Waterproofing & Mold Remediation in Melbourne, FL
Water seeping in where the wall meets the floor?
That joint is where we start.
Most homes from Eau Gallie to Palm Bay are concrete block on a slab. Melbourne rain gets in at the mortar where those two meet. We waterproof that joint, remove the mold it caused and answer the phone 24/7 when a storm puts water inside.
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Can one company fix the leak and the mold in a Melbourne home?
One company can fix both in a Melbourne home, because Bullfrog is a licensed Florida mold remediator (license MRSR5565) that also waterproofs concrete block foundations. The crew that removes the mold also seals the wall the water came through. We warranty that waterproofing for life.
Melbourne & South Brevard
Why Melbourne homes leak where they do
Melbourne and Eau Gallie were small river towns until the space program arrived at Cape Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base. By 1970, a year after the two merged, the combined city had 40,236 people. Builders put most of those families in concrete block houses on slabs. Suntree, Viera and Palm Bay went up the same way later. Block stands up to wind well. Its weak point sits at floor level, where the mortar between the first course of block and the slab has been taking groundwater for half a century.
People searching for foundation repair in Melbourne usually have one of two problems. A slab that is sinking or a wall cracking from settlement needs structural work. We will tell you so and point you to a structural repair company. Water coming in at the base of the wall, through a crack in the block or up at the slab edge after heavy rain is a waterproofing job. That is the work we do.
High Ground by the Lagoon, Flat Ground Out West
The older parts of Melbourne and Eau Gallie sit on the sandy ridge along the Indian River Lagoon. West of I-95 the land flattens out toward the St. Johns River marshes. Through the wet season the water table out there rises close to the surface, so a slab in West Melbourne or Palm Bay can spend months in wet sand.
Mortar Joints From the 1960s
Masons laid the joint between the slab and the first row of block by hand. After sixty-odd wet seasons a lot of that mortar has softened or washed out. In a house from that era it shows up as a baseboard that stays damp, floor tile that lifts or a white chalky crust along the bottom of the wall.
Humid Air Off the Water
Homes on the river side of Eau Gallie and across the causeways in Indialantic, Melbourne Beach and Satellite Beach sit in humid air off the lagoon and the ocean most of the year. Water that gets into a wall there stays damp long enough for mold to take hold. We check the rooms around any leak as well as the leak itself.
What we do in Melbourne
Mold Remediation
We contain and remove the mold, treat what is left and fog the AC ducts, then seal the leak behind it in the same job.
Mold remediation in MelbourneMold Inspection
A free walk-through for homeowners that checks the moisture inside walls that look dry. You keep the written findings whether you hire us or not.
Mold inspection in MelbourneWater Damage Restoration
Phone answered 24/7. We pull out standing water, cut out wet drywall, dry the block and the slab with commercial equipment and then deal with where the water came in.
Water damage restoration in MelbourneFoundation Waterproofing
We bond a waterproof membrane to the block at and below grade and warranty it for life against water getting through the wall we treat.
How foundation waterproofing worksTwo trades that usually take two companies
Florida law treats mold remediation on anything over 10 square feet as licensed work. Bullfrog holds that license, number MRSR5565. It also waterproofs block foundations, so the people pulling out moldy drywall in a Melbourne house are the same people who seal the block behind it.
That keeps you to one company and one phone number for the whole job.
MRSR5565
Florida Licensed Mold Remediator
Lifetime
Waterproofing Warranty
24/7
Phone Line
200+
Jobs Completed
A+
BBB Rating
Free
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