Mold Remediation · Senoia, GA
Mold in four rooms of a Senoia home
Mold had taken hold in four separate areas of this Senoia home, much of it around the ceiling AC vents. Here's how we contained each area, traced the moisture behind it, and left the structure clean and dry.
How the job went
Four areas, four different problems
The inspection turned up growth in four spots with little in common. Around the ceiling AC vents in the kitchen and kids' bathroom, and around the bathroom light fixture. Two unrelated wall areas in the basement. And one wall in the garage, where the moisture source still had to be tracked down. We mapped and documented each area before touching anything.
Sealing each area off before anything moved
Mold spreads the moment you disturb it, so containment comes first. The kids' bathroom got a full sealed enclosure with a zippered door and an air scrubber running inside it the whole time. In the kitchen, garage and basement, we sealed the cabinets, floors and surrounding surfaces with heavy plastic so nothing migrated while we worked. Only then did demolition start.
Cleaning back to bare, sound structure
In all four areas we removed the affected drywall, including a two-foot flood cut on one basement wall, then HEPA-vacuumed the exposed framing and wall cavities, cleaned every surface, and treated it with antimicrobial. We take it out rather than fog it or coat over it, because dead mold left in the wall can still cause problems.
Drying the areas that needed it
Where moisture was still in the structure, we set drying equipment and monitored it. The basement and garage got dehumidifiers, with an air scrubber and air mover in the basement where the exposure was greatest. The kitchen was already dry after removal, so it needed none. The equipment ran until the readings came back to normal.
Everything clean, except the ductwork
At the final visit everything had come back clean: no musty odor, no visible growth, no moisture in the treated areas, framing dry to the touch and to the meter. We pulled the equipment and closed out the remediation. Because the mold was on the AC vents, we capped them and flagged the ductwork for cleaning before any rebuild. Putting new ceilings up over a dirty air system would just seed the rooms again, so that had to get handled first by a specialized company.
