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Mold Remediation Protocol in Houston, TX
Your remediation contractor says he can’t start until you get a protocol. That’s not a runaround, that’s the law working for you: Texas requires the plan to come from an independent licensed assessor with no stake in the cleanup bid. We write the plan. We never touch the cleanup. Starting at $750, written by a licensed Mold Assessment Consultant, in your hands within one business day of your lab results.
UPFRONT PRICING
What a Mold Remediation Protocol Costs in Houston
The mold inspection and protocol come together in one flat fee; you don’t book them separately. One visit, one lab run, one finished document, one number. Because we’re not connected to the cleanup, a bigger mold problem doesn’t mean a bigger bill from us.
Mold Remediation Protocol
The step-by-step plan a licensed remediator follows to remove confirmed mold
- ✓ Full visual inspection of the affected areas
- ✓ Moisture and humidity readings to find the water feeding the mold
- ✓ Two samples included: one indoor air sample plus the outdoor control, or two surface samples
- ✓ Lab analysis by EMSL (spore types and counts)
- ✓ Photo documentation of everything we find
- ✓ The written protocol itself: the step-by-step plan your contractor follows (1 area included)
- ✓ Delivered within one business day of lab results
- ✓ Covers properties up to 2,500 sq ft
+ Additional samples $85 each, added only with your approval
Book ProtocolYours to hand to the licensed remediation contractor of your choice
Clearance Testing
The follow-up that proves the job actually worked, and unlocks your Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation
Once your contractor finishes the work in your protocol, Texas requires one more step: an independent re-test to prove the mold is actually gone. We come back, sample the air again, and measure the results against the standard your protocol set on day one. Pass, and the plastic comes down, the certificate gets signed, and your file is complete.
post-remediation clearance testingNo credit card required to book. Payment collected at the inspection.
What Is a Mold Remediation Protocol?
Houston contractors usually just call it a mold protocol: the written, room-by-room plan that tells a licensed remediation contractor exactly how to get the mold out of your property. Which materials come out, which get cleaned, how the work area gets sealed off, what the crew wears, and the exact standard the finished job has to pass.
Under the Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation Rules (TMARR), only a TDLR-licensed Mold Assessment Consultant can write one, and the law requires it any time contamination covers 25 contiguous square feet or more. Your contractor isn’t inventing paperwork. They legally cannot start without it.
Simplest way to think about it: the mold inspection diagnoses the problem, the protocol is the prescription, and clearance testing is the follow-up visit that confirms you’re actually better.
The Rules Behind It
- Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1958: the wall between mold assessment and mold remediation
- TMARR / 16 TAC Chapter 78: the TDLR rules that spell out what a protocol must contain
- 25 contiguous sq ft: the line that makes the written protocol mandatory
- IICRC S520: the industry standard our protocols reference for methods and clearance
| IF MOLD IS SUSPECTEDMold Inspection & Testing | WHEN MOLD IS CONFIRMEDMold Remediation Protocol | AFTER REMEDIATIONClearance Testing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| When you need it | You suspect mold: a musty smell, a leak, visible spots, or you’re buying or selling | Mold is confirmed and needs professional removal | Remediation is finished and you need proof it passed |
| What it answers | Is there a mold problem, and where is the moisture coming from? | Exactly what has to be removed, how, and where | Did the remediation pass? |
| What’s included | Full visual inspection, moisture and humidity readings, photo documentation | Everything in the inspection, plus a written remediation plan and work analysis (1 area included) | Pre-test walkthrough and visual inspection, indoor air samples of the remediated area, outdoor baseline sample |
| Samples and lab | Two samples included: one indoor air sample plus the outdoor control, or two surface samples. Lab analysis by EMSL (spore types and counts) | Same two samples and EMSL analysis as the inspection | Indoor air samples plus an outdoor baseline, analyzed by EMSL (AIHA-LAP EMLAP accredited) |
| Report | Written report within one business day | Protocol delivered within one business day of lab results | Written clearance report within one business day, signed by a TDLR-licensed assessor |
| Price | $550 flatUp to 2,500 sq ft. Extra samples $85 each, only with your approval | STARTING AT$7501 area included. Additional areas quoted upfront | STARTING AT$750Single remediated area. Pricing scales with the number of areas |
| Required in Texas? | No, but it’s the first step to knowing what you’re dealing with | Yes, for mold contamination of 25 contiguous square feet or more | Yes, to issue the Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation |
| Book Inspection | Book Protocol | Book Clearance |
The Company Bidding Your Cleanup Can't Write the Plan For It.
