With a mold protocol from an independent 3rd party company you may be able to identify policy coverages for mold/rot, which include payments for sampling. That means anytime you do a mold job without consulting a mold expert, you could be leaving money on the table! It has even become common practice among some estimating auditing services to have a mold protocol before reviewing mold estimates. Having mold protocols and pre-testing done also protect you from liability. Think about it, if you don’t test, you can't verify a condition of the environment and if you do the test yourself that’s like a student grading his own paper!