Mold and Water Guides for Nassau County Homes

How far down the water sits under a Nassau house changes a great deal from the South Shore to the North Shore hills. Near the bays and harbors it can be close to the surface. Under much of the middle of the island and the hills it is far below the floor, so damp there usually comes from the house itself. The town is enough, and not sure is a fine answer.

A house built on a concrete slab, a house with a basement and a house over a crawl space get wet in different ways, and the fix is different for each. Many homes in this county were built on slabs with no basement at all.

Where the damp appears is the first clue to which way the water came. Damp that starts low and spreads up points one way, and damp around a fixture, a window or a ceiling points another.

Something that got wet in the last day or two can often still be dried. Something that has stayed damp for weeks usually cannot, and the job changes.

In New York the company that assesses mold and the company that removes it cannot be the same company on one job, so it helps to know where you want to start.