No Water Damage Restoration Provider can treat more surface area in your home or business, with higher efficacy and at a lower cost than Mold Busters Columbia.
Suspect Mold? A Mold Inspection is your place to start.
At no cost, an experienced mold expert that has done hundreds of inspections will visit your home or business, and perform a visual inspection. This includes performing moisture and hygrometer readings at all locations at your property where you have clearly
experienced water damage or excessive humidity, as well as locations where you have believe have contributed to health symptoms.
During this visit, the micro certified mold assessor will also provide an estimate of what it would cost to ensure mold is completely gone!
There are two types of tests: Swab, and Air Sample tests. Air tests are the gold standard.
However the first question to answer... is mold testing necessary at all?
We have seen and identified mold hundreds of times. When the signs are clear that your property has sustained water damage, then testing may be nothing more than unnecessary expense. However there are three exceptions
Pre-Testing
Post-Testing
If you meet any of these criteria, request testing!
Mold Busters Columbia has access to a patented technology that nobody else can offer; our breakthrough dry fog machines from Pure Maintenance. We have the exclusive license for Columbia, Irmo, Seven Oaks, St. Andrews, West Columbia, Oak Grove, Lexington, Irmo, and every other city in Aiken, Richland and Lexington Counties.
We follow all the best practices that water damage restoration companies are trained to follow throughout the country. This includes quarantining affected areas and physically removing and scrubbing away mold.
However, what traditional methods can't offer, and can't accomplish is total treatment of all surface areas on a property.
With our dry fog we easily treat 100-times the surface area versus traditional best practices. Think of Mold Busters Columbia as the deepest clean your home has ever experienced... Disinfecting the interior of your entire HVAC system, disinfecting mattresses, closets, drawers, furniture, carpets, walls, ceilings, bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, bedrooms, and the tightest, hardest to reach spaces throughout your home. We can even get the most difficult to reach spots in attics, and crawl spaces.
Best of all, this additional protocol can simultaneously give superior results while saving you money!
Mold Remediation and Mold Removal are two different things. Mold remediation includes everything to make your property complete and whole again; free of mold to the fullest extent possible. While Mold Removal is a few steps in that remediation process; namely the physical removal of mold. This includes tear out and air scrubbing. This removal is a very important step, but on its own it isn't enough to get a water damaged home's mold count to an acceptable level. This is why we are adamant, for the best results, that for an entire property, we kill and denature all mold using an EPA, hospital-grade registered sterilant. This is critical and will provide the peace of mind that you did everything necessary to eliminate any potential for mold to have a negative impact on the health of any occupants.
After we kill and denature the entire premise, we then take one more step. We dry fog the entire property one more time using an anti-microbial designed to prevent and keep mold at bay for months after we complete remediation. This is one reason why, if there are no new water events, we are able to guarantee our work for a year after we complete mold remediation.
Our Air purification service is a one-time service with our two-step dry fog. It is a complete and total cleanse of the entire volme of air, all furnishings and contents and all surfaces in your property.
We use an EPA-registered, hospital-grade sterilant to disinfect your property of all types of viruses, bacteria and molds.
We then dry fog your property a second time with an FDA-registered anti-microbial that provides a protective layer that prevents mold, and other pathogens from surviving on surfaces in your property.
Both of our dry fogs are non-caustic, and safe for electronics, fabrics, and any valuables.
Both products are also eco-friendly, and within hours breakdown into naturally occurring products, that are safe for all occupants and pets.
Moisture control is a professional service that is most valuable in humid climates. Flooding , a leak in the building envelope, ground water penetration or a failure in plumbing or an appliance are all water-events that can happen anywhere, including the dryest desert. The biggest challenge though is humidity. Humidity control in the indoor environment in South Carolina is a 24/7 need.
There are number ways to address humidity, with a dehumidfier being an obvious indispensable tool in the fight against mold indoors. Another tool is Vapor Barriers.
A vapor barrier helps prevent moisture from accumulating inside wall cavities, crawl spaces, or subfloors. While a dehumidifier helps with humidity that has entered the outer "building barrier", a vapor barrier helps stop moisture from ever entering in the first place.
Materials like insulation, plywood, and drywall are hygroscopic—they absorb moisture. A vapor barrier stops this process, preventing degradation over time.
Moisture in walls reduces the effectiveness of insulation. A vapor barrier helps maintain dry insulation, keeping HVAC systems from overworking.
Mold Busters hasn't always offered vapor barriers, but we understand the value and the need for long-term results from our mold remediation work, and wanted to keep offering our 1-year guarantee. With the humidity in the Columbia area being so high, it was essentially impossible to honor our guarantee. If you know you don't have an effective vapor barrier, this will be a critical addition for a sufficient mold remediation protocol. It is critical that you contact us today.
We handle all the demolition and removal water damaged materials. In a large number of cases, in instances of a small drip leak from a pipe or appliance can result in 25 square feet or less in damage. In these cases we directly do the rebuild, or patch job which includes sheet rock and paint on a ceiling and/or wall. For damage to flooring, cabinets, or more extensive damage overall , we select a few exceptional contractors to work with, and can be a valuable connection to ensuring you get an honest contractor that does quality work.
Either way, whether we do it, or work closely with a contractor we trust, the experience will have the feeling of a one-stop-shop service.
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