Severe mould removal across Edinburgh.

Severe mould removal is the specialist treatment of mould that has gone past a surface problem. A standard end of tenancy clean handles light mould on tile grout, sealant and window reveals. This page is for the rest: mould through the plaster, behind furniture, across a whole wall or ceiling, or mould that is back within weeks of being cleaned.

Black mould is the most searched for but it is not the only kind that matters. Several species grow in Scottish flats and they do not all respond to the same treatment. A team that identifies what it is looking at before it treats is doing the job properly.

Mould is almost always a symptom of moisture. In Edinburgh that is usually one of four things: condensation in a cold stone-walled flat with washing drying indoors, a leak from the flat above, a defect in a common roof or gutter, or a ground-floor or basement flat taking damp from below. Clear the mould without finding the source and you are booking the same job again next winter.

Remediation is more involved than cleaning. The team works through identification, containment, removal, treatment and root-cause assessment.

Identification comes first. The team looks at the growth, sometimes takes a sample, and works out the species and how far it has gone. It matters, because different species take different chemistry, and surface growth is a different job to mould that has got into the fabric.

Containment seals the affected zone with sheeting and taped seams so spores do not travel through the rest of the flat during the work. HEPA-filtered air scrubbers run alongside to catch what goes airborne.

Removal follows. Surface growth is cleaned with antifungal chemistry. Anything that has penetrated plaster, sealant or timber comes out with the material. No chemical pulls mould back out of saturated plaster, and in a tenement that often means taking off a section of old lath-and-plaster rather than skimming over it.

Treatment then goes onto the substrate underneath, so any spores left behind do not regrow. That is a different chemical to the cleaning agent and it is left to dry rather than wiped off.

Root-cause assessment closes the job. Condensation, a leak, cold bridging, blocked or missing ventilation, a failed gutter or a shared roof defect. Where the source is in common property, the repair is shared between the owners in the stair under the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004, and the team report is what you take to the other owners or to your factor.

Mould is the category where the gap between teams is widest. Treat the visible growth and leave the source, and it is back by February. Do the full job, including root-cause work, and it costs more up front and actually finishes.

Ring round yourself and you may get quoted for the quick version without ever being told there is another one. Come through us and we brief the team on the whole picture, including any letting agent, factor or tribunal context, so the quote you get is for the job that ends it.

Vetted means something specific here. We check public liability cover and background checks for occupied homes, and we name the firm and what we checked when we introduce them. We do not claim qualifications for anyone else, and we do not pretend to a shared history we do not have.

It costs you nothing. The team quotes you directly and we are paid a referral fee by them after the job.

We connect severe mould removal customers with three vetted Edinburgh specialist partners, and we pick the right one for each case on certifications, availability and the specifics of the job.

Lead specialist for severe mould removal: Vetted restoration and post-build team. Mould cases go to teams that do containment and root-cause assessment rather than a surface wipe, and that write the job up in a form a landlord, an insurer or a tribunal can use. We name the firm and what we checked when we make the introduction. Public liability cover and the paperwork an insurer will ask for are confirmed before we put a name forward.

Also available: Vetted biohazard and trauma cleaning team and Vetted clearance and heavy-clean team. We check public liability cover, licensed hazardous-waste disposal and background checks before we refer anyone. Waste carrier registration and background checks for occupied homes are confirmed before we make an introduction.

You don't choose the specialist yourself. On our call after you submit the form, we'll match your case to the right partner based on certifications, current availability, and the specifics. You pay the specialist directly. We never add a markup.