
Your home is one living system.
Ten Diagnostic Categories
We can measure all of it.
Ground
Plant
Animal
Pest
Water
Product
Utilities
Contamination
Risk
Climate
About Ground Testing
Edapho can test any ground on your property, from a single bed that won't grow to the whole lot. This includes lawn, garden beds, borders, tree wells, what's under the patio, and the dirt the builder left behind. Show us the dirt. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Ground you wish to:
- Turn from builder's fill into real soil. Also see Ground.
- Grow a garden or a lawn on that actually takes. Also see Plant.
- Feed itself so you stop buying bags of everything. Also see Product.
- Make less welcoming to the weeds that keep coming back. Also see Pest.
- Let the dog and the kids use without it turning to mud. Also see Animal.
- Soak up rain instead of sending it to the street. Also see Water.
- Put a patio, a shed, or a bed on with confidence. Also see Utilities.
- Know is safe before you grow food in it. Also see Contamination.
- Keep from washing off the slope every storm. Also see Risk.
- Hold up through dry months without going to concrete. Also see Climate.
Ground that:
- Is hard as a rock two inches down. Also see Ground.
- Won't grow grass no matter what you seed. Also see Plant.
- Takes more fertilizer every year for your lawn to look the same. Also see Product.
- Grows the same weeds in the same spots every spring. Also see Pest.
- Is worn bare on every path the dog takes. Also see Animal.
- Puddles for days after a rain. Also see Water.
- Stays wet against the foundation. Also see Utilities.
- Has a bare patch nothing will grow on and no reason you can find. Also see Contamination.
- Washes down the slope every time it storms. Also see Risk.
- Cracks open in the summer heat. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What kind of soil you actually have. Also see Ground.
- Why one side of the yard grows and the other won't. Also see Plant.
- How much of what you put down the ground ever holds. Also see Product.
- Whether your weed problem starts in the soil. Also see Pest.
- Whether your yard can handle the traffic it gets. Also see Animal.
- Where the water goes when it hits your lot. Also see Water.
- What's under the spot before you build on it. Also see Utilities.
- What was here before the house was. Also see Contamination.
- Whether your slope is stable. Also see Risk.
- Why your yard dries out faster than your neighbor's. Also see Climate.
About Plant Testing
Edapho can test any plant you're growing or want to grow. This includes lawn, vegetable beds, fruit trees, ornamentals, natives, pollinator plantings, houseplants, and anything you've put in the ground and hoped for. Name a plant. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Plants you wish to:
- Use to build your soil instead of just sit in it. Also see Ground.
- Promote and figure out how best to grow. Also see Plant.
- Grow well without a shelf of products behind them. Also see Product.
- Use to crowd out the weeds. Also see Pest.
- Draw pollinators, birds, and butterflies in. Also see Animal.
- Keep alive on less watering. Also see Water.
- Shade the house and cut your cooling bill. Also see Utilities.
- Grow food on knowing the ground is clean. Also see Contamination.
- Hold a slope or a bank in place. Also see Risk.
- Match to the climate you actually have. Also see Climate.
Plants that:
- Thrive in one bed and die in the next. Also see Ground.
- Are diseased, sickly, or never took. Also see Plant.
- Need more feeding every year to stay alive. Also see Product.
- Are getting eaten faster than they grow. Also see Pest.
- The dog, the deer, or the rabbits keep destroying. Also see Animal.
- Wilt no matter how much you water them. Also see Water.
- Die along the drive, the walk, or the downspout. Also see Utilities.
- Came back wrong or won't come back at all. Also see Contamination.
- Are gone from the slope where you're losing soil. Also see Risk.
- Can't take the summer anymore. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Why plants grow better in some spots than others. Also see Ground.
- Which plants are actually right for your yard. Also see Plant.
- Whether your plants are getting what they need. Also see Product.
- How to stop the pest pressure without spraying everything. Also see Pest.
- What to plant to bring pollinators and birds in. Also see Animal.
- How to use less water and still have it look good. Also see Water.
- What to plant around the house to make it cheaper to run. Also see Utilities.
