Question 1

What should an Ottawa mould remediation scope of work say?

Accepted Answer

A written scope of work is the main protection a homeowner has when hiring a mould remediator, because we found no Ontario statute or regulation that licenses mould remediators or sets indoor mould limits. What the document says is what you can hold the contractor to.

What the scope should cover

The scope should describe, in plain language, every item below before you sign anything:

- The affected area: Room, surface and approximate size, using Health Canada's size bands: small is one to thr

Question 2

Did my Ottawa mould company remove enough material, how can I tell?

Accepted Answer

The clearest way to judge whether enough material was removed is to compare what the contractor took out against Health Canada's size bands, and then look at whether the moisture source that fed the mould was fixed.

Health Canada defines the bands this way. A small area is one to three patches, each less than one square metre. A medium area is more than three patches, or patches larger than one square metre but less than three square metres. An extensive area is a single patch larger than three

Mold Remediation

What should an Ottawa mould remediation scope of work say?

Did my Ottawa mould company remove enough material, how can I tell?