“Mike Reid did a fine job with our mold issue. He did everything he said he would do and we are already seeing a difference in air quality. Thanks!”
Seven months of cooling season, dew points in the seventies, and a drip pan that never quite dries out. We treat the system the air runs through.
Most years the calls for HVAC Mold Removal in Myrtle Beach, SC start in April, when an owner switches the air on for the first time since winter and what comes out of the first vent smells like a wet towel. The smell is the symptom; the cause is water sitting somewhere inside the system.
An air conditioner works by condensing moisture out of the air it handles. That water drops into the pan under the coil and leaves through the condensate line, as long as the line is clear and the pan drains. When it doesn’t, the inside of the box stays wet, dust past the filter gives mold something to feed on, and every run of the blower carries what grows there into the rooms the system serves.
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“Mike Reid did a fine job with our mold issue. He did everything he said he would do and we are already seeing a difference in air quality. Thanks!”
“Mike was great! He was professional and prompt in helping us remove our mold issue. We hadn't been feeling well and found we had mold in our home. Mike came in and took care of our mold problem and we're all feeling so much better now. Thanks Pure Air Restored!”
“What an amazing service! Pure Air Restored is awesome and Mike was great! I had no idea mold fogging was even available or how much we needed it. As a homeowner in Myrtle Beach, it's easy to overlook the things you can't see, especially in a humid area where mold and air quality can become a real issue. I also didn't realize it may have been affecting my husband's ongoing health issues. After the fogging service, the air felt lighter and smelled better. I even noticed I slept better. So glad we did this. Highly recommend Mike at Pure Air Restored!”
“We bought an older home and hired Mike with PureAir Restored to treat our home for mold. I was shocked at what a difference it made. Our home had a completely different smell and feel to it. It all felt very clean and new and I'm so glad I called them!”
“I cannot say enough good things about this mold treatment! From the very beginning, the experience was amazing. He provided a thorough estimate, clearly explained everything he would be doing, and walked me through each step of the process. He even showed me the evidence of the mold so I could fully understand what was being treated. He was incredibly thorough, professional, and respectful of our home. When the job was finished, he took the time to clean everything up so well that you would never know the work had been done. And the biggest difference? When I walked back into my house afterward, it felt like I was walking into a brand-new home. The air felt so fresh, and for the first time, I could actually breathe comfortably. I am beyond impressed with the quality of the work and the care that was put into every detail. I would highly recommend him to anyone dealing with mold or wanting to make sure their home is properly treated. Absolutely amazing experience from start to finish!”
“I truly cannot say enough good things about this company and our experience with Mike. First and foremost, Mike is an incredible person. His heart and compassion genuinely seem to be the “why” behind what he does. From the moment we met him, I felt like he cared about our family and our situation, not just about getting another mold remediation job. On top of that, his knowledge and expertise when it comes to mold, water damage and indoor air quality are outstanding. Unfortunately, this was not our family’s first experience with water damaged homes and mold. We had been through it twice before, so when I began to suspect we were dealing with mold again in our Myrtle Beach home, I was terrified. My immediate reaction was that we needed to throw everything away and move all over again. Then God placed Mike in our lives. After meeting him, learning about the treatment process and doing my own research into the company, I was honestly blown away. I’ll admit that I wasn’t even 100% convinced something like this could make such a difference until I experienced it myself. While Mike was at our home, we opened our HVAC air handler and discovered significant visible mold growth inside. Almost immediately, I started experiencing symptoms that I personally associate with mold exposure, ringing in my ears, dizziness, congestion and even mixing up my words. At that point, I truly thought relocating was going to be our only option. Four days later, Mike came back and treated our home. When we returned several hours after the treatment, I could tell almost immediately that something was different. The air felt completely different to me. After everything our family has been through with water damage and mold, the sense of relief I felt walking back into our home is difficult to put into words. I joke that I now feel like I have the cleanest air in all of Myrtle Beach, but that’s genuinely how different our home feels to me. If you’re in Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, Conway or anywhere along the Grand Strand and you’re concerned about mold, previous water damage, your HVAC system or the air quality inside your home, I absolutely recommend talking with Mike. Even if you’re overwhelmed and don’t know where to start, having someone knowledgeable and compassionate walk you through your options can make such a difference. Mike, thank you for the time you spent with us, for answering all of my questions, for understanding why I was so scared after our previous experiences, and most importantly, for genuinely caring about our family. Finding someone with expertise is important. Finding someone with expertise AND a heart for the people he is helping is something special. We are incredibly grateful God crossed our paths. ❤️”
Start at the coil. It sits wet for hours whenever the system runs, and the pan beneath holds whatever drains off. A slow condensate line backs that water up; a pan with a lazy slope keeps a film of it. Either way, the wet surface sits inside the one box the whole house breathes through.
