How Orlando Mold Desk works

Orlando Mold Desk is a free referral service for homeowners and renters in Orlando and Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. We aren't a mold remediator or a mold assessor, and we don't do any of the work. When you send a request or call, we pass it to one independent local company that serves your area. They contact you, look at the problem and price it.

Who pays us

The company we refer you to pays us for the introduction. You never pay us. We don't set their prices, and we don't get a cut of your job. That arrangement has an obvious incentive problem (we want you to call), which is why the guides on this site tell you how to check a license, when a small patch is a DIY job, and when testing is a waste of money.

What we ask of the company

• The Florida license, on request. Paid mold remediation over 10 square feet takes a state mold remediator license from the DBPR. Ask for the number and look it up on myfloridalicense.com.
• A written contract. Florida law says mold assessment and remediation contracts have to be in writing and signed. It should list what comes out, what gets cleaned, how the area is contained, and the price.
• The water and the humidity fixed. Mold comes back when the roof leak, the AC drain or the indoor humidity stays the same. The scope should name the cause and who fixes it.
• A clearance check by someone else. If you want testing after the work, it comes from a licensed assessor, not the company that did the removal. Florida bars a remediator from assessing its own job for 12 months.

If a visit falls short of that, tell us at (407) 584-8685.

Licenses in Florida

Florida licenses mold assessors and mold remediators separately under Part XVI of Chapter 468 of the Florida Statutes, and keeps the two jobs apart on the same structure for 12 months. You can check any license on the DBPR's Verify a License page. Drying out water damage has no separate state license; rebuilding work like roofing or plumbing needs the license for that trade.

Where our information comes from

Guides list their sources at the end. The ZIP code tables and charts are our own analysis of public data from the Census Bureau, FEMA and NOAA. See the method.

Photo credits

Photos are from Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License: Mick Haupt, paws and prints, Brian Zajac, FilterGrade, Everett Pachmann, Richard R, remapstudio, Vero Eve. None of them show a particular company's work.