Attic Mold Remediation in Covington, LA
The AC tech came down the pull-down stairs and said the decking above the unit is dark. Or the roofer found black plywood along the back eave when he replaced the Ida shingles. Or you went up for the Christmas boxes and the underside of the roof didn’t look right. Call and tell us what they found — we handle attic mold in Covington, Mandeville, and the Northshore.
Why a newer attic grows mold
Nearly every house built here since 2000 keeps the air handler in the attic, and that is the usual source: a unit that sweats through the summer, a drain line that backs up, a pan that overflows onto the platform and the insulation beneath it. The second source is a bathroom or dryer vent that ends in the attic instead of outside, pumping warm wet air onto a deck that cools at night. The third is the roof itself — a vent boot, a valley, a section of flashing — dripping onto the deck through a season of afternoon storms. A tight, well-insulated house makes all three harder to notice from below.
What the work looks like
- We seal the attic access and put the attic under negative pressure so the work doesn’t push dust and spores down into the house.
- The deck and rafters stay put; growth on them gets HEPA-vacuumed and cleaned, with a wire brush or light sanding where it has gone into the grain.
- Insulation under the affected deck or around the air handler platform that got wet comes out, bagged.
- Condensation that keeps appearing in one area of the attic is telling you where the moisture is arriving, and we tell you what has to change so the job lasts.
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What to do now
Don’t go up without a respirator; disturbing insulation is what puts spores into the house. If a ceiling below the attic is stained and soft, keep people out of that room. Write down when the roof and the AC were last serviced and what the tech said, and if the roof took damage in a storm, note the date — it matters for the report.
