Determine which areas of your property have and have not been impacted by water damage.
With our moisture mapping services, we’ll help you accurately identify the areas of your property that have been affected by a water loss incident. Afterwards, we can help you create an effective remediation plan to combat this water damage.
Where is the moisture in your property?
What are your best options moving forward?
What should you address first?
What does your water damage actually look like?
What equipment & techniques should be leveraged?
What was the source or sources of your water damage?
If you’re interested in addressing and fully understanding the extent of your water damage, give us a call or fill out our online form today. We’d love to work with you.
Moisture mapping uses thermal imaging and moisture meters to chart exactly where water has traveled inside your walls, floors, and ceilings — then puts it on a diagram you can actually read. A standard walkthrough tells you a room got wet. A moisture map tells you how far the water spread, how deep it went, and what has to dry first. Our guide to the areas checked during moisture mapping walks through it.
It depends on the square footage involved and how much of the building the water reached — a single bathroom is a very different job from a flooded second story. Standalone moisture and thermal imaging surveys generally land in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars, and mapping is often folded into a larger water damage or mold assessment. The only way to know for your property is a quick look, so we'll give you a written quote first.
Most residential jobs are done in a couple of hours. A small condo or a single affected room can take under an hour, while a large home or a commercial floor plate with several wet areas can run half a day or more. Access matters too — crawlspaces, finished basements, and built-in cabinetry all slow things down. We go into more detail on how long moisture mapping takes.
No — Texas has no rule that specifically requires a moisture map. What Texas does regulate is mold. Under the Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation Rules, mold assessment and remediation generally has to be handled by licensed professionals, and projects over 25 contiguous square feet carry notification requirements. Mapping isn't mandated, but it is often what keeps a wet building from becoming a mold project.
A technician walks the affected area with an infrared camera to spot the temperature differences that suggest trapped water, then confirms each one with a moisture meter so you are not chasing a false reading. Those readings get logged against a floor plan, along with baseline readings from dry areas for comparison. You end up with a documented map showing what is wet, how wet it is, and where drying equipment should go.
You may dry the surface while the framing, insulation, and subfloor stay damp — and that is where mold starts. The EPA notes that if wet materials are dried within 24 to 48 hours, mold in most cases will not grow, so the window is short and readings matter more than guesswork. We cover that window in our piece on mold and water damage in the first 48 hours. If mold has already taken hold, the next step is mold testing.
