Water Damage Restoration in Providence, RI
Providence was founded in 1636 at the head of Narragansett Bay, and its neighborhoods are built on that water. The triple-deckers of Federal Hill, Elmwood, and Olneyville went up between 1890 and 1930 to house mill workers, three kitchens and three bathrooms stacked on cast iron drains and galvanized supply lines that are now a century old. Fox Point, College Hill, and the West End hold houses older than that, with stone foundations, dirt cellars, and plaster on lath.
The city has flooded from both directions. On September 21, 1938, and again on August 31, 1954, hurricanes pushed the bay up the Providence River and put as much as eight feet of water in downtown; the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, finished in 1966, closes against that now. On March 31, 2010, the Woonasquatucket and the Moshassuck came the other way, flooding Olneyville, Valley, and the low streets along Route 6 and 10. Heavy rain still pushes the combined sewers back up through basement floor drains in the older wards.
We connect Providence homeowners and landlords with an independent local water damage provider by phone. You describe the problem; the provider decides what to look at first.
Providence water damage, from the third floor down
A third-floor tub or a failed supply line in a triple-decker is a three-story loss, and ceiling water damage repair is where it shows up for the tenant below. A split line in an unheated stairwell after a February cold snap is burst pipe water damage from the top of the house to the cellar. A floor drain that backed up in a storm is sewage cleanup, and in a combined-sewer neighborhood it is not rare.
Where to call in Providence
Permits for rebuilding plaster, plumbing, or electrical go through the city's Department of Inspection and Standards, now on Allens Avenue; drying and cleanup do not need one. Rhode Island Hospital on Eddy Street is the state's largest and the place to go if anyone was hurt in a fall or a shock during the loss.
Call (401) 443-9638 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Providence.
Services Available in Providence
Water Extraction
Standing water pumped out of a basement, kitchen, or first floor, then the first meter readings to see how far it traveled.
Structural Drying
Air movers and dehumidifiers run by the readings until joists, subfloor, plaster, and drywall come back to their dry target.
Basement Flooding Cleanup
Water out of a stone or block basement after a sump failure, seepage, or a Pawtuxet River rise, then the walls and floor dried.
Sewage Cleanup
Contaminated water and the materials it touched removed after a sewer backup, floor-drain overflow, or failed septic system.
Burst Pipe Water Damage
The rooms, ceilings, and floors a failed supply line soaked, pumped out and dried once the water is shut off.
Frozen Pipe Cleanup
Cleanup after a pipe froze and split in an exterior wall, an unheated porch, or a basement, then drying what the thaw let loose.
Ceiling Water Damage Repair
A stained, sagging, or dripping plaster or drywall ceiling opened, dried, and made ready for repair after the leak above is stopped.
Dishwasher Leak Cleanup
Water under the dishwasher, the cabinet toe kicks, and the kitchen floor found, pulled out, and dried before the subfloor swells.