Your air conditioning is probably the cause
Why air conditioning causes more mold in Central Texas than roof leaks do, how to check your condensate system, and the five-dollar part that prevents most of it.
What it costs, how long it takes, what your insurer will say, and how to tell whether you have a problem or a cleaning job.
Straight answers to the questions we are actually asked, written for Bryan-College Station rather than for everywhere. Costs, timelines, what Texas law requires, and how to tell a real problem from a cleaning job.
Why air conditioning causes more mold in Central Texas than roof leaks do, how to check your condensate system, and the five-dollar part that prevents most of it.
What the evidence supports about mold and health, what gets oversold by companies selling remediation, and why the colour tells you almost nothing.
How Central Texas humidity produces mold with no leak involved, the 60 percent threshold that decides it, and what to do about a house that is cool but clammy.
Why Texas policies treat mold differently from water, the sudden versus gradual distinction that decides most claims, and what to document on day one.
The 24 to 48 hour window, why Central Texas sits at the fast end of it, and what to do in the first hours to stay on the right side of the line.
What Texas law requires of landlords, what a tenant has to do first, and the mistake that undermines a tenant's position more than any other.
Why Texas freezes produce so much water damage, why the calls come on the thaw day, and how to handle a burst pipe when every crew in town is booked.
For Texas A&M students and parents: how to report it properly, the mistake that wrecks your position, and how to tell a real problem from a cleaning job.
The difference between an inspection and a lab test, when sampling is worth paying for, and when it adds cost without changing anything.
What drives the price of mold remediation in Bryan-College Station, why quotes vary so much, and the questions that make three quotes comparable.
What the two words mean, why the distinction is less useful than it sounds, and the question that actually determines whether you need a contractor.
Ten questions that separate a defined scope from a number on a page, and the answers that should make you keep calling.
What Texas sellers must disclose, why a remediation certificate is worth more than a clean-up, and how to handle mold found during an inspection mid-transaction.
How to find mold you cannot see, what the smell actually tells you, and the six places in a Central Texas house where it hides most reliably.
How Texas licenses mold assessment and remediation, what the 25 contiguous square foot threshold means for you, and why the certificate matters when you sell.
Tell us what you are seeing and where. We come out, find the moisture source, and put the scope and the price in writing before anything is torn out.