- Whether anything in your soil ends up in your vegetables. Also see Contamination.
- What would hold your slope. Also see Risk.
- How to plant for the summers you get now. Also see Climate.
About Animal Testing
Edapho can test how your pets and your property are working on each other. This includes dogs, cats, backyard chickens, and any animal living on your place, along with the birds, bees, and butterflies you want more of. Tell us about your animals. We can test around them.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Pets you wish to:
- Let run the yard without wearing it to bare dirt. Also see Ground.
- Keep out of the plants you'd rather they left alone. Also see Plant.
- Keep healthy and comfortable on your property. Also see Animal.
- Keep clear of fleas, ticks, and mosquitos. Also see Pest.
- Keep from drinking out of a puddle or a pond you're unsure about. Also see Water.
- Treat and wash with products you're comfortable with. Also see Product.
- Keep in a house that's healthy to live in. Also see Utilities.
- Keep off ground you're not sure about. Also see Contamination.
- Keep safe from what's around the property. Also see Risk.
- Keep cool through the summer. Also see Climate.
- A yard worn to bare dirt on every path they take. Also see Ground.
- Pets digging up or eating what you plant. Also see Plant.
- A pet that's off and you can't figure out why. Also see Animal.
- Fleas or ticks you can't get on top of. Also see Pest.
- A pet that drinks from standing water you'd rather they didn't. Also see Water.
- A flea treatment or a shampoo you're not comfortable with. Also see Product.
- A pet that seems worse in a certain room or a certain house. Also see Utilities.
- A dog that keeps getting sick with no explanation. Also see Contamination.
- Wildlife or neighbors' animals your pets tangle with. Also see Risk.
- A pet that can't take the summer heat anymore. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your yard can take the traffic your pets give it. Also see Ground.
- Which plants are safe to have around your pets. Also see Plant.
- What's behind the way your pet's been acting. Also see Animal.
- What's actually biting them. Also see Pest.
- What's in the water your pets drink outside. Also see Water.
- What's really in what you put on your pets. Also see Product.
- Whether the air in your house is doing your pets any favors. Also see Utilities.
- Whether anything in your yard is reaching your animals. Also see Contamination.
- What the wildlife around you means for your pets. Also see Risk.
- How the heat is treating the animals outside. Also see Climate.
About Pest Testing
Edapho can test for what's after your yard, your garden, or your house, and for the reason it keeps coming back. This includes weeds, insects, lawn disease, mosquitos, ants, rodents, deer and rabbits, and anything else you're trying to get rid of. Name what's bothering you. We can test for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Pressure you wish to:
- Starve out by fixing the ground it likes. Also see Ground.
- Keep off your garden and your beds. Also see Plant.
- Control without putting your pets at risk. Also see Animal.
- Break the cycle on for good. Also see Pest.
- Stop breeding in the standing water. Also see Water.
- Handle without a cabinet full of sprays. Also see Product.
- Keep out of the house, the garage, and the crawlspace. Also see Utilities.
- Manage without adding more chemical to your yard. Also see Contamination.
- Stop before it spreads to the neighbors. Also see Risk.
- Get ahead of as the seasons stretch. Also see Climate.
- The same weeds in the same spots every year. Also see Ground.
- Something eating the garden faster than it grows. Also see Plant.
- Fleas, ticks, or mosquitos your pets can't get away from. Also see Animal.
- Weeds that don't die at label rate anymore. Also see Pest.
- Mosquitos breeding somewhere you can't find. Also see Water.
- Spray that costs more every year and works less. Also see Product.
- Ants, roaches, or mice in the house. Also see Utilities.
- A pest problem that got worse the more you sprayed. Also see Contamination.
- Something spreading in from the yard next door. Also see Risk.
- Bugs showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your weed problem is really a soil problem. Also see Ground.
- Why one bed gets hit and the other doesn't. Also see Plant.
- What's actually biting your dog. Also see Animal.
- What's driving resistance in your yard. Also see Pest.
- What's turning your pond or your birdbath into a nursery. Also see Water.
