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Granite Man Property Maintenance offers basement mold removal and testing. In fact, we have performed thousands of basement mold jobs and inspections since we were founded. If you are looking to eliminate your basement mold problem for good, you have come to the right place.

A note about basement mold testing: we can also test for basement mold. But if you have an obvious visible mold problem, in most cases you can skip the test and save your money. Why? Mold testing is almost never needed when visible mold is present (EPA agrees too), because the steps to properly remove the mold are the same regardless of the type of mold you have. In these cases, if you have obvious visible mold, we can just give you a Free Quote to remove it.

The proper way to professionally remove is the same regardless of the color or type of mold. The industry standard and steps do not change based on what color or type the mold is.

Causes of Basement Mold

All mold, including basement mold, is caused by a water or a moisture problem. In a basement, this is typically caused by flooding, a crack in the foundation, a plumbing leak or simply high humidity.

Our Basement Mold Remediation Process

The size and scope of a mold removal or remediation job in a basement can vary considerably. A flooded basement, for example, is obviously going to be a lot more work than say a small plumbing leak confined to one single closet in the basement.

But regardless of the size or scope of the basement mold problem, we always follow the same industry process, as follows:

1. Containment. This just means sealing off and containing the work area where the mold problem is located to prevent or limit the mold from spreading to other areas of your home or business where there is not a mold problem.
2. HEPA Air Scrubbing. Here, we use industrial-strength air mover machines with HEPA air filters to clean the air and capture the mold spores in the air. HEPA filters can capture 99.97% of all airborne and microscopic mold spores which pass through the filters.
3. Selective Demo. Not all mold problems require demo. But when it is required, we focus only on removing impacted materials such as drywall that cannot be salvaged.
4. HEPA Vacuum. Here, we use vacuums with HEPA filters to vacuum the work area to capture the mold spores on the visible surfaces.
5. Antimicrobial Cleaning. This step involves detailed cleaning of the contaminated area with hospital-grade antimicrobial cleaning agents to kill mold growth.
6. Final HEPA Vacuuming & Clean-Up of Work Area. We once again do HEPA vacuuming and perform an antimicrobial wipe-down on surfaces where mold spores may have settled within the work area.
7. QC Check & Customer Sign-Off In the final step, we do a detailed quality control check and do a walk through with the customer (when they are available) to go over the completed job. Once the customer signs off, we take down containment and clean up the work area.

Benefits of Basement Mold Removal Service

Basement mold can be tricky because the mold can keep returning if you do not properly assess the water source and fix it. With thousands of jobs of experience, Granite Man Property Maintenance can make sure the problem is correctly diagnosed and eliminated for good.

Aside from peace of mind you receive from knowing the job will be done right, here are other benefits you receive when you hire Granite Man Property Maintenance:

• Restoring clean air for you and your family or business
• Protecting the value of your home or business
• Time (Your busy, let us handle it)

We are experts at attic mold removal and testing and have successfully eliminated mold problems in thousands of attics since we opened.

While we can perform attic mold testing, when necessary, in reality when obvious visible mold is present in the attic, testing is almost never needed because the proper way to remove attic mold is the same regardless of what type of mold it is.

Do you have attic mold?

Any of these are possible signs that you might have attic mold:

• Dark stains on the attic wood (e.g. plywood, rafters, trusses, ridges, etc.)
• Wood rot in attic
• Stuffy, hot air in attic
• Musty or mildew smell in attic
• Dripping water from ceiling fans and/or smoke detectors
• Frost accumulation in roof sheathing

Note further that almost all attic mold is caused by either a roof leak or poor ventilation.

Causes of Attic Mold

Most attic mold problems are due to poor ventilation in the attic, allowing moisture to accumulate on the wood over time and eventually leading to mold growth. Sometimes we see attic mold caused by roof leaks too, but most of the time it is due to poor ventilation and not a roof leak.

Our Attic Mold Removal Process

It typically takes Granite Man Property Maintenance 1-2 days to successfully do attic mold remediation.  Our attic mold removal process is as follows:

1. Contain the work area
2. Set HEPA air scrubber(s)
3. Treat all mold-impacted surfaces with hospital-grade antimicrobial cleaning agent
4. Stain-removal OR encapsulation with tinted antifungal stain-blocker
5. Final cleanup of work area
6. Customer sign-off

Benefits of Attic Mold Removal Service

One of the most important reasons to hire Granite Man Property Maintenance for your attic job is our experience. This matters because attics can be dangerous due to limited space, extreme temperatures, poor ventilation, poor visibility, electrical hazards, structural instability and pests/wildlife.

Aside from safety issues, here are other benefits you receive when you hire us:

• Restoring clean air for you and your family or business
• Protecting the value of your home or business
• Time (Your busy, let us handle it)
• Peace of mind
• One and done - mold problems can recur if not fixed properly. We eliminate this possibility.

Granite Man Property Maintenance offers bathroom mold removal and testing to residential and commercial customers. We have successfully eliminated mold problems for thousands of customers, and we can do the same for you. 

Causes of Bathroom Mold

Mold in bathrooms might be the most common mold problem we see. Why? Because mold requires a water or moisture source, and the bathroom provides a perfect one.

Important: many bathroom mold issues do not require a professional to fix. For example: everyday shower mold on tile that keeps returning. This is likely happening because you do not have proper ventilation or way to dry out the water after using the shower or bath. But if you increase ventilation after every shower or bath use and use an everyday product Tilex or Clorox Cleanup to clean the mold, you might be able to eradicate your mold problem with just a few dollars and a little bit of elbow grease.

When should you consider hiring a professional?

For more complex situations, like a a leak behind the bathroom walls, Granite Man Property Maintenance is here to help. These can be tricky to assess and fix but we have thousands of jobs experience and are experts at identifying the causes of a mold problem and eliminating the mold problem for good.

Our Process

Our bathroom mold remediation or removal process is based on industry accepted practices and is as follows:

1. Containment. This just means sealing off the bathroom and containing the work area. We do this to prevent or limit the mold problem from  spreading from the bathroom to other areas of your home or business.
2. HEPA Air Scrubbing. Here, we use air mover machines with HEPA air filters to clean the air and capture the mold spores in the air. HEPA filters can capture 99.97% of all airborne and microscopic mold spores which pass through the filters.
3. Selective Demo. Not all mold problems require demo.  But if you have a bathroom leak behind a wall, we will need to open up the walls to not only clean the mold behind the walls but also ensure that the water problem is fixed.
4. HEPA Vacuum. Here, we use vacuums with HEPA filters to vacuum the work area to capture the mold spores on the visible surfaces.
5. Antimicrobial Cleaning. This step involves detailed cleaning of the contaminated area with hospital-grade antimicrobial cleaning agents all around your bathroom to kill mold growth.
6. Final HEPA Vacuuming & Clean-Up of Work Area. We once again do HEPA vacuuming and perform an antimicrobial wipe-down on surfaces where mold spores may have settled within the work area.
7. QC Check & Customer Sign-Off In the final step, we do a detailed quality control check and do a walk through with the customer (when they are available) to go over the completed job. Once the customer signs off, we take down containment and clean up the work area.