My bungalow floor is cupping after a leak. Can it be saved?

Often. Cupping usually settles if the boards and subfloor are dried evenly before anyone sands or replaces them.

Do you crawl under older houses to find a leak?

Yes. We check pipes, joists and subfloor from the crawl space with moisture meters.

Do you handle condo leaks on North Highland Avenue?

Yes. We document each unit and work with the association and each owner.

Can you dry a short basement without tearing out every wall?

Usually. We cut only what is wet past saving and dry the rest in place.

Restoration technician drying a hardwood floor in a Virginia-Highland bungalow

Bungalows, crawl spaces and the Clear Creek branch

Water and fire damage restoration in Virginia-Highland

Q: Which office is closest to Virginia-Highland?

Our Biscayne Drive NW service office.

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Virginia-Highland is block after block of Craftsman bungalows, with condos and small apartment buildings along North Highland and Virginia avenues. We handle burst pipes, crawl space and basement water, hardwood floor damage, condo leaks and fire across the neighborhood.

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Coverage: Virginia-Highland, Atlanta, GA
Closest office: Biscayne Dr NW, Atlanta

Short answer

Water and fire damage restoration in Virginia-Highland covers burst pipes and leaks in older bungalows, crawl space and basement water, hardwood floor drying, condo and apartment leaks and fire damage, with phones answered 24/7. Nearly all of the historic district was built out by 1936.

Local conditions

Bungalows and the old Stillhouse Branch

The Virginia-Highland Historic District covers more than 600 acres, and almost all of it is Craftsman bungalows, especially in the North Boulevard Park and Orme Park sections along Park Drive and Orme Circle. By 1936 nearly every lot had a house on it. That means most homes here sit over crawl spaces or short basements, with supply lines, drains and floors that have been repaired piece by piece for close to a century.

Water also has an old path through the neighborhood. A branch of Clear Creek, once called Stillhouse Branch, drains Orme Park, much of the northwest side of Virginia-Highland and part of Morningside before joining the main creek past Dutch Valley Road. Houses on the low side of those blocks are the ones that collect runoff at a basement door or under the floor after a long, heavy rain.

Drying cupped oak floors in a Virginia-Highland bungalow

Common calls

The calls we get most in Virginia-Highland

Frozen pipe damageFreeze breaks in crawl spaces and exterior walls.Saving water-damaged floorsOriginal oak floors that cup after a leak.Crawl space floodingStanding water and wet insulation under the house.Drying a finished basementShort basements on the low side of the blocks.High-rise water damageCondos and apartments along North Highland.Puffback soot cleanupSmoke and soot after a fire in an older home.

Coverage

Where we work in Virginia-Highland

We cover all of Virginia-Highland, from the shops at Virginia and North Highland avenues to Orme Park, Atkins Park, the streets along the BeltLine and the blocks down toward Ponce de Leon Avenue. Morningside, Poncey-Highland and Midtown are next door.

Our Biscayne Drive NW service office is the closer of our two offices, a short drive across Piedmont Road.

FAQ

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Water or fire damage in Virginia-Highland?

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