Mold Removal in Baton Rouge, LA

Mold removal in Baton Rouge, one service at a time

Each kind of job has its own page with its own prices and questions:

• Mold remediation: drywall, insulation and flooring that mold has grown into, removed under containment and the framing dried.
• Mold inspection and testing: an independent firm traces the moisture, maps the growth and samples only where it helps.
• Crawl space mold: joists and subfloor under raised houses, finished with a vapor barrier or encapsulation.
• Attic mold: growth on the roof deck from leaks, fans that end in the attic and weak venting.
• Bathroom mold: grout and ceilings, and the wet walls behind showers and tubs.
• AC and duct mold: coils, drain pans and lined ductwork that spread a musty smell room to room.
• Black mold: dark growth on drywall and ceilings, removed the same way whatever its species.
• Water damage: extraction and measured drying after a burst line, a roof leak or a storm.
• Flood mold: houses that took rising water, including those rebuilt after 2016.
• Commercial mold: offices, shops, restaurants, churches and rental buildings.

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Why Baton Rouge houses need mold removal: rain, rivers and humid air

Rain. The Baton Rouge airport averages 61.94 inches a year, spread across every month (NOAA 1991-2020 normals).

Rivers. In August 2016 the airport logged 30.96 inches, its wettest August on a record going back to 1930, and the Amite River at Denham Springs crested at 46.2 feet, the highest on its record. Federal inspectors counted 37,167 East Baton Rouge households with flood damage.

Humid air. Average summer dew points sit above 70°F from June through August (NOAA hourly normals, 1981-2010), and air conditioning running through that season turns every cool surface into a wet one.

Older houses. The city's median home was built in 1976, and about 58 percent of its housing units predate 1980. Spanish Town, laid out in 1805, is Baton Rouge's oldest neighborhood, and Roseland Terrace in the Garden District, from 1911, was its first subdivision.

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How Louisiana's two-firm rule shapes mold removal here

State law makes it a violation for a mold remediation contractor to perform both mold assessment and mold remediation on the same property, or to own an interest in both the assessing business and the remediating one (La. R.S. 37:2158(A)(23)). Every job that starts with a call to this number follows that order. An independent firm looks at the house, finds the moisture, maps the growth and writes the scope. A separate remediation contractor does the removal from that scope. The rooms are checked by someone other than that contractor before they are closed up again.

The practical result for a Baton Rouge homeowner: the people deciding how big the problem is are not the people paid by its size.

Mold removal prices in Baton Rouge at a glance

An independent assessment with a written report is $300 to $600. Removing a patch under ten square feet is $500 to $1,500, and a single room $1,500 to $4,500. A crawl space cleaned and treated with a new vapor barrier is $3,500 to $9,000; an attic $2,500 to $8,000; an AC system and its ducts across a whole house $6,000 to $20,000. A first floor that took floodwater is $10,000 to $30,000. These are budgeting ranges; the written price comes after the house has been seen. The cost page has every row and what moves it.

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Mold removal beyond the city limits

The same phone line covers the rest of East Baton Rouge Parish, including Central, Baker and Zachary; Denham Springs, Walker and Watson in Livingston Parish, which have a page of their own; and Prairieville and Gonzales in Ascension Parish. The service area page lists each place.

Starting a mold removal job with one phone call

Call (225) 422-7176 and describe what you are seeing or smelling, which rooms, and whether water has been in the house, from a leak, a storm or a flood. If you are buying, selling or renting, say so, because it changes what the assessment report needs to show. The callback form below and the contact page are there if you would rather write.