Mold Removal in Metairie, LA

Mold removal in Metairie, room by room

Each kind of job has its own page with the detail. In short:

Crawl space mold removal in Metairie. Joists and subfloor under a raised house are cleaned and treated and the vapor barrier or encapsulation is dealt with, in a climate where the average dew point at the Kenner weather station stays above 70°F from June through September.

Attic mold removal in Metairie. Growth on the underside of the roof deck after a leak, or where a bathroom fan blows into the attic instead of outdoors, comes out once the cause has been fixed.

Post-flood mold remediation in Metairie. After street flooding, a hurricane or a burst pipe, wet drywall and insulation are removed and the framing is dried and treated.

Bathroom mold. The shower, the grout, the ceiling, and the wall cavity behind a shower pan or supply line that has been leaking.

AC and duct mold. The coil, drain pan and ductwork are cleaned or replaced, and the moisture behind the growth is tracked down.

Black mold removal. Dark growth on drywall, ceilings and window walls; its color says nothing about which mold it is, and it is removed the same way as any other.

Water damage restoration. Standing water is extracted and the floors and walls are dried before mold can take hold.

Commercial mold remediation. Offices, shops, restaurants and rental units, with the work scheduled around opening hours.

Mold inspection and testing. An independent assessor maps the moisture and takes air or surface samples where the answer matters.

Mold remediation. The affected wall, ceiling or slab edge is sealed off, the damaged material removed and the framing dried.

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Mold removal and the Metairie picture: ground, rain and age

Metairie has no mayor or city council of its own. The Census Bureau treats it as a census-designated place in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, and its 143,507 residents in 2020 made it the largest place of that kind in Louisiana. The housing came mostly in one wave: the median home was built in 1972, and roughly 63 percent of the 66,355 housing units date from 1950 to 1979. In homes of that age, worn roof flashing, shower pans and supply lines are common places for water to get in.

The land matters as well. Tulane geographer Richard Campanella has written that the drained former backswamps of Metairie now lie 6 to 12 feet below sea level in places. Rain arrives in quantity: NOAA's 1991-2020 normals for the airport station in Kenner show 63.35 inches a year, with 77 days of a tenth of an inch or more, and 85 days a year reaching 90°F. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm on August 29, 2021, and the parish's emergency director said nearly every home in Jefferson Parish reported roof damage. The Louisiana Department of Health says that in most cases mold will not grow if wet areas are dried within 24 to 48 hours, which is why a ceiling stain left over from that storm deserves a closer look.

Mold removal and assessment by two separate firms, as Louisiana law requires

A mold remediation contractor in Louisiana may not perform both the assessment and the remediation on the same property, and may not own an interest in both companies (La. R.S. 37:2158(A)(23)(c)-(d)). On a Metairie job that means two parties. The assessor comes first, measures moisture, takes samples only when a result would change the plan, and puts the findings in writing. The remediation contractor then builds containment, removes what the mold has grown into and dries what stays. Once the room is finished, the independent side can come back for a clearance check, so the person signing off is not the person who did the work.

You can ask any remediation contractor for its name, license number, classification and current insurance certificates in writing; Louisiana law requires them to provide these when asked.

What mold removal costs, in ranges

An independent assessment with a written report runs $300 to $650, plus $75 to $150 when someone has to get into the attic or crawl space. A patch smaller than 10 square feet is $600 to $1,800, and a single room such as a bathroom, closet or bedroom is $1,800 to $5,500. Opening and drying a slab-edge cavity is $2,500 to $8,000; a crawl space, $3,000 to $12,000; an attic, $3,000 to $9,500; the AC system and ducts for a whole house, $7,500 to $25,000. A house that was closed up wet after Katrina or Ida starts at $8,000 and can pass $30,000. The full table is on the mold removal cost page.

These figures are a guide, not a quote. What the visit finds sets the real price, and that price is given to you in writing afterwards.

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Before you call about mold removal

It helps to know the street address, the room or rooms involved, what you can see or smell, and whether there has been a leak, a storm or water on the floor. Call (504) 360-1797; the phone is answered Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm. Outside those hours, the callback form further down this page takes your details, and the contact page lists the other ways to reach us.

Mold removal in Kenner and the rest of East Jefferson

The Kenner page covers homes west of Metairie, the New Orleans page covers the city to the east, and the service area page names Harahan, River Ridge, Elmwood and the other East Bank communities one by one.