Lab-certified air sampling, surface testing, and clearance reports — independent from remediation when objectivity matters. Pre-purchase inspections, post-water-event verification, and chronic-symptom investigations across SWFL.
Mold testing answers three questions: Is there mold? What kind? How much? Air sampling captures spore counts inside vs. outside the building. Surface and cavity sampling identifies the species and concentration in suspected areas. Our reports go to an independent AIHA-accredited lab.
Air pumps run for 5 minutes per sample. Surface or cavity swabs collected from suspected areas. Indoor-vs-outdoor baseline always pulled.
Samples sent to an AIHA-accredited independent lab. Spore counts and species identification.
3-5 business day turnaround. Clear PDF with results, comparison to outdoor baseline, and remediation recommendations if needed.
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A standard residential mold assessment in SWFL runs $350-$800, depending on home size and sample count. Pricing typically includes a visual inspection, moisture mapping, thermal imaging, two outdoor baseline air samples, and three to five indoor air samples (Air-O-Cell cassettes) analyzed by an AIHA-LAP accredited lab. Surface samples (swab or tape-lift) add $50-$85 each. Post-remediation verification with clearance sampling runs $400-$900. Pre-purchase inspections during the option period are often slightly higher because they include a more thorough scope assessment for the buyer's real-estate file.
Not always. If contamination is visible, the species is less important than the moisture source and the scope - a competent remediator can scope from visual and moisture data alone. Pre-remediation testing makes sense when contamination is suspected but not visible (musty odor, occupant symptoms, recent water history), when the cause is in dispute for an insurance claim, when an HVAC system may be involved, or when you need a documented baseline for the property file. A licensed Florida mold assessor (MRSA) - not the remediator - should always do the testing to avoid conflict of interest.
A defensible assessment includes a documented visual inspection of accessible areas, moisture readings with penetrating and non-penetrating meters, thermal imaging to locate hidden moisture, HVAC inspection (and borescoping of supply plenums where indicated), at least two outdoor baseline air samples to establish ambient spore ecology, indoor air samples from each suspect zone using Air-O-Cell or similar spore-trap cassettes, and surface samples (swab or tape-lift) of any visible suspect growth. Results come back from an AIHA-LAP accredited lab with raw spore counts and a comparison-to-outdoor analysis the assessor interprets in a written report.
Standard turnaround at AIHA-LAP accredited labs (EMSL, EMLab P&K) is 48-72 hours from sample receipt. Rush 24-hour and same-day analysis is available at roughly 1.5-2x cost, which we use for real-estate closings under time pressure and for post-remediation clearance when a project is being held open. The written assessor report - interpretation, comparison to outdoor baseline, recommendations - typically follows within one to two business days after lab results return. Total turnaround from inspection to final report is usually four to six business days under standard pricing.
For any SWFL home over 15 years old, any home with prior insurance claims, or any home showing signs of past water intrusion (staining, repaired stucco, replaced flooring), yes - the $500-$800 inspection is inexpensive insurance against a $15,000-$40,000 post-closing remediation. Florida law requires sellers to disclose known material defects, but unknown contamination is the buyer's problem after closing. The standard pre-purchase scope - moisture mapping, thermal imaging, HVAC inspection, three to five air samples - reliably surfaces hidden water history. We recommend independent licensed assessors and never combine inspection with remediation on the same property.
Hardware-store petri dish kits give you essentially no actionable data. They tell you mold spores are present in your home - which is true of every home on earth, because outdoor air contains 500-3,000 spores per cubic meter. Without a calibrated air pump pulling a measured volume across an Air-O-Cell cassette, without simultaneous outdoor baseline samples, and without AIHA-LAP lab analysis comparing species and concentration to outdoors, there is no way to determine whether your indoor levels are normal or elevated. The kits also cannot identify hidden moisture sources, which is the actual problem you are trying to find.
Inspection is the visual and instrumented assessment - moisture mapping, thermal imaging, HVAC review, identification of suspect areas and water sources - performed by a Florida-licensed mold assessor. Testing is the sample collection (air, surface, bulk) and AIHA-LAP lab analysis that quantifies what is actually in the air or on a surface. You can have an inspection without testing (when visible contamination and clear moisture history make sampling unnecessary), but you should not have testing without an inspection - sample results without the context of moisture, HVAC, and visual findings are not meaningfully interpretable.
PRV is the IICRC S520 clearance step performed by a third-party licensed assessor after remediation work is complete but before containment comes down and reconstruction begins. It includes a visual verification that the scope was executed, a dust and debris assessment inside the containment, moisture verification that materials have returned to dry standard, and post-remediation air sampling compared to outdoor baselines. A passing PRV - indoor spore counts and species at or below outdoor baseline - is what allows the project to close. A failing PRV requires the remediator to return and re-clean before retesting.