Is Your Home Safe from Mold?
Waypoint Property Inspection East can complete mold air quality testing with your home inspection.
We can advanced equipment to capture air samples and then send the samples off to a lab for further review under a microscope. Furthermore, because our home inspectors are experts, we can evaluate where the mold is coming from and what to do about it.
How does Mold Get into Your Home?
Mold can be a variety of bacteria and allergens in the air. Mold ultimately needs a water source and a food source. Therefore, mold is actually everywhere in the natural environment. However, water intrusion and a food source like dust or drywall can accelerate mold growth in your home. Mold in your home can go airborne into the air, live behind baseboards, and be destructive to your investment.
What are the risks of living with mold?
Mold can cause a multitude of health effects and symptoms such as: cough, headaches, vomiting, and more. Although most symptoms are sources of prolonged exposure to mold, you should check with your doctor if you are getting sick often are particularly sensitive to mold. It many of these cases, you should have a mold test completed for health safety.
How We Test for Mold
Waypoint works with a local Florida laboratory, ProLab.
When Waypoint arrives at your home, we will conduct an outside sample of the air to use as a control sample. Next, we will collect interior air samples in rooms of concern or of living (living room, master bedroom). While the samples are being taken, an inspector can evaluate your home for possible sources of the mold.
Once the tests and inspection is completed, the samples are sent to ProLab for evaluation. The results are typically returned 3 business days after the initial inspection day.
Schedule Your Mold Testing & Inspection
If you would like a thorough, professional inspection of your home by an expert, schedule an inspection today!