- How much of your pest spending is preventable. Also see Product.
- What's drawing pests into your house. Also see Utilities.
- What all that spraying has left in your soil. Also see Contamination.
- What's coming next based on what's here now. Also see Risk.
- How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Climate.
About Water Testing
Edapho can test the water you drink, water with, and live around. This includes city water, well water, irrigation, rain barrels, ponds and water features, pools, and whatever comes out of your tap. Point us to your water. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Water you wish to:
- Get into the soil instead of off the driveway. Also see Ground.
- Stretch further across the garden. Also see Plant.
- Know is safe for your pets to drink. Also see Animal.
- Keep from breeding mosquitos. Also see Pest.
- Use less of and still have things grow. Also see Water.
- Improve before it carries anything you put down. Also see Product.
- Filter or treat at the house. Also see Utilities.
- Know is safe for your family to drink. Also see Contamination.
- Keep from pooling against the foundation. Also see Risk.
- Have enough of when the restrictions come. Also see Climate.
- Water that runs off the lawn instead of into it. Also see Ground.
- Watering that doesn't seem to help. Also see Plant.
- A pet that won't drink from the bowl outside. Also see Animal.
- Standing water breeding mosquitos. Also see Pest.
- Water with a smell, a color, or a taste you don't like. Also see Water.
- Water that leaves scale and crust on everything. Also see Product.
- A major water bill with no leak you can find. Also see Utilities.
- Water you don't trust to drink. Also see Contamination.
- Water pooling where the house meets the ground. Also see Risk.
- A yard you can't keep alive under watering limits. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your water is helping or hurting your soil. Also see Ground.
- Why the watered spots do worse than the ones you forget. Also see Plant.
- What's in the water your pets drink. Also see Animal.
- What's turning your pond or your feature green. Also see Pest.
- What's actually in what comes out of your tap. Also see Water.
- What your water does to the products you put down. Also see Product.
- What a filtration or treatment system would do for your house. Also see Utilities.
- Whether your water is safe for your family. Also see Contamination.
- Where the water goes when it leaves your roof. Also see Risk.
- How far your water would go in a dry summer. Also see Climate.
About Product Testing
Edapho can test any product you use, inside or out. This includes fertilizer, weed and bug killer, potting soil and compost, mulch, pet shampoo and flea treatments, pool and pond chemicals, water softener salt, cleaners and disinfectants, paint and finishes, and anything else under the sink or on the shelf. Name a product. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Products you wish to:
- Stop buying because your soil can supply it. Also see Ground.
- Use at the right time instead of the labeled time. Also see Plant.
- Know are safe to use around the dog and the kids. Also see Animal.
- Swap for something that handles the problem for good. Also see Pest.
- Keep out of the storm drain. Also see Water.
- Get a real result out of for what you're spending. Also see Product.
- Replace with something that doesn't make the house smell like a chemical. Also see Utilities.
- Replace with something cleaner and safer. Also see Contamination.
- Use without it running off onto a neighbor. Also see Risk.
- Have work in a dry summer as well as a wet spring. Also see Climate.
- Bags of soil amendment that never changed anything. Also see Ground.
- Fertilizer that greens it up for two weeks and then nothing. Also see Plant.
- A flea treatment or a shampoo you're not comfortable with. Also see Animal.
- Weed killer that doesn't kill what it used to. Also see Pest.
- Pool or pond chemicals you're dumping and re-dumping. Also see Water.
- A shelf of products and a yard that still looks bad. Also see Product.
- Cleaners that leave the house hard to breathe in. Also see Utilities.
- Product you used for years that you've since read about. Also see Contamination.
- Spray drifting into the neighbor's yard. Also see Risk.
- Product that works in spring and does nothing in July. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What your products actually do once they hit the soil. Also see Ground.
- How much of what you put down the plants ever see. Also see Plant.
- What's really in what you put on your pets. Also see Animal.
- Whether you're solving the pest problem or feeding it. Also see Pest.
- Where your products end up when it rains. Also see Water.
