Killian sits on Highway 22 at the Tickfaw River, a few miles from where the river empties into Lake Maurepas. Most of the housing is built for water: camps and homes on tall pilings along the river and the Blood River, with slab houses only on the higher lots near the highway. Storm surge from the lake is the local hazard — Isaac and Ida both pushed water up the Tickfaw — and 2016 added river flooding on top of it. The ground under a raised house here is wet more months than it is dry.
We remove mold in Killian. Call and tell us what you see or smell and what got wet.
A camp that took surge and was dried in a hurry, with growth along the lower wall or under the floor, is mold removal or crawl space mold remediation. A camp that smells musty every time you open the door is a call worth making before the next season.
Tell us how high the water got, when, and whether the place is a camp or a full-time home. Removal and remediation only — we don’t test.
Smells musty when you open the camp in Killian? Call.
Growth in more than one room — a house that took water in 2016 and was closed up fast, a roof that leaked all summer, a place that sat empty with the AC off. One plan, sealed and worked room by room.
Dark streaks on the roof deck, a stained ceiling under it, a bathroom fan blowing into the attic, an air handler sweating on its platform. Cleaned in place with the attic sealed off from the rooms below.
The ceiling above the tub, the wall behind the toilet, the floor of the vanity cabinet. Wet every day, and the removal that holds once the water is under control.
A musty smell that shows up when the air conditioner starts. Growth at the coil, in the plenum, or in wet flex duct — cleaned or replaced so the system stops moving it around the house.
Raised houses and camps along the Amite, Tickfaw, and Lake Maurepas hold damp air under the floor for months. Joists and subfloor cleaned, wet insulation out, and the space set up to dry.
The smell is coming from somewhere. We find the growth behind it and remove it, rather than masking it with a plug-in or a fresh coat of paint.
Work area sealed, air kept under negative pressure, wet drywall and insulation out, framing cleaned and dried before the wall closes. Written report at the end.
A dark patch on drywall or a ceiling gets removed the same careful way as any other color of mold. What changes the job is the water behind it, not the shade.