Attic Mold Remediation in New Orleans, LA
The roofer texted you a photo of black plywood along the eave. The AC tech said the deck above the air handler doesn’t look right. Or you climbed into the attic of the camelback for the first time since you bought it and the rafters over the bathroom are streaked dark. Call and tell us what was found — we handle attic mold across New Orleans and Orleans Parish.
Why New Orleans attics grow mold
Heat and moisture, in three usual combinations. A roof that opened up in a summer storm — or in Ida — and has been dripping onto the deck ever since. A bathroom or dryer vent that ends in the attic instead of outside, pushing warm wet air onto plywood that cools off at night. Or the air handler itself: most New Orleans houses keep the unit in the attic, and a sweating cabinet or a backed-up drain line wets the platform and the insulation under it for months before anyone looks. In the older shotguns and doubles, add a century of patched roofs and the original bath vent that never went anywhere.
How an attic job goes
- We seal the hatch or the pull-down stair and run the attic under negative pressure so nothing drifts into the rooms below.
- Roof deck and rafters stay — the growth on them is HEPA-vacuumed and cleaned, wire-brushed or lightly sanded where it has taken hold.
- Insulation under the stained deck comes out bagged; a stained ceiling below usually reveals a problem that started above it.
- We tell you where the moisture came from — the vent, the leak, the drain pan — because the removal only lasts if that changes.
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What to do before we get there
Stay out of the attic unless you have a respirator; pulling insulation around is what puts spores into the living space. If a ceiling underneath has gone soft or brown, keep people out of that room and don’t poke at it. Note when the roof was last worked on and when the AC was last serviced — those two dates usually tell the story.
