Do you work in older Decatur bungalows?

Yes, including crawl spaces, plaster walls and original wood floors.

Water ponds in my yard every storm. Is that a problem?

It can be, if it drains toward the foundation. Check the crawl space after big storms and call if you find standing water.

Do you clean up sewer backups in older Decatur houses?

Yes. We remove, disinfect and dry, and a plumber clears the line.

Restoration technician drying a hardwood floor in a Decatur bungalow

Bungalows, crawl spaces and localized flooding

Water and fire damage restoration in Decatur

Q: Which office is closest to Decatur?

Our Biscayne Drive NW service office.

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Decatur sits near the top of its watershed, but it still floods in spots, and its older houses take on water in their own way. We handle crawl space water, sewer backups, localized flooding, plaster and hardwood drying and fire damage.

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Phones: Answered 24/7
Coverage: Decatur, GA
Closest office: Biscayne Dr NW, Atlanta

Short answer

Water and fire damage restoration in Decatur often involves older houses and localized flooding: the city documents recurring flooding along Peavine Creek tributaries and has made the Decatur Heights basin a stormwater priority. We handle crawl space water, basements, sewer backups, fire and smoke damage and mold, with phones answered 24/7.

Local conditions

Where Decatur takes on water

Even though Decatur sits near the top of its watershed, the city documents minor to moderate localized flooding. Along a Peavine Creek tributary, houses at the end of Westchester Drive and on Garden Lane and Lamont Drive are subject to occasional flooding, and the Willow Lane area has had continuing trouble. Streets, driveways and yards pond behind drainage pipes in heavy rain, and that water finds crawl spaces and basements.

The city's 2020 Stormwater Master Plan picked out a subbasin in Decatur Heights as a high priority, and the city is adding underground detention and moving stormwater structures off private property there to cut localized flooding. Until work like that is finished, homes on low lots in Decatur Heights and similar streets are worth checking under the house after every big storm.

Pumping water from under a Decatur bungalow after heavy rain

Common calls

The calls we get most in Decatur

Crawl space floodingWater under older homes after heavy rain.Cleaning up black waterFloor drain and lateral backups in older houses.Basement flood cleanupLow lots that take water after storms.Saving water-damaged floorsOriginal wood floors after leaks.Plaster and drywall repairPlaster and drywall repairs after drying.Mold cleanupMold that follows damp crawl spaces.

Coverage

Where we work in Decatur

We cover all of Decatur, from downtown and Oakhurst to Winnona Park, Decatur Heights, Clairemont and the streets around Agnes Scott, along with the unincorporated Decatur addresses in DeKalb County around the city.

Our Biscayne Drive NW service office is the closer of our two offices.

FAQ

Questions from Decatur callers

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Water under the house or in the basement?

Call and we'll check how far it went and get it dried out.

Call (943) 315-6150

Answered 24/7, holidays included.