Most people who need mold remediation in Houston find out about this rule the hard way: whoever you hire for the cleanup, Texas law says the job starts with a document written by someone independent of them. That’s the part we handle.
Texas drew a hard line here, and for good reason: the person deciding how big the job is shouldn’t be the person getting paid by the job. The remediation contractor removes the mold. An independent licensed consultant writes the plan. Two different companies, by law, every time.
Mold Testing Houston
Independent Assessment Company
- Licensed Mold Assessment Company, ACO1245
- Your protocol is written by Ran Bozaglo, MAC1839, not a subcontractor you'll never meet
- Every sample analyzed by EMSL Analytical, an AIHA-LAP accredited lab
- Assessment is all we do. We never remediate, so the protocol has no stake in the cleanup bid
- You hand it to any licensed remediator you want. We don't get a referral fee, and we don't want one
Remediation Company "Inspections"
What You'll Find Elsewhere
Most of the protocol pages you'll find in a Houston search are published by remediation companies. Read them closely and you'll notice something: they can't actually write the document. The law says the protocol has to come from an independent consultant, so the free inspection is really a sales visit for the cleanup contract, and the protocol gets handled later, by someone like us, anyway. You might as well start where the document actually comes from.
Every Step Leaves a Document. Here's the Stack.
Texas runs mold remediation on paperwork, and once you see why, you’ll be glad it does. Done right, you end up holding a file that proves the whole story. Here’s what lands in it, in order.
Mold Assessment Report
The inspection and lab results that confirm what you have and where it is. Everything else builds on this.
Mold Remediation Protocol
Written by our licensed consultant. The room-by-room plan your contractor is legally required to follow. Ready in one business day.
Contractor's Work Plan
Prepared by the licensed remediator you choose, built from our protocol, and handed to you before prep work begins.
Clearance Test Results
Our re-inspection and re-sampling that proves the finished work actually meets the standard the protocol set.
Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation
The signature page of the whole file: proof for you, your insurer, and any future buyer that the mold was professionally removed and independently verified. Texas ties it to the property for five years, which is exactly why you want one.
What Does a Mold Remediation Protocol Involve?
Most people have never seen a sample mold remediation protocol before they’re told to go buy one. This is what yours covers, section by section.
Mold Remediation Protocol: Contents
- Affected areas, mapped. Every room where work is required, with diagrams of the impacted zones
- Materials and quantities. What gets torn out versus what gets cleaned in place, down to square footage
- Methods per material. Drywall isn't handled like tile, and the protocol says so, material by material
- Containment design. How the work area gets sealed so spores don't tour the rest of your house
- Engineering controls. Negative air pressure and HEPA filtration requirements
- PPE specification. What the crew wears, in writing
- Photo documentation of starting conditions in every impacted area
- Clearance criteria. The exact standard "done" has to meet before the job can pass
Written to be executed, not filed away
Your contractor builds their legally required work plan straight from this document. The more precise it is, the fewer surprises, change orders, and “well, that’s extra” conversations you have mid-project.
And because the clearance standard is defined up front, in writing, before the first sheet of plastic goes up, you, the contractor, and us are all measuring the finished job against the same yardstick. The finish line gets drawn before the race starts, and it doesn’t move.
If a contractor cuts corners, the protocol is also your receipt: what was specified, what was actually done, and what failed clearance.
HOW WE WRITE YOURS
How We Write Your Mold Protocol: Four Steps, One Business Day
Every protocol follows the same four steps, so you always know exactly where your job stands.
On-Site Inspection
Map the problem and its source
A full walk-through with moisture meters, humidity readings, and thermal imaging to map the contamination and find the water that’s feeding it.
Sampling & Lab Analysis
Measure what is actually in your air
Air and surface samples go to EMSL Analytical, an AIHA-LAP accredited lab, for spore types and counts. We don’t grade our own homework.
Protocol Writing
The plan, written to code
Ran Bozaglo (MAC1839) writes your room-by-room protocol to TMARR and IICRC S520 standards. Your property, not a template.
Delivered in One Business Day
Ready for your remediator
The finished protocol hits your inbox within one business day of your lab results, ready to hand to whichever remediator you choose.
Mold history follows a house for five years.
Texas requires sellers to give buyers every mold remediation certificate from the past five years. A documented protocol trail turns that disclosure into proof the problem was fixed, instead of a red flag.
