When you have a mold problem SERVPRO is here to help

1/17/2022 (Permalink)

Once demolition took place we were able to see the full spread of the mold.

SERVPRO of Southwest Portland received an after-hour call regarding a water loss in a local home. The homeowner let us know that there is a possible mold issue in his furnace room and a possible laundry room caused by a leaking humidifier attached to his furnace. The homeowner also mentioned that they live in a three-story home and he believes that two of the levels may be affected.

Either 20 minutes of that call ends, our crews came to the shop regrouped, and headed out to the home. During the initial walk-through between the homeowner and the crew, our crew chief noticed that the HVAC was improperly installed which is the reason for the loss.  In addition, the humidifier was spraying into the bottom of the furnace causing the flooring in the HVAC and laundry room to get wet. The homeowner came home after a 2-week vacation to the cork laminator tiles being swollen and coming up in the HVAC room and separated in front of the washer machine in the laundry room.

Our crew chief then comes up with a drying plan. The plan was to set containment on the doorways of the HVAC room and laundry room and to set one air scrubber in each of the affected rooms. Then we needed to remove the cork laminate flooring to expose the microbial growth and then perform mold scrub on the subfloor and flood cut the walls that have the microbial growth in the rooms.

Our crew was able to get this job done in only three days. Here at SERVPRO of Southwest Portland, we make sure to make your home or business look just as good as new or how we like to say “Like it never even happened.” Please call SERVPRO of Southwest Portland twenty-four a day seven days a week for any Fire, Water, Mold, or Bio-hazard clean-ups. If you have any questions please give us a call at 503.777.9739.