People searching this phrase are usually standing in a wet room and want to know what the job includes. In contractor usage, restoration means getting water out and getting materials dry. Rebuilding the room is often a second scope. Spokane Water Damage Co does neither. We take a request and share it with up to 3 independent contractors.
Say where the water is. The numbers you may have seen online are not a bid.
The sequence is practical. Standing water is removed from floors and, when it is safe to work there, from the bottom of the structure. Air movers and dehumidifiers run while someone checks moisture in wet materials. Carpet pad, soaked drywall, and insulation that will not dry are often cut out and bagged. The source, a supply line, an appliance, a roof, or a drain, has to be stopped or the drying does not hold.
That is a description of the trade, not a scope we perform. The provider who responds tells you what they will and will not do, and they price it.
Published restoration standards, including IICRC S500, sort water by how contaminated it is. Water from a supply line is not the same job as water from a washing machine, and neither is the same job as a toilet or sewer backup. Sewage, and water that has moved through a storm drain or across the ground, needs different protection and disposal. Porous materials that sat in it are often removed rather than dried in place.
This site does not hold an IICRC certification. A referral is not a claim that the contractor who contacts you holds one either. Ask what category of water they think you have, which materials they plan to remove, and what moisture readings they will show you before they call the structure dry.
Winter is when supply lines in crawl spaces, exterior walls, and unheated garages freeze and then split as they thaw. The rest of the year it is more often a water heater, a washing-machine hose, an ice-maker line, or a roof leak after wind-driven rain. Older basements also take groundwater and spring snowmelt. Those causes are not interchangeable, and insurers do not treat them as the same kind of loss. The cost and insurance page separates them. None of this describes a specific house.
Related pages: burst and frozen pipes, flooded basement cleanup, and mold after water damage.
Contractors usually mean removing standing water, drying wet materials, and taking out padding, drywall, or insulation that will not dry. Rebuilding the room is often a separate price. This site does not do that work.
No. Spokane Water Damage Co only refers the request. Up to 3 independent contractors may contact you. They set the price and are responsible for their own licensing and insurance.
No. This site does not hold an IICRC certification, and a referral is not a statement that a contractor holds one. Ask what written drying standard they follow and confirm Washington contractor registration yourself if the job includes construction.
We do not promise an arrival time. A provider may contact you about the request. If water is still running and you can reach the main shutoff safely, turn it off.
Describe the room and the source of the water. A contractor's price replaces any range you have read.