in some situations. A post-analysis mold test, once remediation is complete, is always recommended.

MOLD ASSESSMENTS

We are experts in the business of Mold. When you call Mold Men of Pittsburgh an experienced staff assessor will come to your property, meet with you, and do a visual site inspection and consultation that is FREE OF CHARGE in our normal service areas within a 5 county area surrounding Pittsburgh.

The purpose of this initial inspection is to IDENTIFY obvious areas of concern and to identify what needs to be done to REMOVE mold from your property. With a site inspection we also will provide you with an ESTIMATE which details the work plan needed and the costs of mold removal services.

Our staff assessors are experts in the business of Mold, mold removal and damages caused by mold and water. They do this every day, all the time, and they provide the NECESSARY first step in any Mold Assessment process which is accurate identification of the issues, the cause and correction of the issues, and recommendations on what needs to be done to PREVENT the re-occurrence of Mold.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY MOLD REMEDIATION PROJECT IS TO GET AN “ ACCURATE ASSESSMENT “ OF WHY YOU HAVE MOLD AND OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO EFFECTIVELY REMOVE MOLD. WHEN YOU CALL MOLD MEN OF PITTSBURGH YOU WILL GET ALL THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WE HAVE IN THIS BUSINESS.

A Mold Inspection Gives You:

A visual inspection for services
A moisture level analysis with digital hygrometer readings and observations of wetness conditions in the environment
Recommendations for controlling moisture levels
Specific analysis of building materials and identification of what materials are infected and need to be removed

A Certified Mold Test Gives You:

Lab-certified scientific analysis that identifies species and concentration of mold
Written laboratory report with complete scientific analysis
3rd party verification is not only dependent on inspection

The most common type of mold test is the air cassette tape. There’s also a stick or tape test, a sterile swab test, and a bulk or material sample test. Invasive wall testing can be done to determine concealed contamination. A mold test takes the guesswork out of a mold inspection and will give you verifiable information on whether you need mold remediation work.

MOLD TESTING

Mold Men of Pittsburgh DOES OFFER and DOES PROVIDE mold testing services. The inspector who comes out to your home can take initial mold testing analysis for the PURPOSE of providing scientific mold test analysis to be used in writing the most accurate analysis and work plan estimate as possible.

WE BELIEVE MOLD TESTING IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN WRITING THE MOST ACCURATE ASSESSMENT AS POSSIBLE. WE ENCOURAGE MOLD TESTING IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHAT LEVEL OR LEVELS OF MOLD YOU MAY HAVE. MOLD TESTING DOES TAKE SOME OF THE “GUESS WORK” OUT OF MOLD ASSESSMENT SO WE DO OFFER AND WE DO PROVIDE MOLD TESTING SERVICES WITH ASSESSMENTS.

There is a cost associated with mold testing because of the testing equipment necessary and due to microbial lab fees. Mold Testing fees do need to be paid for up front.
The cost of testing is going to VARY depending on the number of tests necessary to take to do a comprehensive analysis.
MOLD TESTING COSTS WITH MOLD MEN OF PITTSBURGH generally run/cost between 350.00-550.00 dollars.

Mold Men of Pittsburgh is affiliate with and a partner with the MICROBIAL LAB U.S. MICRO-SOLUTIONS in Latrobe, Pa. All testing and test results from testing we do comes from U.S. Micro-Solutions microbial laboratory.

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE MOLD TESTING DONE FOR US TO GIVE YOU AN ASSESSMENT BUT IF YOU WANT OR CHOOSE TO HAVE MOLD TESTING DONE WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR YOU.

The Cost of Mold Testing

The cost of a mold test varies depending on the type and number of tests taken. Each situation is different, but we