The Best Mold Removal and Cleanup in Biglerville

Apple Country, Wet Cellars

Biglerville started as Middletown in 1817 and was incorporated and renamed in 1903 for William Bigler, who was governor of Pennsylvania. The orchards on the South Mountain slopes around it are the reason the town exists, and the National Apple Museum on West Hanover Street, which opened in 1990, is housed in a restored bank barn from before the Civil War. The Biglerville Historical and Preservation Society started the museum, and it’s free to visit.

For our purposes the facts that matter are the climate and the buildings. Biglerville averages about 45 inches of precipitation a year across 123 days, with about 27 inches of snow. The buildings are farmhouses and older frame and masonry homes in the borough, plus newer houses on lots cut out of orchard land.

What We Check in Biglerville Homes

Farmhouses and old additions. Stone or block foundations, crawl spaces under additions that were added a hundred years after the house, and wells with the pump and tank in the cellar. We read the foundation walls, the grading, the downspouts, and the crawl space, and we take the humidity in each space separately.

Older homes in the borough. The attic and the bathrooms first. A bath fan that ends in the attic instead of outside is the most common source of sheathing staining.

Newer homes on former orchard land. Plumbing under every sink, the water heater pan, the sump pump and its discharge, and HVAC condensate drains.

Roofs. After a storm, the sheathing. Staining on the underside tells us whether the water came from outside or from the house.

Indoor humidity should stay between 30 and 50 percent. Above 60 percent, spores will grow on almost anything.

How the Job Goes

Every job follows the same steps: containment, negative air with HEPA filtration, remove what’s grown on, HEPA clean and treat the framing, dry to standard, verify, then patch and paint. The mold removal page walks through them, and the crawl space mold removal page covers vapor barriers and full encapsulation, which we price separately from the cleanup.

If water is on the floor right now, start with water damage and structural drying. For a smell or a stain you can’t explain, mold inspection and testing is the first call. Basement mold removal covers the cellar version, and attic mold covers the sheathing. The Gettysburg page describes the company, and the cost page gives planning ranges.

Streets and Corners We Know in Biglerville

West Hanover Street is the main street of the borough. The National Apple Museum is at 154 West Hanover. The Thomas Brothers Store is on the National Register of Historic Places, added in 2008. Biglerville is 0.65 square miles, with an elevation of about 640 feet.

The borough. About 1,225 people live in the borough itself. The Upper Adams School District serves the area, and Biglerville High School is in town.

The country around it. Butler Township and Tyrone Township cover the orchard country around the borough, and the farmhouses in them are where a lot of the calls come from. Arendtsville is a short drive east and is one of the regular stops on our route.

Schools, Parks, and Landmarks Around Biglerville

Schools. Biglerville High School is in the borough and is part of the Upper Adams School District.

National Apple Museum. The museum, at 154 West Hanover Street, displays early fruit picking, packing, and shipping equipment, pest management history, a recreated 1880s farm kitchen, a general store, apple peelers, and fruit labels. The society that runs it formed in 1981. Admission is free. The museum currently runs by appointment through spring 2027, so call ahead.

Festival. The National Apple Harvest Festival is held in Biglerville every year.

Neighborhoods and Areas Around Biglerville

• The borough center along West Hanover Street
• Streets near the National Apple Museum
• Butler Township farms and orchards
• Tyrone Township farms and orchards
• Arendtsville and the homes along the road toward Gettysburg

Things to Do in Biglerville

National Apple Museum

154 West Hanover Street, in a restored pre-Civil War bank barn. It opened in 1990.

National Apple Harvest Festival

An annual festival held in Biglerville.

Top Sites in Biglerville

Thomas Brothers Store

A National Register building in the borough, listed in 2008.

Biglerville Historical and Preservation Society

The group that formed in 1981 and runs the museum.