After a fire in my kitchen, and after the insurance company sent in a fire restoration company to clean-up all the damage in my apartment, I had Angstrom Mold Inspection Services inspect my apartment before the walls, floors, and ceilings were re-built to make sure that there were no remaining toxic substances in my apartment, which still smelled terrible.
They inspected the walls and ceilings in my apartment for mold, and they collected samples of dust from the floors for lead, asbestos, and silica. They also collected soot samples from the windowsills in my bedroom. They sent the samples to a lab, and the samples came back positive for mold, lead, asbestos, silica, and carbon soot.
Therefore, the clean-up work performed by the restoration company was inadequate, and a lot more removal and cleaning work needed to be done in my apartment before the rebuild work could be performed. However, the insurance company was done with the remediation part of my claim, and they were not going to pay for any additional remediation work.
My apartment is on the top floor of the building. The fire department broke through the roof, and they filled my apartment with water to put out the fire. They also broke a few walls. The insurance company sent in a fire restoration company to remove my damaged property and the damaged wall, ceiling, and floor materials. However, they were also supposed to clean the remaining walls, floors, and ceilings throughout the apartment that were not damaged/removed.
The building is old, so there is lead paint on most of the walls. As it turns out, the roof membrane contains asbestos, and some of the walls are constructed of cement. The laboratory test results of the samples collected in my apartment indicated that my apartment was contaminated with asbestos from the roof, lead dust from the paint, silica from the cement walls, and mold from water damaged sheetrock surfaces that were not removed. Residual carbon soot was also found on the windowsills in my bedroom.
The Angstrom Mold Inspection Report was very well written, and it included a detailed scope of work for the necessary additional removal and cleaning work that was needed in my apartment. The lab reports documented the presence of contaminants, which substantiated the need for additional work. I gave the Inspection report to my insurance company, and they had the restoration company return to my apartment to perform the necessary additional removal and cleaning work. Then I had the Angstrom Mold Inspection Company return to perform a follow-up inspection and testing, and the lab results came back negative. Thank God!
This company is great, and I fully trust their expertise. Well worth the money.
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