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The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
Get your free estimateFast, Reliable Mold Remediation Across Lakeway
Mold remediation in Lakeway typically runs $2,200 to $6,800 for a standard containment-and-removal job, and we can usually have a technician at your door within 90 minutes of your call. Lakeway’s hillside homes face a mold problem most Austin suburbs never see: hydrostatic pressure from Lake Travis-facing slopes pushing water through basement and garden-level walls after heavy rain. When that happens, mold colonizes wet drywall within 24 to 48 hours. Call (325) 237-2088 and a live person answers, day or night.
We serve every corner of Lakeway, from The Hills to Rough Hollow to the older custom homes along Lakeway Boulevard. Our crews know the difference between a flatland slab leak and a hillside waterproofing failure, because we’ve mapped moisture in both.
Why Wendell Restoration Austin Is Lakeway’s Preferred Mold Remediation Company
Lakeway homeowners have a very specific problem, and most restoration companies never see enough of it to get good at it. Negative-side waterproofing failures on garden-level walls after a spring storm. Expansive clay soil holding moisture against slab-on-grade foundations. Stucco veneers trapping condensation. These are Lakeway problems, not Austin problems.
We’ve done this work on hillside lots along Highlands Boulevard, in custom homes in The Hills, and in older builds near Yaupon and Hurst Creek. When you call, you get a written scope and a written price before a single tool comes off the truck. Not a ballpark. Not a “we’ll see when we get there.” A number in writing.
Our Mold Remediation team runs IICRC, RIA, and IFA standard protocols on every job, with Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers and XPOWER air movers properly sized for the square footage and moisture load. You’ll get before-and-after photos by text and a live arrival time you can track. No four-hour windows. No phone tag.
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Mold Remediation Services in Lakeway
Mold Remediation Services in Lakeway start with containment and moisture mapping, because you cannot treat what you cannot see and you cannot dry what you cannot measure. On a hillside lot with expansive clay soil, moisture hides under flooring, behind baseboards, and inside wall cavities. We use thermal imaging and pin meters to find it, then build a written scope around what’s actually wet. A standard mold remediation in Lakeway runs $2,200 to $6,800, depending on square footage and how far the moisture has traveled.
Containment and Antimicrobial Treatment
We set negative air containment with HEPA-filtered air scrubbers before disturbing any moldy material. The goal is simple: keep spores in the work area, not in your living room. Then we treat affected surfaces with antimicrobials and remove materials that cannot be salvaged. Drywall that’s been wet for more than 48 hours usually comes out.

Structural Drying for Hillside Homes
Drying a Lakeway basement is not the same as drying a flatland living room. The clay soil outside the foundation holds water against the wall, so we run psychrometric drying (tracking the air’s moisture level so we know when your structure is truly dry, not just surface-dry) longer than many crews would, because stopping early is how you get a callback and a second bloom.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Professional Mold Removal in Lakeway
Professional Mold Removal in Lakeway means getting mold out of materials that can be saved and cutting out materials that cannot. In a slab-on-grade home with expansive clay soil, the subfloor and bottom plates often hold moisture far longer than the drywall above, because the soil below keeps feeding humidity up through the slab. A professional removal on a typical Lakeway basement or garden-level space runs $3,000 to $6,500, with full containment and post-remediation verification.
Crawl Space and Foundation-Level Work
Crawl space treatment on a sloping lot is a whole different animal. Water pools at the low end, humidity spikes, and mold grows on floor joists and subflooring where you never see it until the smell gives it away. We address the moisture source with encapsulation or drainage correction, then treat the affected wood surfaces with antimicrobials and run drying equipment sized for the space.
Air Quality Restoration
After physical removal, we run air scrubbers and take post-remediation air samples so you have documentation that the spore count is back to normal background levels for Lakeway. If you have allergies or respiratory issues, this is the part of the job that matters most. The paperwork is yours to keep and share with your insurer.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lakeway
Our crews arrive with Dri-Eaz, Phoenix, and XPOWER equipment on the truck, properly sized and deployed to IICRC and RIA standards. We don’t show up with a couple of box fans and hope for the best. For Lakeway’s custom homes and finished basements, we use the same equipment spec you’d see on a commercial loss site, because your home’s square footage and moisture load demand it. We stock HEPA filters, antimicrobials, and containment supplies locally, so we’re not waiting on a parts run from across town when your basement is the one that flooded.
