Water Damage Restoration in Riverside, RI
Riverside is the southern end of East Providence, a shoreline neighborhood along the Providence River from Pomham Rocks down to Bullocks Point and Crescent Park. It grew as a summer colony in the 1880s, when the Crescent Park amusement park opened on the shore and steamboats ran up from Providence, and the cottages that were winterized in the 1920s and 1930s still sit close to the water. The rest of Riverside is 1940s and 1950s capes and ranches on the streets behind them.
That shoreline is the story. Hurricane Carol on August 31, 1954, tore through the Riverside waterfront, and Sandy on October 29, 2012, put Narragansett Bay across Bullocks Point Avenue and into basements along Crescent View and Narragansett Terrace. The East Bay Bike Path runs along the old railroad grade at the water's edge, and the streets just inland of it are the ones that flood.
We connect Riverside homeowners with an independent local water damage provider by phone. You describe the problem; the provider decides what to look at first.
Riverside water damage, bay water and basement water
Bay water in a basement is a basement flooding cleanup job with a saltwater and contamination twist, and the crew treats it that way. A sump pump that could not keep up in a nor'easter is the same service on a smaller scale. A pipe that froze in a winterized cottage's crawl space or porch is frozen pipe cleanup, and once the water is out, structural drying with dehumidifiers is what gets a damp shoreline house back to dry.
Where to call in Riverside
The Crescent Park Carousel, a Looff carousel from 1895, is the last piece of the amusement park that built this neighborhood, and it sits a few hundred feet from the water on Bullocks Point Avenue. The Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, lit in 1871 on its rock just offshore, has watched every hurricane since. Rebuild permits go through the East Providence building division.
Call (401) 443-9638 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Riverside.
Services Available in Riverside
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.