Commercial Mold Remediation in Conyers, GA

Local conditions in Conyers

Conyers is the Rockdale County seat, about 23 miles east of Atlanta along I-20. It began as a Georgia Railroad watering stop and grew as a mill town, absorbing Milstead along the Yellow River. That river is the big local water story. In September 2009, the National Weather Service recorded the Yellow River at Conyers below Milstead cresting at 22.54 feet on September 22, more than double its 11-foot flood stage, and Honey Creek at Conyers also topped flood stage. Local coverage reported more than 100 homes evacuated, Georgia 138 closed and power cut along Crowell Road.

Commercial buildings near those waterways, older mill-era structures and slab buildings on slow-draining red clay are the ones most likely to hide old water damage. Event venues and barns around the Georgia International Horse Park, downtown storefronts near the Rockdale County Courthouse and warehouses along the interstate each fail in their own ways, from roof valleys to loading docks to crawl spaces under older buildings. A remediation company should open suspect cavities with containment in place rather than guess from the surface.

Clean it or tear it out?

Signs to watch for

• Stains that reappear after storms on walls facing the river side of a lot.
• A musty smell in a lower-level storage room or basement.
• Buckling flooring or baseboards that separate from the wall.
• Ceiling tile spotting under HVAC equipment.

Timing and city inspections

EPA says wet materials must dry within 24 to 48 hours, so drying and leak repair come first. Fall storms and the humid summer months are when hidden leaks show up as growth. If the remediation leads to rebuilding, the City of Conyers Department of Planning and Inspection Services handles commercial building inspections, from framing and insulation to electrical, mechanical and plumbing rough-ins and final, with permits requested through the city's Public Portal. Conyers has adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, which its Code Enforcement division enforces.