Lexington, Fayette County
Odor Removal in Lexington, KY
Smoke, mold, sewage and animal odors, treated at the source. A smell that returns on the first humid day was covered up rather than removed. All Dry Services of the Bluegrass answers live, day or night.
Frankfort, Shelby and surrounding areas? Call (502) 465-8891
Why smells come back
Odor lives in materials, not in the air
Persistent odor is particles and volatile compounds lodged inside porous material. Drywall, framing, carpet backing, subfloor, upholstery, and in an older Lexington house, plaster and original wood that has been absorbing everything since the 1920s. Nothing sprayed into the air reaches any of that.
This is why a smell that seemed to go away comes back in July. Humidity reactivates residue, so a treatment that only worked on dry air was never a treatment at all.
Common sources
What we get called about
Smoke and soot
After a fire, and the hardest of these to resolve properly.
Mold and mildew
The musty note usually arrives weeks before anything is visible.
Sewage and drain backup
Where the odor is a signal that contamination is still present.
Animal and pet
Including urine that has reached subfloor, which is a removal job not a cleaning one.
Stale vacancy
Properties closed up for months, common in rentals between tenants.
Cooking and protein residue
Kitchen fires leave a residue that behaves differently from any other smoke.
Method
Source first, air last
Find what is holding it
The smell is downstream of a material. Until we know which material, nothing else is worth doing.
Remove what cannot be cleaned
Carpet pad, saturated subfloor, contaminated insulation. This is usually the step that actually resolves it.
Clean what can be kept
Matched to the residue, because the agent that lifts protein smoke is not the one for mold.
Treat the remaining porous material
Professional deodorizers and cleaning agents applied to the material itself rather than sprayed into a room.
Seal where residue cannot be reached
Framing and subfloor that cannot be extracted fully get sealed rather than left to re-emit.
“All Dry worked on one of our rental properties for mold removal, remediation, and flooring repair after a hot water heater leaked. They went above and beyond in every single aspect. They were timely, and were excellent in their communication with us and the tenant. When they were done the mold remediation test came back as if nothing was ever there and completely clear.”
Matthew Blackburn
5 on Google, across 35 reviews of this listing
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