A Fort Myers mold inspection usually takes about an hour. A good one covers moisture readings by location, indoor temperature and humidity, thermal images, photographs, and an identified moisture source, and sometimes ends with a recommendation to buy a dehumidifier and nothing else.
What the hour should include
- Moisture readings on wall bases, suspect surfaces, and any recently rebuilt assemblies: recorded by location, not summarized
- Thermal imaging to find wet material behind finishes without opening them
- Indoor humidity measurement, which in this climate is frequently the whole diagnosis
- Air handler, drain pan, and return: the most common hidden source in Florida homes
- Attic sheathing and bath fan terminations, where accessible
- Exterior walk: window and door flashing, wall penetrations, grading at the slab edge
- A borescope where a cavity needs assessing through a pencil-sized hole rather than a demolition
- Written scope to ask for: moisture source, work, an itemized price, and timeline
What you're not agreeing to
Nothing. The visit carries no obligation, whether you hire the specialist, hire someone else, or buy a dehumidifier and check back in a month. Ask for written findings detailed enough to take to another company for a comparable bid, or to a contractor whose reconstruction work is in question. A report that survives someone else's review is the only kind worth having.
Get a Fort Myers mold inspection
Tell us what you’re seeing or smelling: a musty room, staining on a wall base, discoloration in the AC closet, humidity that never drops, and we’ll pass it to one independent local specialist who works in Fort Myers. That specialist will call you back about an inspection.