Mold Removal in Shreveport, LA

Mold removal service for Shreveport homes

Most of the calls we get fall into a handful of situations. Pick the one that sounds like your house; the page behind each link explains that job in more detail.

Under the floor. Raised houses sit over clay soil that holds water after rain. When the plastic on the ground has torn, or was never put down, the joists stay damp and mold creeps along the underside of the floor. See crawl space mold removal.

In the bathroom. Dark growth on the ceiling over the tub, around the window frame, or pushing through the grout from a shower pan that has quietly failed. See bathroom mold removal.

Up in the attic. A bath fan blowing into the attic instead of outdoors, or a roof leak from a spring storm, leaves the underside of the roof deck stained and fuzzy. See attic mold removal.

In the AC. A wet coil, a clogged drain line or a sweating closet around the air handler grows mold that the system then blows into every room. See mold in AC units, vents and ducts.

After a leak, a freeze or a flood. Water that sat for more than a day or two is where mold gets its start. If the house is still wet, the job is drying it out; if growth has already begun, it is removal. See water damage restoration and mold after a flood.

Black mold. Dark growth is what most people call us about. An independent assessor can sample it so you know what it is, and it comes out with the same care as any other growth. See black mold removal.

Textured ceilings. Older popcorn ceilings with water marks get an asbestos test before anyone scrapes them. See popcorn ceiling mold.

Businesses and rentals. Offices, shops, churches and rental units, scheduled around your hours and your tenants. See commercial mold remediation.

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How we remove mold, start to finish

1. An independent assessment first. Louisiana does not allow one company to both assess and remediate mold on the same property, so an independent assessor visits with a moisture meter and a thermal camera, looks under the floor and up in the attic, takes samples where they answer a question, and writes the report. More on that under mold inspection and testing in Shreveport.

2. The water source, named. Mold is what you see; water is what feeds it. The report names the source, whether that is a plumbing leak, a torn vapor barrier, a bad piece of roof flashing or an AC drain, and who should fix it. The removal is then priced in writing by a separate remediation contractor.

3. We seal off the work area. Plastic walls, a zip door, and a filtered air machine that keeps loose spores inside the work area instead of drifting down the hall.

4. We take out what cannot be cleaned. Moldy sheetrock, insulation, carpet pad and trim are cut out and bagged. Framing and joists that are still sound get cleaned, sanded where needed and treated. Nothing gets painted over to hide it. The details are on the mold remediation page.

5. We dry it, then it is tested. Fans and dehumidifiers bring the wood back to normal moisture. On bigger jobs the independent assessor sends an air sample from inside the work area to a lab with an outdoor sample for comparison, and the plastic stays up until the result says the room is clear.

6. We put it back together. New sheetrock, insulation and paint, quoted on its own line so you can see what the removal costs and what the rebuild costs.

Why mold keeps showing up in Shreveport houses

Three things work together here. The first is the ground: much of the city sits on clay that holds water, and older homes built on piers have a crawl space right on top of it. The second is the housing itself: historic districts such as South Highlands were built mostly between 1900 and 1949, and older houses carry plaster walls, original bathrooms and old ductwork with decades of small leaks behind them. The third is the weather: long humid summers with the AC running most of the day, spring storms that push rain past old windows, and hard freezes like the February 2021 storms, when broken mains and pipes left most of the city's water customers without service. Any one of those can start mold. When two of them meet in the same house, it comes back until the moisture is dealt with.

What it costs to remove mold in Shreveport

Here is what jobs in the area have run. An inspection with a written report: $300 to $600. A small area under ten square feet: $500 to $1,500. A single room such as a bathroom, closet or bedroom: $1,500 to $4,500. Under the house, cleaning and treating the joists runs $2,500 to $6,500, or $6,000 to $15,000 when the crawl space is fully encapsulated. Attics run $2,500 to $8,000, and a whole-house HVAC job $6,000 to $20,000. Job-by-job pricing is on the mold removal cost page.

Prices on this page are estimates from previous work. We cannot quote an exact price. The actual cost can be lower or higher depending on the job. The person who knows is the professional who will do the work. You get a written quote after we see the house.

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Booking a mold inspection in Shreveport

Call (318) 666-4874 and tell us three things: where you see or smell it, about how big an area it covers, and whether anything has leaked, frozen or flooded lately. We set a time to come out, and you get the report and a written price. If you would rather not call, leave your details in the form below or on the contact page and we will call you back.

Shreveport, Bossier City and the towns nearby

We work across Shreveport and Bossier City and out to Haughton, Benton, Blanchard, Greenwood, Stonewall and Keithville. See mold removal in Bossier City or the full service area.