Cross Gates is the big subdivision north of I-12 off Military Road, built from the late 1970s into the 90s on flat ground under tall pines. Slab houses, brick fronts, mature trees, and a drainage system of ditches and canals that does fine in ordinary rain and backs up in the tropical kind. The surge never reached here in 2005, but the wind did, and Ida in 2021 took shingles and whole sections of roof off houses on every street.
Mold in Cross Gates? Call and describe what you see or smell and what got wet. If we’re on a job, you’ll get a scheduled callback from a number you’ll recognize.
The Ida calls are still coming in: a ceiling stain under a roof that was tarped for a month and then patched, with the attic insulation above it matted and dark — attic mold remediation. The everyday calls are original bathroom plumbing and exhaust fans that dump into the attic, which is bathroom mold removal. Neither one needed a storm.
Say where it is, what got wet, and how long ago. We remove mold; testing isn’t something we do.
Mold after a roof leak? Tell us what happened.
Cold air through a hot attic makes condensation, and a musty blast every time the unit starts is the tell. Growth at the coil, plenum, or in wet flex duct — cleaned or replaced so the system stops moving it around.
Raised houses in Olde Towne, along Bayou Liberty, and every home lifted after Katrina have a damp space underneath. Joists and subfloor cleaned, wet insulation out, and what has to change for it to stay dry.
One room that smells like a wet box after every rain has a reason. We find the material behind the smell, remove it, and clean the cavity — instead of masking it.
Containment, negative pressure, and the wet drywall, trim, and insulation out of the house — framing cleaned and dried before anything gets closed up again.
A dark patch on a ceiling or baseboard after a long leak gets the same removal as any other growth. CDC says the type doesn’t change the job; the water behind it is what matters.
A surge line along every wall, a roof that leaked through a whole season, or a house that sat shut and wet after Ida. Room-by-room containment and removal on one plan, one report.
Dark staining on the roof deck after a leak, a blown-off shingle, or a bath fan dumping into the attic. Cleaned in place with the attic sealed off from the rooms below.
The ceiling over the shower, the wall behind the toilet, the floor of the vanity cabinet. Small rooms that never dry, and removal that holds once the moisture is handled.