What people are worried about, and what we do about it.

There's a musty smell upstairs and I can't find where it's coming from.

We can help. Most coastal musty smells trace back to a moisture source you can't see — bathroom fan ducting, attic ventilation, a small leak inside a wall. We find it, document it, and tell you what it'll take to fix.

My neighbor's radon test came back high. Should I be worried?

We can help. We use a continuous monitor that runs for 48 hours — not a passive kit. If your numbers come back low, we'll tell you to leave it alone. If they're high, we install a mitigation system and re-test.

We bought a 1960s house and want to remodel the kitchen.

We can help. Oregon requires testing for asbestos before most renovation and demolition work on older homes. We sample the materials you're about to touch — flooring, mastic, siding, ceilings — and abate them safely if needed.

My realtor said I should "scope the sewer" before closing.

We can help. We run a video camera through the line from your cleanout to the city main, locate where it is and how deep, and write up anything we find. Same-day reports for transactions in escrow.

There's a vent pipe in the yard — is that a buried oil tank?

We can help. Most pre-1990 coastal houses had a heating oil tank. Some are still buried in the yard. We scan, decommission, sample the soil, and clean up if there's contamination.

There's standing water under my house every winter.

We can help. On the coast, this is most houses at some point. We dry it out, put in a proper vapor barrier, and fix the drainage that's letting water in. Then the air upstairs gets better too.