We investigate buildings that make people sick.

We are experts in bio toxins, mould and water damage from flats to factories.

Specialists

We specialise in building related illness and sick buildings

Experts

We are experts in mould, Biotoxin contaminates and water damage

Our Clientele

Our clients range from NHS to tenants, offices to homes.

Welcome to Building Forensics and I hope you find the information invaluable

Toxicology

Mould Removal

Mould Sampling & Investigation

Medical Support

Indoor Air Quality

Flood & Water Damage

Construction Defect Investigation

Condensation & leak-dection

MVOC's & TVOC's

New Property Check

PAS 64 & British Standards

Mould & Inspection Failures

My name is Jeff Charlton and I am the principle consultant. I have been involved with contaminated buildings for 30 years and have spent the past 20 years specialising in mould and typical water damage contaminates.

I am a board Certified Indoor Environmental Hygienist in USA and a qualified member of Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (UK).

We are seeing great progress in the identification and treatment in Mould related illness and thank the many Nutritionists and GPs that have become involved in this debilitating and emerging problem and provide this web site information to assist those who need information.

We provide site and new SKYPE Skype Logo live desk top surveys to assist those with limited budget.

We are one of the UKs most qualified Indoor Environmental Hygiene companies assessing water damage buildings and associated contamination issues such as mould, bacteria, chemicals and general Indoor Air Quality issues and increasingly Biotoxin illness.. We also provide the most economic investigation and accurate air sampling services available in the UK because we have invested in training and equipment and have identified the most cost effective protocols and laboratory services. We follow internationally recognised investigation and sampling protocols including British Standards and if you’re looking at price comparison you should compare like for like.

Our principle consultant is Jeff Charlton who recently assisted the British Standards Institute by providing technical input to the new BS12999 and PAS 64 code of Practice in repair and decontamination of water damaged buildings. Jeff is part of the Survivingmold.com indoor environmental hygienist panel and was a contributor to the Biotoxin illness (paper)

Our consultants are accredited by Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and “American Council for Accredited Certification” as a Certified Indoor Environmental Hygienist (CIEC) which is ISO recognised and is also an Accredited Associate with Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Building Forensics provide you with expertise to identify cause and effect of water damaged buildings. This includes building defect assessments, moisture mapping and identification and levels of mould and or other likely bio and chemical contaminates. We use state of art equipment including Infra-red thermal imaging, chemical air sampling and biological sampling including mould, bacteria, endotoxins etc.

We can often identify hidden contamination by air sampling for both particles and chemical and biological agents which are associated with water damage and often resultant health issues.

We have been directly involved with the UKs largest (and smallest) mould and associated contamination and health claims, providing our clients with evidence based on internationally recognised protocols to establish facts.

If you know you have a problem we can provide either direct management of the problems providing economical solutions and or manage or

support contractors to ensure satisfactory results

Dr Richie Shoemaker in the USA is recognised as a leading light in the treatment of mould illness and his training is being undertaken by international practitioners.Jeff Charlton has been following Dr Shoemaker for over 10 years and is proud to be part of his Indoor Environmental Hygienist panel who have developed the mould response and decontamination program. This program provides the outline of contamination identification and decontamination protocols.

Don’t kill mould

The World Health Organisation has stated the greatest risk from mould is from inhalation and in particular the smaller fragments of mycelia and fragments of dead,dormant mould and of course live spores. If you kill mould by drying, fungicides, bleach and other methods you will create a cloud of contaminates. One cubic inch of mould can contain 1 billion spores, generally counts of single genus over 500, are recognised as a potential health hazard. Mould must be removed carefully and the air should always be decontaminated. The NHS have now provided a link to best practice (see more) and a new mould decontamination process is now available to economically remove the biggest health hazard from inhalation (see more).

If you have had mould removed or killed you may still have invisible sub-micron particulates in the air which you are constantly exposed to. Check our health symptoms page to assess your risk. Principal Consultant (Jeff Charlton) is often called upon by news channels for his expertise on disaster recovery.