- What your yard costs you a year in products. Also see Product.
- What's in the products you use inside your house. Also see Utilities.
- What's built up in your yard after years of the same routine. Also see Contamination.
- What you're sending off your property. Also see Risk.
- How your routine should change with the summers you get. Also see Climate.
About Utilities Testing
Edapho can test how your house and everything in it is performing for the people living there. This includes air quality, heating and cooling, lighting, water systems, insulation and windows, the materials your house is made of, and the bills attached to all of it. Tell us about your house. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
A home you wish to:
- Build a patio, a shed, or an addition on knowing what's underneath. Also see Ground.
- Landscape so the yard works for the house, not against it. Also see Plant.
- Make healthy for your pets to live in. Also see Animal.
- Keep pests out of for good. Also see Pest.
- Put a real water system in. Also see Water.
- Clean and maintain with products you're comfortable with. Also see Product.
- Cut the power and water bill on without going without. Also see Utilities.
- Know is healthy for your family to breathe in. Also see Contamination.
- Keep out of the water's way. Also see Risk.
- Keep comfortable in July and January both. Also see Climate.
- A foundation on ground that keeps moving. Also see Ground.
- Runoff off the roof or the drive killing everything below it. Also see Plant.
- A pet that seems off in a certain part of the house. Also see Animal.
- Ants, spiders, or mice you can't keep out. Also see Pest.
- A water bill with no leak you can find. Also see Water.
- Cleaners or finishes that make the house hard to be in. Also see Product.
- An electric bill that doesn't match how you live. Also see Utilities.
- Somebody who feels rough every time they're in a certain room. Also see Contamination.
- A house that takes water in every big storm. Also see Risk.
- Cooling that runs constantly and never catches up. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What's under the spot before you build on it. Also see Ground.
- What to plant around the house to make it cheaper to run. Also see Plant.
- Whether your indoor air is doing your pets any favors. Also see Animal.
- What's drawing pests into your house. Also see Pest.
- What a water system would actually do for you. Also see Water.
- What's actually in the products you use inside. Also see Product.
- Where your energy and water are actually going. Also see Utilities.
- Whether the air in your house is doing your family any favors. Also see Contamination.
- Whether your house sits where it should. Also see Risk.
- What it'd cost to make the house comfortable year round. Also see Climate.
About Contamination Testing
Edapho can test for what shouldn't be in your soil, your water, your air, or your house, including whatever was here before you were. This includes lead, asbestos, radon, mold, chemical residues, old fill, buried debris, and what off-gasses from the materials around you. Tell us the history. We can test for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Know is clean before you dig or build in it. Also see Ground.
- Know is clean before you grow food in it. Also see Plant.
- Know is safe for your pets to be on. Also see Animal.
- Fix without adding more chemical to your yard. Also see Pest.
- Know is safe for your family to drink. Also see Water.
- Replace with a cleaner product. Also see Product.
- Renovate with materials that don't off-gas. Also see Utilities.
- Know is clean before you buy the place. Also see Contamination.
- Know about before somebody else finds it. Also see Risk.
- Recover as the weather works on it. Also see Climate.
- A bare patch nothing will grow on and no reason you can find. Also see Ground.
- A garden that came back wrong after something got spilled. Also see Plant.
- A pet that keeps getting sick and you can't figure out why. Also see Animal.
- A yard that got worse the more you treated it. Also see Pest.
- Water you don't trust to drink. Also see Water.
- Years of a product you've since read about. Also see Product.
- A house old enough to have lead, asbestos, or both. Also see Utilities.
- A property with a history nobody wrote down. Also see Contamination.
- Runoff coming onto your lot from somewhere else. Also see Risk.
- Mold that comes back every humid season. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What was on this lot before the house was. Also see Ground.
- Whether anything in your soil shows up in your vegetables. Also see Plant.
- Whether anything in the yard is reaching your pets. Also see Animal.
- What all that spraying left behind. Also see Pest.
- Whether your tap water is safe for your family. Also see Water.
- What years of the same routine built up. Also see Product.
