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Mold and Moisture Guides for the New Orleans Metro

Plain answers to the things that decide what you do next: whether your air conditioning is making the wet surface, what the $7,500 line in Louisiana law means for the job you actually have, what moves the price of a removal, how to dry a house out in a climate where opening the windows makes it worse, where a renter stands, and how to tell whether this needs a contractor at all.

Guides

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Is Your Air Conditioning Making the Mold in Your House?

Is my air conditioning causing the mold in my house?

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What Louisiana Mold Law Actually Requires

Is mold remediation licensed in Louisiana, and what does that license prove?

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The $7,500 Line in Louisiana Mold Law

Does a mold contractor need a Louisiana license for a small job?

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What Changes the Price of a Mold Job in New Orleans

How much does mold removal cost in New Orleans?

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Drying Out a House in New Orleans, and Why Opening a Window Fails

How do I dry my house out after a leak or a flood in New Orleans?

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Mold in a New Orleans Rental: What Tenants and Landlords Should Know

There is mold in my rented place in New Orleans. Who is responsible for dealing with it?

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Do You Actually Need a Mold Contractor?

Do I need to hire someone to deal with mold, or can I do it myself?

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Describe the situation and we will point you at the right next step.

We will tell you when the wall needs nobodyUnder about 10 square feet, the EPA says most people can clean it up themselves. If that is what you have, that is what you will be told.
Whoever assesses is not whoever removesLouisiana bars one company from doing both on the same property above $7,500. We keep them apart below it too, where the statute reaches nobody.
Check the license yourselfThe state licensing board runs a public Contractor Search by name, license number, city and parish. Look up whoever you are considering before money moves.
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Tell us what you can see or smell, roughly where in the house it is, and whether the house is raised or on a slab. Those three things narrow it more than the size of the patch does, because they point at how the water is arriving rather than where it ended up.

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Six quick questions, then your details. It takes under a minute, and the answers are what a local assessor would ask first.

Question 1What are you dealing with?
Question 2Is the house raised, or on a slab?

This is the question that splits the job in this metro, and the two answers have almost nothing in common. A raised house has a vented space underneath that pulls in outside air, so the problem is usually the floor system. A slab house has its plumbing cast into the concrete, so the problem is usually a leak you cannot see reaching the bottom of the wall. Answer with whatever you know.

Question 3Where do you think the water is coming from?

Worth knowing before you answer: in this climate a wall can get wet with no leak at all. The mean dew point at the airport is 75.2F in July, which is at or above the temperature air conditioning holds a wall at, so the room's own cooled surfaces can pull water straight out of the air. If none of the leak answers fit, that is genuinely useful information and not a wasted question.

Question 4Is anything still wet?

EPA guidance gives wet material roughly 24 to 48 hours before growth starts, which is why the date matters more than anything else here. One local caution: opening the windows to dry a room out does not work here in summer, because the outside air is carrying more water than the room is.

Question 5What is your position at the property?

It changes who we talk to and what has to be put in writing. Worth knowing if you rent: a landlord's own maintenance staff are exempt from the mold remediation license under Louisiana law, so work handled in house was not done by anyone the state was holding to it.

Question 6How soon do you want someone out?
Who you are, and which building

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We call to confirm the details before anyone is sent out.

Where is the property?

The contractor match is by property, not by person, so the street line matters.

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