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Mold Remediation

Mold Remediation in Furnace Closet

We will get called a few times a year to do mold remediation in a furnace “closet,” which is commonly found in condominiums.  If the closet is very small (and most of the time they are) and mold is discovered to be growing on the sides or behind the furnace, there is typically not enough room for the SERVPRO technicians to be able to complete the mold remediation.  Unfortunately, this requires that the furnace be detached, which will then free up the space that is needed in order for SERVPRO to remove the contaminated drywall and usually the insulation.  Once the contaminated material is removed and the mold mitigation is completed, then our structural repairs vendor installs the new insulation, drywall, mud, tape, texture and paint.  Finally, when all structure repairs are complete, the furnace vendor can come back to the property to re-install the furnace.

This may not sound like a lot of hard work, and it typically is not.  The challenge is that this is very time consuming.  First, detach an average furnace takes approximately 4 to 6 hours.  So, this equates to a full day.  Then, SERVPRO goes in the next day to do the mold remediation and dry out the structure.  Our average dry time is 3 days.  Then, structure repairs can begin and that usually takes 2 days.  Time is needed to install new insulation, hang the drywall, tape and mud the drywall (and let the mud dry) and then sand and texture and then paint.  Then, the furnace vendor needs to come back to re-attach the furnace.