Mold in a Santa Ana condo or apartment
SOS Restoration Santa Ana clears mold from houses, condos and apartments across Orange County. A lot of it here never had a leak behind it. We find the cause, take it out, and seal the wall. English or Spanish, look free: (949) 522-4470.
A person answers, day or night. The first look is free. CSLB #1131134 · IICRC #70194273
a dispatcher, an address, and a crew on the way
we dry the house and then we build it back
and the crews know the streets in Orange County
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No leak, so why the mold?
Crowding and coastal air, more often than a burst pipe.
Roughly fifteen thousand renter homes here hold more people than rooms. Cooking, showers and breath in a small old unit put moisture on the coldest wall, and it grows there. We read the wall, not guess.
Is this mine or the landlord's?
It depends on the cause, and paper decides it.
A building problem is the owner’s; damage from how a unit is used can fall to the tenant. We document the source and the spread with dated photos. A guide on renting and water damage lays out the lines.
Do I need a clearance test?
Sometimes, and who pays for it varies.
A landlord, an HOA or an insurer may require a third-party clearance after the work. We do the removal; an outside hygienist signs the test. A guide on who pays for clearance covers it.
Which Orange County towns?
Santa Ana and the cities around it, inland and coastal.
We clear mold in Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. The coast keeps every one of them humid.
Which mold can I handle myself?
A grout line or a window frame is a cleaning job, not ours.
Wipe it, dry the room, and fix whatever keeps it wet. We come when it sits behind something, where wiping reaches nothing and the smell keeps returning.
Do you test before you start?
We find the water first. A test that skips the source only prices the symptom.
Where a lender, an association or a landlord wants paper, an independent hygienist samples it. We do not grade our own work.
Can I clean a patch myself?
Under ten square feet, gloved and masked, with a window open.
Bigger than that, or growth you cannot see behind, wants a meter and containment. When in doubt, ask the dispatcher and we come read it.
What will mold work cost?
The look is free; emergency mold work starts at $90 an hour.
The rate card prints all of it, one page. Our photos and readings feed the insurance claim, and cutting the water source always comes first.
Water damage
Fire & smoke
Storm damage
Sewage cleanup
Reconstruction
The cities we drive to for this work
Mold arrives after water, and water behaves differently in a 1952 bungalow than in a 2015 apartment building. The city pages below say which one you are living in.
Not a good moment to talk? Write it down and we call you.
A phone number is all we actually need. Anything else you tell us only decides which crew and which gear leave the shop.
Mold in a crowded unit comes back until the moisture does not, so treat the cause. Call (949) 522-4470 to start there.
Water, fire, smoke, mold, storm and sewage cleanup for Santa Ana and the Orange County cities around it. Any hour, any day. Se habla español.