The Seventh Ward runs from Esplanade to Elysian Fields and from the river side of Claiborne back toward the Gentilly Ridge. It is shotguns and doubles from the 1890s through the 1930s on brick piers. Most of it flooded in 2005 — two to six feet depending on the block — and it rebuilt unevenly, house by house.
We take mold calls from Seventh Ward at any hour. Tell us what you’re seeing and what got it wet.
The Seventh Ward call is usually a house that was gutted, re-sheeted, and closed before the framing dried: growth returning along the bottom of a wall, a closet that never lost its smell — mold removal. The second call is a wet crawl space after a hard rain, which is crawl space mold remediation. A lot of the Ward is rented by the side. Tenant or owner, say which.
If we can pick up, you’re connected right then; if we’re mid-job you get a callback time and the number it will come from. Removal only — we don’t test.
Ready to get it removed? Call.
Dark staining on the roof deck above a bathroom fan, a sweating air handler, or the leak that opened up in the last storm. Cleaned in place with the attic sealed off from the rooms below.
The ceiling over the tub, the wall behind the toilet, the floor of the vanity cabinet. Small rooms that never dry out in New Orleans, and removal that holds once the water is under control.
A musty blast every time the air conditioning starts. Growth at the coil, in the plenum, or in sweating insulated duct — cleaned or replaced so the system stops moving it through the house.
Shotguns, doubles, and raised cottages on piers hold damp air and standing water under the floor. Joists and subfloor cleaned, wet insulation out, and the space set up to stay drier.
A room that smells like a wet box and looks fine. Finding the growth that makes the smell and taking it out, instead of covering it with a spray.
Work area sealed and under negative pressure, the wet drywall, trim, and insulation out, the framing cleaned and dried before anything gets closed back up.
Dark, slimy, or greenish-black growth on drywall, ceilings, or baseboards. The color doesn’t change what we do; what got it wet does.
Growth through several rooms after floodwater, a roof that leaked all summer, or a house that sat shut with the power off. Room-by-room containment and removal on one plan.