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Certified Mold Inspection and Mold Testing in Massachusetts

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https://airenvironments.com

Healthy Indoor Air Quality

Professional Certified Trained Inspectors

  • Mold Testing and Mold Inspections
  • Indoor Air Quality Solutions
  • Council Certified Microbial Consultant
  • Indoor Environmental Consultations

Advanced certifications in mold testing and mold inspections. We provide indoor allergy tests and mold testing, water damage, and moisture assessments. Our thorough inspections include a visual site inspection along with a protocol of mold sampling where and if needed. We utilize moisture meters for water and excess moisture and relative humidity detection, water losses, and property damage for homes, offices, and businesses.

Environmental Consultations to provide indoor air quality solutions and goals to help identify the problem and minimize impact due to floods, storms, pipe leaks, mold, high relative humidity, or condensation. Environmental Resources is here to offer peace of mind for your home, business, and office. We provide a thorough visual inspection to look for and detect black mold, allergenic or pathogenic mold fungi. Indoor air testing and direct sampling, odor investigations, and allergy assessments for pollen, dander, fibers, dust, or dust mites. We can provide supervised independent oversight, support for mold remediation projects, and post-mold remediation verification following industry standards and guidelines. Healthy home indoor air quality consulting to point you in the right direction with preventative measures where needed. May your air quality be clean so that you may breathe easier whether it is mold, allergies, flooding, or odors.

Quality Service

Detailed comprehensive mold and moisture reports including observations and considerations of the scope of work. Rapid turnaround time for real estate or other emergencies of mold samples from accredited A.H.I.A. and E.M.P.A.T. (Environmental Microbiology Proficiency Analytical Testing Certified Microbiological Labs.)   

Mold contamination and mold spores can affect your health, especially those with asthma, COPD, allergies and weak immune systems, your own home infested with mold growth, excess water leaks, dampness, high relative humidity, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning – H.V.A.C. issues. Mold has no respect for where it grows providing the right temperature, nutrients, food source of porous materials, and conditions of indoor environments. If you suspect mold inside your environment, moldy odors, musty moldy basement or crawlspace, attic, bathroom, bedroom, office, and more then call us, the mold and moisture professional. Special assignments and environmental networking – consulting available upon request.

Environmental Resources https://www.airenvironments.com

info@airenvironments.com

781-248-9975

https://www.airenvironments.com

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About Us

Indoor Air Quality Solutions

https://www.promoldinspections.com 781-2148-9975

Environmental Resources is a small consulting company established in 2003 in the Massachusetts area serving the coastal areas of the north and south shore, Cape Cod, and greater Boston. We are dedicated to providing your family, home, office, or business with healthier living indoors with the latest state-of-the-art technologies for your indoor air quality needs such as professional mold and moisture inspections and certified mold testing. 

We provide environmental consulting for a variety of indoor air quality needs and solutions. Needs such as breathing clean indoor air with a concern for potential health exposure of the air you breathe, and saving you up to thousands of dollars if necessary.

My name is Andy Provitola, I am the owner and a certified consultant of this unique company. I hold a bachelor’s degree in B.A. and continue to learn in classes and trade conferences in the environmental science field such as microbiology, health and safety, indoor air quality, etc. The current field experience I have personally conducted hundreds of mold inspections, consultations, and assessments in over 19 plus years. Using the latest state-of-the-art equipment to help detect mold growth and excess moisture. We do not perform mold removal or remediation, so we provide you with an objective independent evaluation with no conflict of interest. 

Our goal for our clients is to help point you in the right direction and help you save possibly thousands of dollars in unwanted mold remediation and mold removal costs when it is not necessary. When mold remedial is necessary we can provide a scope of work if needed. We recommend this protocol utilizing EPA or ANSI/IICRC S520 industry standards and guidelines for mold remediation projects. Currently, there are no Federal Threshold Limit Values TLV’s of governmental standards for testing for mold.

Professional Certifications:​

  • CMC #1009018: Council Certified Microbial Consultant: ACAC
  • Building Envelopes: Flir Infrared Thermal Camera
  • OSHA 40 HAZWOPER 29 CFR 1910.120
  • Water Damage Restoration-IICRC
  • Laboratories are Microbiological AIHA & EMPAT certified where samples are analyzed
  • Many other certifications or attendance for Indoor Science conferences with mold and air quality, etc

Locations:

Serving South Shore Hingham-Norwell, Scituate, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Pembroke Massachusetts, Cape Cod – Martha’s Vineyard- Barnstable County, Plymouth County, Norfolk County, Middlesex County, Suffolk County, Middlesex County, Brisol County

Environmental Resources http://www.airenvironments.com

781-248-9975

Healthy Indoor Air Quality

Ice Dams-Heat Loss Culprit for Attic Mold

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Most attics are non living spaces and are popular in most of the homes in new England and Northeast Region of the country. Some times there are roof leaks, ice dams from the roof surfaces and toward the fascia boards leaking toward the ceiling of the floor just under the attic floor joist.

Have you noticed any dark or black stains on the roof bays and trusses. Mold contamination or spores begin to grow due to the dampness and excess moisture. This may not always be from a roof leak. So how does this occur?

Heat loss can be one of the culprits. Lack of proper insulation installed in the floor joist of the attic space. The R value is to be at least 30-38 of thickness. Parts of the floor insulation is missing or removed because some careless utility contractor did not place the insulation back properly. The purpose of insulating your house is to keep the living space warm.

Air sealing can help to block heat from the living space of the home from escaping into the attic. Sometimes heat escapes through the recessed cannister lights not covered or the attic access opening is not insulated properly.

For some reason a lot of HVAC units for heating and air conditioning are installed in the attic space. Although it is popular and has been installed for years it is not the best option, especially, when the unit is installed in the attic. Loose duct vents and ducts allowing heating or cooling to escape causing excess moisture.

During the winter months cold freezing air can cause a film of frost eaves to freeze on the surface of the roof bays. When heat escapes into the attic space it begins to melt the frost causing the roof bays and beams to become moist which in turn will cause mold fungi to grow on the surfaces over a period of time. If there is a lack of proper ventilation the roof bays cannot become dry with the proper air flow venting. Attic space temperature is very similar to the outside temperature and is usually a five degree difference if the insulation and venting is installed properly. Excess relative humidity can also become a factor especially in the hot and humid months. Relative humidity is best in the range of 35% to 60 % on average for an attic space.

You may want to consider a mold and moisture assessment of your home if you notice these dark stains or smell moldy like odors. We utilize Thermal Infrared Camera optimization to determine heat loss, cooling loss, or temperature differential patterns.

Andy Provitola CMC

Environmental Resources & Services

Pembroke, Massachusetts.

781-248-9975

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