Question 1

Do I actually need a mold assessment?

Accepted Answer

If you can see growth, smell something musty you cannot place, have had a leak, roof problem or flooding, or someone in the house has symptoms that ease when they leave and return when they come home, it is worth a conversation. Not every situation needs a full assessment. Call and describe it, and we will tell you honestly whether it does.

Question 2

Why can't the same company inspect the mold and remove it?

Accepted Answer

New York State Labor Law Article 32 prohibits it. Before that law, one contractor could declare a mold emergency, charge you to test for it, then charge you again to clean it up, with nobody independent ever checking the work. The law now requires three separate steps: assessment by a licensed assessor, remediation by a different licensed company working to the assessor's written plan, and clearance verification by the original assessor.

Question 3

What is a NYS Licensed Mold Assessor?

Accepted Answer

A professional licensed by New York State to evaluate mold, determine what caused it, write the remediation plan, and verify the work afterward. It is a separate licence from mold remediation, and under Article 32 no company may use both on the same project. Celtic performs assessment only.

Question 4

What does “certified for medically important inspections” mean?

Accepted Answer

Celtic Mold Assessments is a Verified Provider in the MedVendor CIRSx Vendor Network, the directory CIRSx maintains for clinical, environmental and remediation professionals working on health-focused building problems. In practice it means the assessment is documented in a form a treating practitioner can work from, for households where the concern is health rather than property value.

Question 5

What happens after the assessment?

Accepted Answer

You get the findings, and where remediation is genuinely needed, a written plan that a separate licensed remediation company works from. Once that work is finished, the same assessor returns to verify it actually resolved the problem, before any repairs close it back up.

Post-Remediation Clearance

Comprehensive Environmental Assessments

Post-Remediation Clearance