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AfterCommon Mold Remediation Problems We See in Lakeway Homes
- Negative-side waterproofing failures on garden-level walls. Hydrostatic pressure builds up in the clay after heavy rain and forces water through basement and garden-level limestone walls. By the time you see the stain, mold has usually been growing behind the drywall for days.
- Slab-on-grade foundation homes with hidden moisture. Expansive clay soils hold water against the slab, and moisture wicks up through the concrete into flooring, tack strips, and bottom plates. We find mold under hardwood and carpet in Lakeway homes that never had a visible leak.
- Stucco veneers trapping condensation. Lakeway’s stucco and limestone exteriors look great but trap moisture when the dew point swings hard after a storm. That condensation feeds mold inside wall cavities, especially on the shaded side of a hillside lot.
- Improper containment from a previous remediation attempt. We see this too often in multi-level homes in The Hills. A previous crew skipped negative air containment and spread spores through three floors. A proper remediation would have taken one day longer, but now the homeowner is looking at a pack-out and whole-house decontamination.
Pricing for Mold Remediation in Lakeway, TX
Here are honest numbers for Lakeway’s market. A small, contained mold remediation (one room, no structural damage) runs $1,800 to $2,800. A standard basement or garden-level remediation with containment, drywall removal, antimicrobial treatment, and drying runs $3,000 to $5,500. A whole-home or multi-level job on a hillside custom home in Rough Hollow or The Hills runs $6,000 to $12,000 or more, depending on how far the moisture traveled and whether there’s structural material to replace. Every job includes a written price before work starts, the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and a free second visit if the repair fails. Call (325) 237-2088 for an exact quote for your specific home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lakeway
Our Lakeway crews also run mold remediation and water damage jobs in Lakeway, Austin, Pflugerville, San Marcos, and Jollyville. If your property is on the edge of any of these cities, call (325) 237-2088 and we’ll confirm dispatch coverage for your exact address before you commit to anything.
Serving Lakeway, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lakeway area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Mold Remediation in Lakeway
We start with containment and moisture mapping, because a garden-level flood from the hillside side of your home has a different moisture signature than a plumbing leak. We find the water entry point, set up negative air containment, remove saturated drywall and pad, then run Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers and XPOWER air movers until moisture readings are back to pre-loss condition, usually under 10% wood moisture content. Call (325) 237-2088 and we’ll walk you through the process for your specific situation.
Mold starts colonizing wet drywall within 24 to 48 hours in Lakeway’s humid spring and fall conditions. After a hillside water intrusion, the clock starts the moment the water stops and the humidity settles. That’s why we answer the phone live and can usually have a tech at your door within 90 minutes, not the next afternoon.
Not always. If the drywall is still structurally sound and the mold is surface-level, we treat it with antimicrobials and dry it in place. But if drywall has been wet more than 48 hours, or if moisture readings show the back side is saturated, that material comes out. We’ll show you the moisture meter numbers and tell you exactly what needs to go before we cut anything.
Hydrostatic pressure. A flatland Austin slab dries out after the rain stops. A Lakeway garden-level wall keeps getting fed moisture from the clay soil outside for days or weeks after the storm. That means we run drying equipment longer, we map moisture deeper into the structure, and we frequently recommend drainage or waterproofing corrections so the next storm doesn’t create the same mold problem all over again.
In most cases, yes. We contain the affected area, remove only what’s unsalvageable, treat the rest with antimicrobials, and dry the structure to verified pre-loss moisture levels. In a finished basement in Rough Hollow or The Hills, that usually means removing the lower section of drywall and the floor pad, not the whole room. We sent a tech to a Rough Hollow home after a spring storm forced Category 3 water through a garden-level limestone wall. Our crew set up containment, mapped moisture with thermal imaging and pin meters, and pulled out saturated drywall and pad before running Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers and XPOWER air movers for five days. After antimicrobial treatment and structural drying, final readings showed under 10% wood moisture content, and the homeowner avoided a full basement rebuild. Call (325) 237-2088 and we’ll tell you what your specific basement will need.
Written by Blake Sorensen, Owner at Wendell Restoration Austin, serving Lakeway and the Highland Lakes area.