How much for flood demo?

Supply and demand right now. They pretty much have you stuck.

Until you realize that they have the proper licensing and insurance to cover you in case something happens.

Or...you can hire Billy Bob with a hammer and 12' rusted out utility trailer that you have no recourse against when mold spores are spread throughout your home and in your duct work because they didn't properly complete the abatement process.

Being properly mold certified in Louisiana is very expensive FYI because it's a huge liability to take on so the insurance is high as camel pussy.

Servpro charged my sister 7K last month for water mitigation in the master bedroom, master bath, hall, and two rooms in the basement due to a water damage from a broken sink faucet. They removed drywall and insulation in two rooms.

Tear out the wet drywall/carpet and insulation and start drying and applying mildewcide and shouldn't be too concerned about mold.
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Let it sit for a week and it will be a mess

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so they guarantee no mold? And cover the damage, like on termites?

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If its as easy as it seems OP why not do it yourself? Yeah that seems like a lot and if your house was the only one it would be, but as said supply and demand...

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I am considering it.

Do you have flood insurance? If so, it should be covered.

I do have flood insurance, but the demo might get done before an adjuster is out. They are going to write a check for damage done. I'm not sure if that it's budgeted for a 30k demo

Hmmm. With that much water, I'm sure we will need to re run electrical.
I just can't see the city/parish having enough resources to in any way do a formal permitting process anytime in the next 6 months.

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so they guarantee no mold? And cover the damage, like on termites?

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If they are licensed and do a mold remediation then you should be covered under whatever terms they lay out and even have GL you can fall back on. You won't get that with Billy Bob.

Now, if there isn't any mold yet, do the initial rip out yourself and just follow guidelines on doing it properly to prevent mold growth.

There are also mold test kits at Home Depot you can get for $8 to see if mold is toxic or not. 95% of it isn't but the media scares people into thinking all mold is bad.

Also, don't use bleach. The bleach kills surface mold, but the problem is that household bleach is only about 5% sodium hypochlorite, which means the other 95% is water. That means you're just introducing a bunch of water into a porous substrate in a place already infected with and prone to growing mold. So you may kill a bunch of surface mold but when the sodium evaporates, the remaining moisture left behind just encourages growth for any remaining spores that you missed.

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termite contracts are dang near worthless.

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That depends on the contract.