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Services
The objective of the client is to have a professional mold inspection and
remediation company identify and resolve a potential mold contamination problem
in their home or property.
Initial Contact
When the client calls into AMR, one of our representatives gathers
information from the client regarding inspection for the property; this
is to determine if the client does have a mold problem.
The representative will ask a few particular questions, such as:
- Contact Name
- Property Address
- Has there been any water damage recently
- Is the mold visible (description of mold)
- Is anyone sick in the home
- Are there any elderly/children or pet in the home
The certified mold inspector gains insight to the property as to the situation
of the property and of what areas to focus.
The representative will assign the client a specified time, date and certified
mold inspector. If there is a scheduling conflict AMR will accommodate to
the client’s schedule as much as possible.
Inspection
When the inspector arrives at the property location, he identifies
himself to the client as an AMR inspector and proceeds to inspect the outer
areas of the property. AMR will conduct a free visual mold inspection of
the property prior to any testing or remediation.
The visual inspection for the area outside of the property consists of:
- Inspecting the foundation of the property for cracks
- Inspecting any cracks on the property itself
- Inspecting the grading of the property
- Inspecting the drainage spouts and making sure they draining away from
the house
The visual inspection for the area inside of the property consists of:
- Inspecting all areas inside the property (only areas the client allocates)
- Inspecting the HVAC system (if applicable)
- Inspecting all areas with a Protemeter
After a thorough inspection, the inspector will give his analysis of the
situation. If there is no visible evidence of mold contamination and no water
damage, the inspector will ask if you would like to have further analysis
of the situation, otherwise there is not enough sufficient evidence of mold
contamination. If there are visible signs of mold contamination or if there
are signs of water intrusion, the inspector will suggest that you have the
mold tested.
Mold Testing
The inspector will take samples of the mold, airborne or stationed,
and send them to our professional laboratory. This part of the AMR inspection
is not free; there is a fee that is applied to this service.
The testing will entail the following:
- Tape/Bulk/Swab (taking samples of the visible mold)
- Air Sample (taking non-visible air spores)
The laboratory results will take approximately 24 to 72 hours. When the
results are given to AMR, we immediately send a copy of the results to the
client with a letter explaining what molds were found and what effects they
may cause to your health. Per the results of the laboratory results, the
inspector will advise for or against remediation.
Remediation (the professional abatement and removal
of mold)
AMR will submit a written proposal to the client for possible
remediation for the property.
The proposal includes:
- Background information given by the inspector
- Estimation of Technician
- For Your Information
- Laboratory results (if applicable)
- Health Effects of Mold
- Scope of Work
- Limitations, Liabilities, and Exclusions
- Contractual Agreement/Monetary Terms
- Contact Information and Accreditations
After the client has received the proposal, it is to the client’s
discretion to call AMR to schedule remediation for the property. The client
and AMR’s representative will collaborate with the time and date of
remediation. A crew of certified mold remediators will arrive at the property
at the scheduled time and date. All water infiltration and intrusion issues
must be addressed prior to AMR’s remediation of the property to prevent
mold contamination to the same area.
The remediation process includes the following:
- Set up Polyethylene Containment Barrier
- Set up Negative Air Machine
- Remove any damaged materials and discard in 6-mil polyethylene sheeting
- HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Air) sand and vacuum any contaminated
horizontal and/or vertical surfaces
- Apply anti-fungal biocide with sprayer
- Encapsulate with anti-microbial paint
- Apply cold-mist air fogger (if applicable)
- Treat the HVAC system (if applicable)
- Re-build or build-back any items that were removed during remediation
(if applicable)
Once the remediation has concluded, the project manager will inform the
client of remediation completion. The project manager will then inform the
client of remediation completion and schedule a post remediation testing
to ensure all mold has been removed from the area, per the request of the
client. A Certificate of Remediation will be issued
to the client when the remediation is completed or after the results are
given from post remediation testing, if the client had testing.
The Certificate of Remediation is a warranty
of our remediation treatment for either six(6) months or one(1) year. This
will guarantee that if the area we remediated has any mold contamination
within the certificate’s designated time period, we will come back
to the property and remediate the area again for no charge!
Follow-up with customer
The follow-up will occur when we have completed all remediation
and testing. The project manager will call the client and ask if the remediation
was satisfactory and if there are any further questions they would like
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