Mold Remediation in Port St. Lucie, FL
1,200 miles of swales keep Port St. Lucie dry.
Until one of them backs up.
The city grew out of cleared pine flatwoods, with a roadside swale in front of every lot to carry the rain away. When a swale or driveway culvert clogs, water sits against the slab and works into the block. We remove the mold that follows, dry out water damage and seal the wall.
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Do I need mold testing or a mold inspection in Port St. Lucie?
Most Port St. Lucie homeowners need a mold inspection first. It finds the moisture and any visible mold at no cost to owners. Mold testing means lab samples a licensed mold assessor collects. It is worth paying for when there is a dispute, a smell with no visible source or a specific allergy.
Port St. Lucie & the North Fork
Why Port St. Lucie homes take on water
General Development Corporation bought about 40,000 acres of pine flatwoods along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River in 1958 and platted it into more than 80,000 quarter-acre lots, each one draining to a roadside swale. The city now maintains 1,200 miles of those swales. Houses went up lot by lot over the next sixty years. A 1980s home off Floresta Drive can sit next door to one finished last spring, both depending on the same ditch out front.
Swales and Driveway Culverts
Every lot drains to the swale out front. The swale drains through a culvert under each driveway toward the canals. When grass clippings, sand or a crushed pipe block that path, heavy rain has nowhere to go but back toward the house. It sits against the slab until the ground can take it.
Hardpan Under the Lawn
Flatwoods soils like the ones under Port St. Lucie often carry a hardpan, a layer of sand cemented with organic matter that stops water draining downward. In the wet season the water in these soils commonly sits six to eighteen inches below the surface, according to UF/IFAS soil scientists. Rain from a summer storm has nowhere to soak away.
Milton's Outer Bands, October 2024
The day before Hurricane Milton came ashore on the Gulf coast in October 2024, its outer bands flooded parts of Port St. Lucie, including Green River Parkway. People living near Savona and California boulevards said it was far from the first time. The same bands spun up tornadoes across St. Lucie County.
What we do in Port St. Lucie
Mold Remediation
We seal off the affected rooms, remove moldy drywall and insulation, treat what remains and fog the ductwork, then fix the moisture behind it, which in Port St. Lucie is often water from the yard.
Our mold remediation processWater Damage Restoration
Whether a flooded yard pushed water under the baseboards or a supply line burst, we extract it, dry the block and slab and keep a log of the readings.
Water damage restorationFoundation Waterproofing
Where water comes in at the slab joint or through the block, we seal the wall from the outside. We warranty that work for life.
How foundation waterproofing worksFree Mold Inspection
No charge for homeowners and property owners. We read the moisture, find any visible mold and put it all in writing.
What the inspection includesOur Process
How we work in Port St. Lucie
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Free Inspection
We walk the house and the lot, take moisture readings on walls that look dry and put what we find in writing. The visit involves no air or lab samples.
In Port St. Lucie we start outside with the swale, the driveway culvert and the grade next to the house, because the water problem often starts in the yard.
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Find the Water
Before anything comes out, we work out where the water came from, whether that is groundwater at the slab edge, rain through a wall or a leak inside the house.
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Remove and Dry
We remove mold-damaged material under containment and treat what stays. After water damage we extract the water and run drying equipment until the meter readings say the structure is dry.
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Seal the Source
Where the foundation let the water in, we waterproof the block. For a failed roof or pipe, we show you where it failed so you know who to call.
When the real fix belongs to the swale or the gutters, we say so.
One company for the mold and the water behind it
Bullfrog removes mold and dries out water damage. When the water came through the foundation, we waterproof the block too, so one company handles the whole job.
Our mold work runs under Florida mold remediator license MRSR5565. Our foundation waterproofing carries a lifetime warranty against water coming through the section we treat.
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