Water appeared in two or more separate places
From your first call, that means multiple breaches or one breach feeding several paths.
Source of the water
Nationwide
Storm Flood Water Removal in the United States
Our neighborhood response team extracts stormwater, removes debris and contaminated materials, and dries the building after rain-driven or surface flooding.
- Restoration phone support around the clock
- Residential and commercial loss response
- Measured extraction, cleanup, and drying
- One restoration team from assessment to dry standard
Signs to look for
When to call us for storm water removal
With local guidance, if you notice any of these problems, call us before water has more time to spread into nearby materials.
A window is broken or a door was forced open by wind
For a clear next step close to home, wind driven rain enters an opening at volume, not a trickle.
Shingles are missing and a ceiling is wet on the windward side
With local guidance, wind lifts shingles and rain follows the same direction it came from.
Siding, soffit or trim is torn loose and the wall inside feels damp
From your first call, torn cladding gives sideways rain a direct path into the wall assembly.
A gable vent or attic vent took rain straight in
With local guidance, vents are designed for air, not for horizontal water. With local guidance, after a high wind event they are one of the most common ways water reaches an attic.
Water is standing at a threshold, in a window well or against the foundation
As your nearby response team helps, that is water at grade rather than rain from above, and it is a different peril on your policy.
What happens
How we handle storm water removal
Our neighborhood response team adjusts the work to what got wet, how far the water traveled, and which materials can be saved.
Entry safety before anyone goes inside
With local guidance, power to the affected area goes off before anyone enters.
A breach inventory of the whole building
For a clear next step close to home, we walk every elevation and the roof line and list each opening: roof breach, broken window, torn siding, failed soffit, gable vent, garage door.
Emergency board up and tarping to close the envelope
With local guidance, openings get covered and sealed so the next band of weather does not add a second loss.
The two water sources separated on paper
From your first call, rain that entered through a wind created opening and water that rose at grade are documented as different events.
High volume removal matched to each kind of water
As your nearby response team helps, submersible pumps move the bulk from a flooded level and a truck mounted extractor pulls water from carpet and hard floors.
Ceilings, walls and insulation on the wind side opened and read
For a clear next step close to home, sideways rain loads assemblies that look untouched from the room.
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Water loss in the United States?
Describe the source, the impacted rooms, and when you first noticed the damage.
What to expect
What to expect from our neighborhood response team
With local guidance, here is how we usually handle storm water removal near the United States.
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You call and we ask how the water got in
With local guidance, roof, window, wall, door or up from the ground, and whether it is still coming in.
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Safety instructions for the wait
With local guidance, stay out of standing water and away from downed limbs and wires.
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A crew is dispatched with covering materials and pumps
As your nearby response team helps, board up stock, tarp, submersible pumps and extraction gear travel on the same truck.
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Hazard sweep and the breach inventory
With local guidance, power is confirmed off, hazards are marked, and we walk the building to list every opening.
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The building gets closed up
As your nearby response team helps, openings are boarded or tarped so the next band of rain stays outside.
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Water down, debris out
As your nearby response team helps, pumping and extraction run alongside removal of storm debris and sediment.
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Composite bases on the wind side come out
For a clear next step close to home, padding, saturated insulation and swollen composite cabinet and vanity bases come out, photographed on the way to the container.
Same day or next
Understanding the cost
What can affect the price
With local guidance, we explain the recommended work and price before you approve the job. With local guidance, these examples show what may change the estimate.
