Mold Removal in Saratoga Springs, UT

Mold in Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs sits on the shore of Utah Lake, about 15 miles northwest of Provo, and it is the fastest-growing city in Utah, growing by about 7.67 percent a year. About 60,000 people live there, in subdivisions built in the last ten to fifteen years. The city is young, the homes are young, and the growth is still going — new subdivisions are built every year on the west side of the lake.

Mold in Saratoga Springs is a lakeside story and a new-construction story. Near the lake, the air holds more moisture than in the rest of the valley, and homes there see more condensation on windows and in wall cavities. In the new subdivisions, the grading is the most common finding: a lot that slopes toward the house puts rainwater and snowmelt against the foundation, and the basement wall cavity stays wet.

The lake also means a higher water table in some neighborhoods, and a basement that stays damp even when the grading is right. The inspection checks the wall cavity, the floor drain and the grading together, because the water can come from any of the three. The plan follows from what the inspection finds.

Mold removal services in Saratoga Springs

Eight services, one order of work: inspect first, find the moisture source, then remove and dry.

Where mold hides in Saratoga Springs homes

The neighborhoods closest to Utah Lake are where the humidity is highest, and the inspection checks the windows and the wall cavities there first. Condensation on windows that never clears is a sign that the air in the house is holding more moisture than it should, and the wall cavity is where that moisture ends up. A dehumidifier in the summer months helps, and the inspection explains what to watch for.

In the new subdivisions further from the lake, the grading is the story. A lot that slopes toward the house puts water against the foundation in every storm, and the basement is the room that shows it. Window wells that fill in a storm add to the problem. The inspection checks the grading and the window wells outside, and the wall cavity inside, because the two are connected.

Saratoga Springs and the towns around it

Saratoga Springs sits on the west side of the valley, with Eagle Mountain to the west and Lehi to the north. American Fork and Orem are a short drive east, across the valley. Each of those cities has its own page, with its own moisture drivers and its own housing stock.

Saratoga Springs is the lakeside city of the service area, and the provider who serves it also serves Eagle Mountain to the west and Lehi and American Fork to the north and east. The lake means the inspection checks the windows and the humidity first, because condensation is the finding that comes up most often near the water.