Who Needs a Protocol, and Who Honestly Doesn't
You need one if...
- An inspection confirmed 25+ contiguous sq ft of contamination (the law requires it)
- Your remediation contractor asked for it before starting (they're required to)
- You're selling and need the mold history documented and closed out
- Insurance is involved, and the claim needs a written plan for the scope of work
- A previous "cleanup" didn't hold, and this time you want it done to a written standard
You can probably skip it if...
- It's a small surface patch under 25 sq ft on tile or glass, and the moisture source is fixed
- Mold hasn't actually been confirmed yet (start with a $550 inspection instead)
- It's a cleanup small enough that Texas lets homeowners handle it themselves, and you don't need the documentation
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Protocol Questions Houston Homeowners Ask Us
Straight answers, even when the answer is that you don’t need us.
It starts at $750 with Mold Testing Houston, covering the full inspection, lab-analyzed samples, and the written remediation plan and work analysis for one area. Additional samples are $85 each and only collected with your approval. The price is on this page because you shouldn't have to call to learn it.
Only a licensed Mold Assessment Consultant (MAC). Yours is written by Ran Bozaglo, MAC1839, under our assessment company license ACO1245. The contractor doing the cleanup is legally barred from writing the protocol for that same job.
Whenever mold contamination covers 25 contiguous square feet or more, TDLR rules require a written protocol from a licensed MAC before a licensed remediation contractor can start. Under that threshold it's optional, but it's still the cleanest way to define the scope and what "passing" means, in writing.
It's delivered within one business day of your lab results. A Friday inspection means the lab report and protocol land Monday. Same-day inspection appointments are often available across Greater Houston.
The licensed Mold Remediation Contractor you hire. They have to prepare a work plan that fulfills the protocol, give it to you at least one calendar day before prep work begins, and keep both documents on-site for the whole project.
Deviations have to be documented, and unapproved ones put the contractor out of compliance with TDLR. Practically, it also catches up with them at the end: clearance testing measures the finished work against the protocol, and corner-cutting doesn't pass.
No. Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1958 requires the assessor and the remediator on a regulated project to be independent companies. If a company offers to inspect, write the protocol, and do the removal as one tidy package, one of those services isn't going to be legal, and it's worth asking which.
On regulated projects, yes. An independent assessor has to verify the work against the protocol's clearance criteria before containment comes down, and that's what allows the Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation to be signed. We handle mold clearance testing in Houston as a separate visit after your contractor finishes.
Sometimes, legally, yes. Texas allows homeowners to handle their own remediation in certain circumstances under the exemptions in Occupations Code 1958.102. But a DIY cleanup leaves you with no protocol, no clearance, and no certificate, which can turn into a real problem the day you sell. Call us before you go that route. Sometimes it's the sensible move, and we'll tell you when it is.
Texas requires you to give the buyer a copy of every Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation from the past five years, so the question is really whether your paperwork tells a good story. A protocol-to-certificate trail shows the problem was professionally diagnosed, removed by licensed hands, and independently verified. Buyers can live with that. If you're the buyer and the seller discloses past mold, ask for the CMDR; no certificate means no verified remediation.
No, and you should end up with both. The protocol comes from the independent MAC and defines what must be done. The work plan comes from your contractor and describes how their crew will do it, in fulfillment of the protocol.
Sometimes. Texas exempts mold contamination of less than 25 contiguous square feet from the licensed-contractor-with-protocol requirement. Property owners can also DIY their own home regardless of size. But here's the catch: if you hire a contractor to do the work and the area turns out to be 25 sq ft or more, the work has to be done under a protocol or you've got a code violation, no Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation, and a potential disclosure problem when you sell the house. The protocol cost is small insurance against a much bigger problem.
Still unsure whether your situation needs a protocol? Call (832) 838-9387 and describe what’s going on. We’ll tell you honestly, either way.
The Credentials Behind Every Protocol
MAC1839
Your protocol is written by a named, licensed Mold Assessment Consultant
EMSL
AIHA-LAP accredited lab analyzes every sample
Assessment-only since 2017. More than 3,000 Houston-area properties inspected, and not one remediation bid, ever.
Mold confirmed? Get the protocol in one business day.
Starting at $750, inspection and lab work included. We write the plan. We never touch the cleanup. Same-day appointments often available across Greater Houston, including Katy, Sugar Land, Memorial, and The Woodlands.