Mold Removal in Highland, UT
Highland sits on the high bench at the mouth of American Fork Canyon, at about 4,900 feet, with the American Fork River on its east edge and Dry Creek coming out of Alpine on its west. The city incorporated in 1977 with a few hundred people. Most of its homes went up between 1990 and 2010, large houses on large lots that trace back to the 130-acre homesteads filed in the 1870s. Nearly every one has a full walkout or daylight basement cut into the slope.
Water here comes from above. The 1852 irrigation ditch from the canyon and the Murdock Canal, widened in 1944 and buried in a ten-foot steel pipe between 2010 and 2012, once ran open across the bench. On May 29, 1983 Dry Creek runoff from above Alpine surged through Highland into Lehi. In 2005, with the Timp Divide snowpack at 214 percent of normal, the weather service named Dry Creek and the American Fork River the two highest flood risks in the valley.
Highland homeowners reach an independent local mold provider through this site. The provider evaluates the house and explains the work. The site connects the call.
Highland mold removal, walkouts and window wells
A walkout basement on a sloping lot collects water at the uphill wall, and a finished wall that reads wet along the bottom after the melt is a basement mold remediation job. Large homes with long supply runs through exterior walls are where a January freeze splits a line and runs for days, which becomes whole-home mold remediation when the water reaches three floors. When the smell comes with the furnace in a house with a humidifier on the plenum, HVAC mold cleaning starts with the pad.
Where to call in Highland
The city's own account of its water, from the 1852 ditch to the piped canal, is on the Highland City Water page, and it is a useful read before deciding where a wet wall's water came from. The Highland City Library in City Hall on Civic Center Drive opened in 2008, about the time the last big wave of subdivisions closed out.
Call (385) 534-4662 to be connected with a local mold provider serving Highland.
Services Available in Highland
Mold Removal
Containment, negative air, and removal of the wet drywall, carpet pad, and insulation that grew it, then cleaning and drying what stays.
Black Mold Removal
Dark growth handled under full containment with protective gear. Color does not name the species, and the work does not change because of it.
Basement Mold Remediation
Finished basements that took water from a window well, a seep, a sump, or a burst line, opened, cleared, and dried to the foundation.
Whole-Home Mold Remediation
Room-by-room containment and removal after a long leak, a winter pipe burst in an empty house, or a basement that flooded more than once.
Bathroom Mold Removal
Growth on ceilings, behind vanities, and inside walls from steam, a slow supply leak, or a fan that vents into the attic.
HVAC Mold Cleaning
Furnace cabinet, coil, humidifier, and duct cleaning when the smell comes with the blower, plus swamp-cooler pads and pans on older homes.
Mold Odor Removal
Finding and removing the wet material behind a musty smell in a basement or crawl space, then clearing the air instead of covering it.
Mold Damage Repair
Drywall, baseboard, insulation, and subfloor put back after removal, with the wall read dry before anything closes.