Water damage restoration in Sweetwater, where the rain has nowhere fast to go.
Low, flat ground at the old edge of the Everglades, older block houses, and a lot of student apartments by FIU.
What we see in Sweetwater
Sweetwater sits low, and after a heavy storm the water can stand in its streets and yards for hours. Add older block houses on their original drain lines and a lot of rented apartments, and most jobs here start with two questions: where the water came from, and who owns what it reached.
When the drains fall behind a heavy storm, water comes in under doors and garage thresholds. Outside water is handled as contaminated: what's porous in its path comes out rather than drying in place.
Many older houses still drain through original cast iron under the floor. It corrodes from the inside, and the first sign is usually a backup in the lowest tub or shower.
In apartment buildings and student housing, one failed line wets the unit next door or below. Each unit gets its own documentation, so tenants, owners and the building each have a clean file.
Services available in Sweetwater
Sweetwater and the streets around FIU
Sweetwater · FIU area · University Park · Fontainebleau border · Westchester border · Tamiami border
Water spreading in Sweetwater right now?
Call and we'll help you tell street water from pipe water, because the two are handled differently.
Questions from Sweetwater customers
How fast can you get to Sweetwater?
We give you a window on the call. After a heavy storm, flooded streets slow everyone down, and we'll say so honestly. If your complex has a gate, give us the code when you call.
Is street water different from a pipe leak?
Yes. A supply line leak starts out clean. Water that came in from the street or yard is treated as contaminated, so wet drywall, carpet and pad in its path come out instead of drying in place. It can also fall under a different policy, so we document where it came in.
I rent. Do I call you or my landlord?
Both. Shut off the water if you can, tell your landlord or property manager, then call us. The owner signs off on work to the building, you decide about your own belongings, and each of you gets the documentation for your part.
Low ground, old drains, and a lot of renters.
Call and we'll help you work out where the water came from and who needs to know about it.