Then look at where the equipment lives. Air handlers here often sit in attics or closets with one louvered door, and a Myrtle Beach attic in July is hotter and damper than the room below. Cold supply air moving through that attic makes the duct sweat wherever insulation is thin or a joint has pulled loose. Flex runs that sag hold the water at the dip.
The signs are ordinary: a smell at start-up that fades after ten minutes, dark streaking on the ceiling around a register, or one room that smells worse than the rest, usually the room nearest the air handler.
NWS Wilmington is the forecast office for this coast, and NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the North Myrtle Beach station put it at 2,003.3 cooling degree days a year, with April through October accounting for 1,974.3 of them. That is 98.6% of the annual cooling load in seven months. Your system pulls water out of the air for more than half the year.
Heat is not what does the damage. The Myrtle Beach station’s normals show only 22.1 days a year reaching 90°F, because the ocean keeps a lid on the temperature. The moisture stays anyway. Ten years of readings at Myrtle Beach International Airport average a daily high dew point of 77.3°F in July and 76.5°F in August, with the average overnight minimum above 65°F from June through September. The air outside never dries out, so neither does the air your system handles.
EPA guidance is to keep indoor humidity below 60 percent, ideally between 30 and 50. That is hard to hold in a place nobody is living in. A large share of the city’s housing sits empty for weeks at a time by design. Those condos and rentals sit closed for weeks with the thermostat set high to keep the power bill down, so the system barely runs and barely dehumidifies. We get the call when the next guest opens the door.
We inspect first: the coil, the pan, the condensate line, the inside of the cabinet, and whatever duct we can reach. Two register covers tell you little about a system with sixty feet of supply run above the ceiling.
The patented VaPURE process has two steps. First a sterilant, released as a vapor so it travels the way the air travels: through the returns, out into the duct runs, into the cabinet and the framing around it. Then an antimicrobial protectant goes on surfaces, which helps resist regrowth once the moisture source is fixed. The home or unit needs to be vacant while we work and for a short period after: people, pets and plants out. Most jobs finish in a single day, and people are usually back in the same day.
Duct cleaning is a different job. A duct cleaner puts a brush and a vacuum where a brush and a vacuum fit, which has its place when there is debris in the runs. Vapor goes where air goes. Neither repairs a pan that won’t drain.
Some things are not ours to fix, and we say so at the inspection rather than at the end. A cracked drip pan, a coil fouled until airflow is restricted, or a collapsed flex run holding water is an HVAC contractor’s job, and that repair belongs before or alongside treatment.
Scope is mostly a question of how much system there is. One air handler in a closet serving a two-bedroom condo is smaller work than a house with two systems, two zones and long duct runs above the ceilings.
Access moves it too. An air handler on a floored attic walkway is quicker to work around than one wedged over a garage on open joists. So does how far the growth has traveled. Once it is past the ductwork and into the rooms, treatment has to cover the living space too.
The inspection is free, and so is a phone consultation if you would rather start there. You get a firm number before work begins.
Ask how the treatment reaches the parts of a system you cannot see. VaPURE is patented, and the sterilant disperses as a vapor throughout the treated space, which is how it gets into duct runs, cabinets, wall cavities and framing. Ask how quickly someone picks up. The office runs Monday to Friday, we answer urgent calls around the clock, and most urgent jobs get a same-day response. The last question is how anyone knows it worked. We use independent third-party lab analysis of air and surface samples, and clearance testing after remediation is available if you want the result on paper.
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Usually, when the smell is coming from growth inside the system. Treatment addresses what is on the coil, in the pan and through the ductwork. If the water that fed it is still there, a condensate line that drains slowly for instance, the smell tends to return. Fix the water and the treatment holds.
Sometimes. Cleaning pulls dust and debris out of the runs, which vapor does not do. Vapor treats surfaces a brush cannot reach. If there is enough debris in your ductwork to warrant cleaning, we will tell you at the inspection. The order of the two jobs matters, so ask before you book either one.
There is no set schedule. The moments worth a look: before you switch the air on in spring, after a unit has sat closed for a few weeks, and any time the condensate line backs up or the pan overflows. A start-up smell is reason enough to call on its own.
The first step is a free telephone consultation with a specialist. It helps you understand why you have mold, the causes, and what can be done about it, including Pure Air Restored services, availability, and pricing.
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