Mold inspection & testing in Gettysburg, PA
Visual inspection, air and surface sampling, moisture mapping and lab reports. Some firms test and remediate; a few test only, which is what you want for an independent opinion or a post-remediation clearance.
One number for the Gettysburg area. Describe the problem and get pointed to the right kind of company.
Mold inspection & testing companies
Visual inspection, air and surface sampling, moisture mapping and lab reports. Some firms test and remediate; a few test only, which is what you want for an independent opinion or a post-remediation clearance.
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Advanced Air Quality Services (Dan the Mold Guy)
Owner-operated mold testing and remediation company based in York, in business since 1997. Also offers air quality testing, duct cleaning and air purification across south-central Pennsylvania including York, Hanover, Gettysburg, Lancaster and Harrisburg.
ASJ Emergency Restoration & Cleaning
Hanover company that began in commercial cleaning over 30 years ago and now provides emergency restoration for water, fire, smoke and mold damage in the York and Hanover area. Offers visual mold inspections and air quality testing in addition to remediation.
C.A.R.E. Property Services, Inc.
Hanover-based restoration and construction company serving Adams and York Counties in Pennsylvania as well as Maryland and Delaware. Provides mold testing and remediation, water mitigation, fire and smoke restoration, biohazard and environmental cleanup, and basement and attic work.
Enviroquest
Harrisburg-based environmental testing and home inspection firm whose service list names Gettysburg, Hanover, Littlestown, New Oxford, York, Chambersburg and Carlisle. Performs mold testing and indoor air quality assessments, plus radon, water and sewer inspections. Testing only; it does not perform remediation.
Green Home Solutions of East York
Franchise location serving the York area with mold testing and remediation using enzyme-based, EPA-registered products. Also offers indoor air quality testing, crawl space encapsulation, odour removal and duct cleaning.
Mason-Dixon Restoration LLC
Restoration contractor with an office in Hanover and another in Ellicott City, Maryland, serving Adams and York Counties plus central Maryland. Offers mold inspection, testing and remediation alongside water extraction, structural drying and fire and smoke cleanup, available 24/7.
Tuckey Restoration Inc.
Restoration division of the Tuckey Companies in Carlisle, serving south-central Pennsylvania including Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry and York Counties. Offers mold testing and remediation, water damage restoration, fire and smoke cleaning and storm damage repair with 24/7 emergency response.
Veterans Restoration
Veteran-owned water, fire and mold restoration company based around Hagerstown, Maryland, whose Pennsylvania service area explicitly covers Adams County (Gettysburg, Littlestown, New Oxford, Biglerville, Carroll Valley), Franklin County and Cumberland County. Provides mold inspection with air and swab sampling, mold removal, water and fire damage cleanup and trauma cleanup, 24/7.
Mold in Gettysburg homes
Gettysburg sits on a mix of limestone and shale with a high water table in the low-lying parts of the borough and along Rock Creek and Marsh Creek. Older homes in the borough have stone or block foundations and dirt or partial crawl spaces; newer subdivisions to the east and south have poured basements that still take on water in a wet spring. Either way, the pattern is the same: moisture gets in, stays, and mold follows.
Most calls are about one of four things:
- Basement mold after a wet season or a sump pump failure.
- Bathroom and attic mold from poor ventilation.
- Post-leak mold behind drywall after a plumbing or roof leak.
- Mold found during a home sale, where the buyer's inspector flags it and a remediation quote is needed fast.
What "mold remediation" means here
Pennsylvania has no state licence for mold work, so any contractor can call themselves a remediator. The companies listed on this site fall into three groups. Restoration contractors (the franchises and the larger independents) handle water damage, drying and mold as one job and can rebuild afterwards. Mold specialists do inspection, testing and remediation and nothing else. Testing-only firms sample the air and surfaces and write a report but do not remove anything, which is what you want when you need an independent opinion.
Whoever you call, the job should follow the IICRC S520 standard: find and stop the moisture source, contain the area, remove porous materials that cannot be cleaned, clean and dry what remains, and verify the result. A quote that skips the first step is not a remediation quote.
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