| Common situation | What the estimate may include | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency board up, per window or door opening | With local guidance, national estimate per opening, materials and labor, on the first visit. | $75 to $250 |
| Emergency board up and tarping to close a damaged building envelope | As your nearby response team helps, national estimate for several openings plus a roof tarp. From your first call, height and pitch drive the spread. | $500 to $2,500 |
| Basement storm water pump out and extraction, water only | With local guidance, national estimate for removal without demolition, same band as any outdoor water pump out. | $600 to $2,500 |
| Storm water removal and drying, one level, rain through a breach | As your nearby response team helps, national estimate for clean rain in ceilings, walls and flooring with three to five drying days. | $2,500 to $8,000 |
| Storm flooding at grade, one level with a flood cut and disposal | As your nearby response team helps, national estimate including removal, cleaning, disinfection, disposal and drying. | $4,000 to $12,000 |
| Storm water cleanup priced by affected area, water that came from outside | For a clear next step close to home, national estimate covering removal, cleaning, disinfection and drying. | $7 to $15 per square foot |
| Storm debris removal and disposal, per container load | As your nearby response team helps, national estimate per container of storm debris, soaked material and unsalvageable contents. | $400 to $900 |
| After hours or overnight dispatch charge | With local guidance, national estimate for nights, weekends and holidays, billed once rather than per hour. | $100 to $400 nationally |
How many openings have to be closed
As your nearby response team helps, board up is priced per opening and tarping by roof area and pitch.Where the water came from
As your nearby response team helps, clean rain through a breach is a straightforward drying job.Depth and area affected
For a clear next step close to home, a wet room on the wind side is a different job from a lower level with a foot of water.How many assemblies are wet
As your nearby response team helps, storms often wet ceilings, walls and floors in the same room.Finished or unfinished space
As your nearby response team helps, bare block and slab clean up quickly.Storm debris and disposal volume
As your nearby response team helps, yard debris, blown material and soaked contents go out as waste.
Why timing matters
What can happen when the area stays wet
As your nearby response team helps, water can keep moving into nearby materials even when the surface looks dry.
The next band of the storm uses the same opening
As your nearby response team helps, storms travel in lines and the second cell often arrives within hours.
The entry point you did not find keeps working
With local guidance, people close the obvious hole and miss the gable vent or the torn soffit.
Debris on the roof keeps loading it
With local guidance, limbs and blown material hold water and add weight to an already damaged deck.
One storm brings two kinds of water and they cannot be treated alike
With local guidance, rain in a ceiling is clean water.
Helpful service information
What to know about storm water removal
From your first call, start with the short explanation. As your nearby response team helps, open a card if you want a little more detail.
What is happening inside the property
As your nearby response team helps, the first is wind driven rain, which is rain moving sideways fast enough to defeat details built for water falling down.
Read the explanation
For a clear next step close to home, storms get water inside two completely different ways, and telling them apart is the whole job.
How the next step is decided
From your first call, board up covers broken glass and forced openings so the next band of rain stays outside.
Read the explanation
With local guidance, closing the building envelope is the part of storm work that saves the most money, and it has to happen first.
What may change the work
For a clear next step close to home, a storm that wets flooring only is a light load.
Read the explanation
With local guidance, the drying plan changes with how many assemblies got wet. For a clear next step close to home, a storm that wets flooring only is a light load.
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Questions about storm water removal
How much does storm flood water removal cost?
From your first call, nationally, one level with rain through a breach usually runs about $2,500 to $8,000.
Does homeowners insurance cover storm flooding?
As your nearby response team helps, it depends on how the water got in. With local guidance, rain entering through an opening the wind made is normally covered by your homeowners policy.
What is the difference between wind damage and flood damage on my claim?
From your first call, wind damage is the broken opening and the rain that came through it. For a clear next step close to home, flood damage is water that arrived at grade level from outside.
Do you board up windows and tarp roofs, or is that someone else?
As your nearby response team helps, we do emergency board up and tarping as part of the water job, because leaving the building open costs you a second loss.
How do you know you found every place the water came in?
As your nearby response team helps, we walk every elevation and the roof line and list each opening before drying starts.
Is storm water contaminated?
For a clear next step close to home, it depends on the path it took. With local guidance, rain that came straight through a roof or window is clean water at first.
Can I clean up the storm water myself?
From your first call, you can handle a small amount of clean rain on a hard floor. From your first call, a shop vacuum handles about an inch and no more.
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