Mold Removal in Point Breeze, PA
Point Breeze lies west of Broad Street between Washington Avenue and Passyunk Avenue, a neighborhood of two-story brick rowhouses from the 1880s through the 1920s that has seen more gut rehabs and new three-story builds in the last fifteen years than almost anywhere in the city. Half the houses on a given block may have been flipped: new drywall over old brick, a roof deck on top, and a basement that was finished for the listing photos.
Homeowners in Point Breeze use this site's number to reach an independent local mold provider, who meters the house and lays out the scope. We arrange the call only.
Those flips are where the mold calls come from. A stone or brick foundation that was damp for a century got drywall screwed straight to furring with no gap and no vapor control, and within two humid summers the back of that drywall is growing. Roof decks and stucco added to a party wall were flashed fast, and the water lands on the neighbor's plaster. The neighborhood is on the combined sewer, so floor drains back up in a storm too.
Point Breeze mold removal in a house that was flipped five years ago
Growth on the back of new basement drywall is mold removal, with the furring and the drywall out to the meter line and the stone cleaned. A musty smell in a renovated house that looks perfect is mold odor removal, and the crew checks under the new laminate floor on the slab. Putting the basement back with a drainage gap and a moisture-tolerant board is mold damage repair.
What to look at before you call
Pull the carpet or lift a plank at the base of the basement wall and look at what is underneath. Check the roof deck's scuppers. Look at the neighbor's parapet from the street. Knowing which of the three let the water in saves the crew's first hour.
Call (215) 600-0376 and tell us what you see. We put you through to a local mold provider serving Point Breeze.
Services Available in Point Breeze
Mold Removal
Growth on plaster or drywall after a party-wall leak, a stone-foundation seep, or a radiator pipe: room sealed, wet material cut to the meter line, framing HEPA-cleaned and dried.
Black Mold Removal
A dark patch on a basement wall or bathroom ceiling handled by how far the water traveled, not its color: containment, porous material out, hard surfaces cleaned, source fixed.
Whole-Home Mold Remediation
A sewer backup that filled the basement or a flat-roof leak that ran down three floors, mapped floor by floor and cleared in zones as one project.
HVAC Mold Cleaning
Coil, drain pan, and condensate line cleaned or replaced when a basement or closet air handler sweats through a humid Philadelphia summer.
Bathroom Mold Removal
Growth behind a vanity, under a tile shower, or on a ceiling with no exhaust fan in a rowhouse second-floor bath, removed with the leak fixed first.
Attic Mold Remediation
Growth on rafters and sheathing under a flat roof or a twin's slate roof, cleaned and treated once the roofing or the ventilation is corrected.
Mold Odor Removal
A musty smell in a rowhouse that looks fine, traced to a wet stone wall, a damp joist end, or the dirt under an old cellar floor, then removed and treated.
Mold Damage Repair
Plaster, drywall, baseboard, and subfloor put back after removal, once the basement reads dry and the roof, pipe, or drain that caused it is repaired.