#556: PRO TALK With Mold Expert Evan Bache Wiig

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Patrick talks to Evan Bache Wiig, a mold-assessment consultant, about construction in Dallas, Texas, why buildings have mold problems, and the tools required by a mold-assessment consultant.

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0:00.0	I would say for someone starting on this side of the industry, being able to deliver bad news with grace and care is something that's really important.
0:16.4	Because if we're at somebody's house, it's a bad day.
0:22.7	Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry
0:27.0	professionals.
0:28.1	I'm senior editor Patrick McComb.
0:30.0	Today I'm joined by Mold Assessment Consultant, Evan Bachwig.
0:35.4	Evan, did I say your name correctly?
0:37.1	Can you tell me?
0:38.5	You nailed it.
0:40.5	Thank you.
0:41.4	You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building podcast
0:44.8	at Fine Home Building.com slash podcast.
0:47.4	You can leave feedback and ask questions there too.
0:49.6	I should have asked you that ahead of the show.
0:51.1	I'm sorry about that.
0:52.3	Nailed it.
0:56.3	So can you please tell me what you do for a living? You wrote to the podcast in an email, and I was fascinated by your work.
1:02.5	Certainly. So in Texas, we have laws that govern mold and water damage. So I'm a mold assessment
1:09.0	consultant. So our role is to, depending on who our client is,
1:13.6	we'll go into a water damage building, water damage residence, and we will write a remediation
1:19.2	protocol that our client can then present to a mold remediation contractor. So Texas keeps us
1:26.2	and the restoration company separate.
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