Hickory is the piney-woods corner northwest of Slidell where Highway 1088 runs up toward I-12 — a mix of 1980s and 90s subdivisions on slabs, older houses on bigger wooded lots, and newer construction going in wherever the pines get cleared. It never saw surge, but it sits at the headwaters of the bayous that drain toward the lake, and the flat ground holds water after a tropical rain. Ida’s wind came through the tall pines here and put limbs and whole trees through roofs.
Mold in Hickory? 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.
A tree through the roof means rain in the attic and often rain down an interior wall, and the calls two seasons later are attic mold remediation and mold removal in the room below. The tighter newer houses get the HVAC call — musty air every time the attic unit starts. Slidell doesn’t need another storm for mold to begin, and neither does Hickory.
Say where it is, what got wet, and how long ago. We remove mold; testing isn’t something we do.
Call and tell us what you found.
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.