- What your house is actually made of. Also see Utilities.
- Whether your property would pass if somebody tested it. Also see Contamination.
- What an inspector or a buyer would find. Also see Risk.
- What a wet season brings out that a dry one doesn't. Also see Climate.
About Risk Testing
Edapho can assess what threatens your property, your house, and the people in it. This includes flooding, drainage, slope stability, what's upstream or next door, regulations, and hazards on or around your lot. Tell us where you are. We can look into it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
- Stop losing off the slope every storm. Also see Ground.
- Plant to hold the bank or the grade. Also see Plant.
- Keep your pets safe from around the property. Also see Animal.
- Stop at your fence line before it spreads. Also see Pest.
- Get out of the water's reach. Also see Water.
- Use in the yard without it running onto a neighbor. Also see Product.
- Site or build somewhere it won't be a problem. Also see Utilities.
- Clear before you buy the place. Also see Contamination.
- Know about before somebody else does. Also see Risk.
- Hold up to whatever the season does. Also see Climate.
- A slope that slides or slumps after hard rain. Also see Ground.
- A bank with nothing left growing on it. Also see Plant.
- Wildlife you'd rather keep out of the yard. Also see Animal.
- Something spreading in from next door. Also see Pest.
- A yard or a garage that floods every few years. Also see Water.
- Spray drifting into the neighbor's yard. Also see Product.
- A house or a structure in the wrong spot. Also see Utilities.
- Something upstream or uphill you've wondered about. Also see Contamination.
- An HOA rule or a code you found out about the hard way. Also see Risk.
- Storms that hit harder than they used to. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your slope is actually stable. Also see Ground.
- What would hold your worst ground. Also see Plant.
- What the wildlife around you means for your place. Also see Animal.
- What's moving onto your lot from off it. Also see Pest.
- Whether you're in the flood zone and what that means. Also see Water.
- What you're sending off your property. Also see Product.
- Whether your house sits where it should. Also see Utilities.
- What's actually upstream or uphill of you. Also see Contamination.
- What an inspector, a buyer, or an insurer would find. Also see Risk.
- What a hundred-year rain does to your lot now. Also see Climate.
About Climate Testing
Edapho can test how your property performs under the conditions you actually live in, and the ones coming. This includes heat, drought, rainfall, humidity, freeze, and a growing season that doesn't look like it used to. Tell us your weather. We can build for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Hold water through a dry August. Also see Ground.
- Plant to match the summers you actually get. Also see Plant.
- Keep your pets comfortable through. Also see Animal.
- Stay ahead of as the pest seasons stretch. Also see Pest.
- Have enough water for when the restrictions come. Also see Water.
- Have work in a dry year as well as a wet one. Also see Product.
- Keep comfortable in July and January both. Also see Utilities.
- Keep mold out of as the humidity climbs. Also see Contamination.
- Hold up to whatever the year does. Also see Risk.
- Stop hinging on the weather cooperating. Also see Climate.
- Ground that bakes hard and won't take water. Also see Ground.
- A garden that shuts down in the heat every year now. Also see Plant.
- Pets that can't take the summer anymore. Also see Animal.
- Bugs showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Pest.
- Rain that comes all at once or not at all. Also see Water.
- Product that works in spring and does nothing in July. Also see Product.
- Cooling that runs constantly and never catches up. Also see Utilities.
- Mold that comes back every humid season. Also see Contamination.
- Storms that hit harder than they used to. Also see Risk.
- A growing season that's moved on you. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Why your yard dries out faster than your neighbor's. Also see Ground.
- How to plant for the summers you get now. Also see Plant.
- How the heat is treating what lives outside. Also see Animal.
- How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Pest.
- Whether your soil could hold you through a drought. Also see Water.
- How your routine should change with the weather you're getting. Also see Product.
- What it'd cost to make the house comfortable year round. Also see Utilities.
- What a humid season brings out that a dry one doesn't. Also see Contamination.
- What a bad storm season is really costing you. Also see Risk.
- How much of a bad summer is weather and how much is your soil. Also see Climate.
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