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Les I truly like your style and appreciate your position. I do let all clients know that I have other fields I work in hopefully not to get caught up in a conflict of interest. As to referring what appears to be a mold like substance (note the wording)in a home inspection if it is not mold? am I liable as a generalist? Or am I a expert in the mold field? That is why the labs decides. Even if I did not do mold analyst I still would not call it mold in my reports. Scott to answer your question no I am not a remediator or a expert in the mold remediation field. I generaly refer clients to www.epa.gov for general information. Or a professional remediator in that field. As to the return air box it was made of wood framing and sheetrock below the air handler it appeared a condensation issue was present and the rest was mold issues 101.

I have been doing mold analyst for approx.2 years. I do not include or recommend them to my clients as a add to a home inspection. If a client is interested in mold service I explain that it would be in there best interest to do the home inspection first to see if it may warrant further evaluation as in all areas of a full inspection. Now in reference to is it a honorable profession? I say absolutely As I have had the pleasure of helping out a renter that his children had been sick for some period of time since living in the rental. After several air sample and investigation we found the return air box in garage full of a mold like substances.to wit the labs came back as positive for STACHYBOTRYS Chartarum in air samples and direct samples. They have lived in the same house for a year since the remediation replacement of ducts and air handler with well children. Oh I forgot just an ole BullSh__tter