Mold Remediation Contractors Who Also Perform Mold Inspections

Most remediation contractors are honest businessmen, but every industry has its “opportunists” – individuals who have no moral or ethical scruples when it comes to padding their profits by getting your repair bill up as high as possible.  Mold remediation is big businesses. Renovation contractors typically charge 3 to 5 times more for jobs involving mold than similar jobs which don’t involve mold. With such tremendous potential for abuse, hiring mold inspectors who profit from the remediation work presents a serious conflict of interest – much like hiring a fox to mind your hen house.This scam can be avoided by not hiring inspectors who profit from mold removal work. Insist on Certified Mold Inspectors who are not in the remediation business and are not motivated to create more work for themselves. And specifically ask your mold inspector if there is any money being exchanged between the Remediator and the inspector. Pacific neither accept nor offers “finders fees” for its services If you encounter a mold inspector who also does mold removal (or visa-versa) just say NO THANKS. There's plenty of quality contractors available that don't do both. Contact the American Indoor Air Quality Council; www.iaqcouncil.org, or the Indoor Air Quality Association; www.iaqa.org  to file a formal complaint.