Mold Inspections and Assessments, Mold Testing | How we find mold problem at Go Above Board

If you live in Naperville, Oswego, Montgomery, Aurora, Plainfield, Yorkville, Sugar Grove or others,

Go Above Board Environmental Inspection Dynamics or Above Board Indoor Environmental Consultants can help you with the following:

Since you sought our services, it is a foregone conclusion that you either suspect you have a mold problem or the potential thereof. We cannot give you a quotation for our mold inspection services without doing a comprehensive phone survey appraisal of your past and current situation. This is done at no charge. Our Assessments, or PSA's (Point Specific Mold Assessment), start at $125. Full mold inspections start at $325. Minimal time required for Full Mold Inspection is 2 hrs. Narrative reports with associated and annotated picture references, and mold test samplings are returned in 24-36 hours via e-mail.

Basic: Name, Address, Phone #’s, Subject Property Location, Time/Date

Specifics: Full Mold Inspection, Point Specific Mold Assessment, Mold Survey, Mold Testing, Consultation

Structure’s Physical Specifics: Type, Size, Residential, Commercial, Industrial

Survey Customer’s Needs: Concerns, Health, Historical factors concerning mold

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of one of our PSA Mold reports.

1 - What do you see?

2 - Anything Unusual?

3 - Something Strange?

4 - Hint! The Neighbor's house to the South

5 - Let's get closer then...

6 - Exterior "Cause" Issues

7 - Garage "Effect" Issues

8 - Basement "Effect" Issues. The mold damage discovered.

Click [ here ] to see an example
of one of our Full Mold Inspection reports.

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Sampling is the only way to prove if there is a mold problem.

The three basic ways we do this is by:

Non-viable Air Spore Trap Mold Impact Test

Direct Tape Lift Mold Test

Bulk samplings of Moldy Material

Air Spore Trap Impact Sampling, tests the air in the environment you breathe for mold spore content. A mold spore is about 1/10 the size of a human hair and is quite ubiquitous.

Minimum number of mold samplings is three. We suggest doing at least one on each livable level. One must always be done outside. It’s called a baseline/control sample. The laboratory requires it for proper sampling of mold protocols. For the most part, outside spore counts should be higher than the inside. It takes experienced professionals to determine the actual mold results, as there are many variables to be considered.

The following are Detailed Results of the Mold Air Sample Analysis sheets:

Direct Tape Lift Sampling determines if mold is growing on a surface. These samples are normally taken in attics and crawlspaces off various decking or structural members. Mold growth is determined by groups, clumps, and chains of spore types accompanied by intact mycelial or sporulating mold structures. If the surface is wet with mold, we do a swab sampling.

The following are Detailed Results of the Mold Surface Sample Analysis sheets:

Bulk sampling of mold is used when a physical sample of the contaminated mold area can be acquired. Protocol of analysis is similar to Direct Tape Lift or Surface Mold Sampling.

All mold sampling requires execution of a legal document called the “Chain of Custody”. At Go Above Board we use MoldREPORT by EMLab P&K.
For an exponent on this: [ www.moldreport.com ]

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