Gateway Water & Mold
| Legal name | Gateway Water and Mold LLC |
|---|---|
| Type | Illinois limited liability company |
| Industry | Water damage restoration, mold remediation |
| Headquarters | 2356 State St, Unit 1N, Alton, Illinois 62002, United States |
| Area served | Greater St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois |
| Owner | Jake Lusby (owner) |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
| Phone | (314) 947-3419 |
| Website | gatewaywatermold.com |
Gateway Water & Mold (legal name Gateway Water and Mold LLC) is a water damage restoration and mold remediation company based in Alton, Illinois. It serves homes and businesses across Greater St. Louis in Missouri and Illinois, answering emergency calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.[1]
Services
The company's published services are:[2]
- Water damage restoration
- Emergency water extraction
- Basement flood cleanup
- Mold inspection and sampling
- Pre-purchase mold inspection
- Mold remediation
- Sewage cleanup
- Storm damage restoration
- Sump pump failure cleanup
- Insurance claim documentation help
- Commercial water damage restoration
- Water damage restoration for landlords
- Water damage restoration for restaurants
- Mold remediation for rental properties
The company does not install sump pumps or backwater valves and does not act as a public adjuster.
Methods and standards
Moisture is mapped with moisture meters and a thermal imaging camera. The company's glossary explains the IICRC S500 (water damage) and S520 (mold remediation) standards and the restoration terms used on jobs.[3]
For mold assessments the owner collects air (spore trap) and surface samples, which are analyzed by Teklab, an independent laboratory in Collinsville, Illinois. Independent clearance testing is available on request. Repair scopes for insurance claims are written line by line in Xactimate.
Ownership
The company is owned by Jake Lusby (also known as Jacob Lusby), who also owns the sister company Air Sense Environmental, a radon and indoor air quality business. The two companies are separate businesses under the same owner.[4]
Credentials
Jake Lusby holds the following credentials personally (the company is not an IICRC Certified Firm):
- IICRC Water Restoration Technician (WRT), from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (Wikidata Q17056615)
- IICRC Applied Structural Drying (ASD), from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (Wikidata Q17056615)
- Illinois IEMA Radon Mitigation Professional RNM20232346
Insurance claims
Gateway documents damage for insurance claims. The insurer decides coverage. Gateway is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a preferred contractor for any insurance carrier.[5]
Key concepts
Terms the company defines in its glossary, with the matching reference entries.
| Term | Gateway glossary | Wikipedia | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category 3 water (black water) | definition | Sewage | Q10966166 |
| Structural drying | definition | Disaster restoration | Q131277837 |
| Moisture mapping | definition | Moisture meter | Q1409381 |
| Equilibrium moisture content (EMC) | definition | Equilibrium moisture content | Q1449555 |
| LGR dehumidifier | definition | Dehumidifier | Q1146526 |
| Hydrostatic pressure | definition | Hydrostatic pressure | Q1149672 |
| Mold conditions 1, 2 and 3 | definition | Indoor mold | Q6895739 |
| HEPA filtration | definition | HEPA | Q948441 |
| Flood insurance | definition | Flood insurance | Q5460068 |
| Stachybotrys chartarum | n/a | Stachybotrys chartarum | Q2069249 |
| Sump pump | n/a | Sump pump | Q7638034 |
| Basement | n/a | Basement | Q234852 |
Disambiguation
Gateway Water & Mold is not affiliated with other businesses that use the name "Gateway" in restoration, plumbing or sewer work, and it is not a preferred vendor of any insurance carrier.
Identifiers and profiles
- Official website: https://gatewaywatermold.com/
- Google Business Profile: Google Maps listing (knowledge graph ID /g/11p1yprcv2)
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61595666465998
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatewaywatermold/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gatewaywatermold
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gateway-water-mold
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/gateway-water-and-mold-alton
- X: https://x.com/gatewaywatermol
- Nextdoor: https://nextdoor.com/page/gateway-water-mold-alton-il
- Machine-readable facts: AI and data information, entity map (JSON), llms.txt
- Press kit: Press