# Water Damage Restoration in Kendall, FL **Restoration Doctor of South Florida** Phone: (786) 213-9489 · office@restorationdoctors.com Mailing Address: 1200 Brickell Ave Suite 1950 #1007, Miami, FL 33131 Google Business Profile: https://maps.google.com/?cid=1531618495937525034 > Restoration Doctor of South Florida provides water damage restoration in Kendall, FL, 24 hours a day at (786) 213-9489. We have documented one Kendall job, in October 2024. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand. ## Facts at a glance - **Service area:** Kendall and the rest of Miami-Dade County. - **Hours:** 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - **Services:** Water Damage, Storm Damage, Mold, Sewage, Fire & Smoke, Contents - **Phone:** (786) 213-9489 - **Mailing Address:** 1200 Brickell Ave Suite 1950 #1007, Miami, FL 33131 - **Standard:** IICRC S500/S520-aligned documentation ## Why water damage happens in Kendall Kendall is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, about 14 miles southwest of downtown Miami, with 80,241 residents at the 2020 census, according to Wikipedia. Water damage restoration in Kendall starts the way it does anywhere: the crew finds where the water went, measures it and dries what can be dried. Our project files include one Kendall job, photographed in October 2024. It is a 23-photo file that shows a crew member in gloves and shoe covers checking a wood-look plank floor with a pinless moisture meter. That file is the reason this page exists, and it is described below as the photos show it. On a call we ask what is wet and whether the water is still running before anything else. Place facts: [Wikipedia, “Kendall, Florida”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall,_Florida); retrieved October 29, 2026. ## Kendall homes and buildings, and how water gets in Our South Florida page describes Kendall, along with Doral, Hialeah and Homestead, as newer slab-on-grade construction, where water travels sideways under tile instead of soaking down into a subfloor. That is the loss people mop up and then discover weeks later, so a floor is checked across a wide area, not only where the puddle was. Kendall is not one neighborhood. Wikipedia says the name has moved west over the decades and is now most often applied to the area more formally known as West Kendall, and it lists Pinecrest, an incorporated village, on Kendall's east edge. If you are unsure whether an address counts as Kendall, call anyway. Crews are dispatched across our South Florida service area. ## The Kendall job, as the photos show it The 23-photo file, from October 2024, follows a crew member in blue gloves and shoe covers across a glossy wood-look plank floor with a pinless moisture meter held flat to the boards. The first frame below is a close-up with the meter's display in frame. The second, taken two seconds earlier, shows the same check from farther back, with the crew member's boot in a white shoe cover beside the meter. Other frames in the file show a thermal camera in hand and the rooms. We describe only what the photos show: the tool, the floor and the protection the crew wore. ## What a pinless meter check on a plank floor tells a crew A pinless meter reads moisture below the surface of a floor without pushing anything into it, so the boards are not marked. Its number is a relative reading, and it means something only next to a reading from the same material that is known to be dry. The crew compares readings across the floor to find where the wet area starts and stops, then records them so the next visit can be compared with the first. Wood-look plank floors take on water at the seams and under the boards, where a surface check can miss it. Whether the planks can be dried in place or have to be lifted depends on those readings, so we do not decide it before measuring. ## Rain, storms and a seven-foot elevation Wikipedia lists Kendall's elevation as 7 feet and records that Hurricane Andrew severely damaged Kendall and the surrounding South Dade area in August 1992. Heavy rain and storm-driven water can come in through doors, sliders and window frames, and water that crossed a yard or a street is contaminated and handled under contaminated-water protocols, not simply dried. We document each entry path separately. ## What happens after you call from Kendall 1. **Call with the address and what is wet.** Call (786) 213-9489 with the address, which rooms are wet and whether water is still running. 2. **Stop the water.** Close the stop valve you can reach and move small items off wet floors. Stay out of rooms with a bulging ceiling or wet outlets. 3. **Extract and map.** The crew extracts standing water, then uses meters and a thermal camera to find where it traveled, under flooring, into wall bases and above ceilings. 4. **Dry, read and hand over the record.** Equipment is set to the mapped area and adjusted from the daily readings. At the end you get the photos and readings for your home. ## Water damage questions in Kendall ### Do you work in Kendall? Yes. Our project files include one Kendall job from October 2024, in which a crew checked a wood-look plank floor with a pinless moisture meter. Crews are dispatched across our South Florida service area, 24 hours a day. ### How fast can you get to Kendall? A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand. Crews are dispatched across our South Florida service area. ### Is Kendall a city? No. Wikipedia describes Kendall as an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, and lists Pinecrest, an incorporated village, on its east edge. If you are unsure whether your address counts as Kendall, call and give us the street address. ### What does a crew check on a wood-look plank floor? The crew goes over the floor with a pinless moisture meter, compares the readings with a dry area of the same flooring, and uses a thermal camera to see where the water traveled. Whether the planks can be dried in place or must be lifted depends on those readings. ### Do you replace the floor after drying? No. We extract, dry, dehumidify, contain and document. We do not repair or rebuild. If your floor needs replacing after drying, we can refer you to licensed contractors. ### Will I get a record of the readings? Yes. We document each job in CompanyCam with time-stamped photos and moisture readings, and you receive that record at the end. ## Related pages - [Water damage restoration in Pinecrest, FL](https://restorationdoctorfl.com/locations/pinecrest) - [Water damage restoration in Coral Gables, FL](https://restorationdoctorfl.com/locations/coral-gables) - [Water damage restoration in Miami, FL](https://restorationdoctorfl.com/locations/miami) - [Water damage restoration service](https://restorationdoctorfl.com/services/water-damage-restoration) - [Restoration company in South Florida](https://restorationdoctorfl.com/south-florida-restoration-company) --- Source page: https://restorationdoctorfl.com/locations/kendall Phone: (786) 213-9489 Last updated: October 2026