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Water Damage Restoration in Lighthouse Point, FL

Restoration Doctor of South Florida provides water damage restoration in Lighthouse Point, FL, 24 hours a day at (786) 213-9489. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand. Lighthouse Point is largely built on canals.

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Service area
Lighthouse Point and the rest of Broward County, including Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Hours
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Services
Water Damage, Storm Damage, Mold, Sewage, Fire & Smoke and 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 Lighthouse Point

Lighthouse Point is a small city, about 2.4 square miles, in northeastern Broward County. It is named for the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, which stands in nearby Hillsboro Beach, and it is known for boating: the vast majority of the city is built on canals dug in the 1950s and 1960s, which gave it a large amount of waterfront housing. For water damage, that layout means water can come from the canal side of a lot as well as from the roof, the plumbing and the air conditioner. During a king tide, or when heavy rain arrives at high water, canal water can push over a seawall into a yard, a garage or a low doorway.

Some homes on those canals may date from the same decades; where they do, they stand on original slabs, and any plumbing not yet replaced is now old. Supply lines, condensate lines and window seals that were never replaced can wear out together, and a slow leak under an original slab can run a long time before anything shows at the surface.

Place facts: Wikipedia, “Lighthouse Point, Florida”, retrieved October 26, 2026.

Lighthouse Point homes and buildings, and how water gets in

Single-family homes are common here, and many have concrete-block walls finished in stucco, a concrete slab floor and a tile or shingle roof, plus a seawall and often a dock at the back of the lot. A floor over a slab hides water. Tile can look dry on top while moisture sits under it and in the bottoms of the walls around it, so the stain a person sees is a poor guide to the size of the loss.

Waterfront lots also bring a second path for water. Rain and high water collect at the back of the lot first, while plumbing and air-conditioning leaks start inside. Both end up in the same place, under the flooring. The first job is a moisture map that finds the edge of the wet area, and equipment goes where the map shows moisture.

When canal water comes over the seawall

Many Lighthouse Point lots back onto a canal or the Intracoastal Waterway, and many of those are held in by a seawall. A king tide can lift canal water to the top of the wall, and heavy rain at the same moment gives yard water nowhere to go. The result is water in the yard first, then at the garage door, the sliders and the lowest doorway.

Canal water carries salt and whatever else is in the canal, so it is Category 3 under the IICRC S500 standard, which puts removal of the materials it touched and cleaning ahead of drying measured against a recorded standard.

Original slabs and older plumbing, where homes date from the canal decades

Where a home on the canals dates from the 1950s or 1960s, supply and drain lines can run in or under the original slab. A leak there is hard to see. Tile stays cool and damp, grout lines darken, and a baseboard swells at the wall base long after the leak starts.

Once the leak is found and the water is shut off, the crew extracts what is on the surface and maps the slab and the wall bases to find the edge of the wet area. The stain is only the starting point for that map.

Salt exposure and the air handler

Salt in waterfront air attacks metal. Air-conditioner coils, drain-pan fittings and window hardware near the water can corrode sooner than the same parts inland, and a corroded pan or a clogged condensate line then drips into a ceiling or closet.

In humid air, wet drywall and insulation can begin supporting mold growth within days. Where mold is already present, the work becomes remediation under the IICRC S520 standard, with containment and controlled removal of the affected material.

What happens after you call from Lighthouse Point

  1. 1

    Call and describe the lot

    When you call (786) 213-9489, say whether the water came from inside the house or up from the canal. Mention any gate, narrow side yard or dock between the street and the door, so the crew plans how to carry equipment in.

  2. 2

    Close the main, avoid canal water

    If the water is coming from a pipe, close the main shutoff. If canal water has entered the house, treat it as contaminated: keep people and pets out of it, and stay away from outlets and appliances that sit in the water.

  3. 3

    Extraction, then a moisture map of the slab

    The crew extracts standing water, then maps floors, wall bases and ceilings with moisture meters and thermal imaging, because water on a slab floor travels farther than it looks.

  4. 4

    Drying and the documentation you keep

    Equipment is placed on the measured wet area and readings are logged each day. Drying continues until the materials reach the goal recorded at the start, and you get the photos and the daily readings as your record.

Parts of Lighthouse Point we serve

Canal-front streets

Homes on the canals, which often have a seawall and a dock behind them. Canal water over the wall during a king tide or heavy rain can reach the house, and plumbing or air-conditioning leaks can wet a slab floor.

Intracoastal-side homes

Homes facing the Intracoastal Waterway, across the water from Hillsboro Beach. They share the seawall, tide and wind-driven rain patterns of the canal-front streets, with a wider stretch of open water in front.

The streets toward Pompano Beach (south and west)

Streets where Lighthouse Point meets Pompano Beach on its south and west sides. One call reaches us for both cities. Because the vast majority of the city is built on canals, canal water can be a source here too.

The streets toward Deerfield Beach (north)

Streets along the city's northern edge, beside Deerfield Beach. As elsewhere in the city, water can come from the canal side of a lot or from plumbing, the roof or the air conditioner inside.

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Water damage questions in Lighthouse Point

One 24-hour number, (786) 213-9489, covers Lighthouse Point. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand.

Canal water counts as grossly contaminated, Category 3 under the S500 standard, so the carpet, pad, baseboard and lower drywall it reached come out and the surfaces are cleaned and treated before the house is dried. Say whether the garage shares a wall with the house; the crew checks that wall first.

It can do either. A king tide is an unusually high tide. If it arrives with heavy rain, canal water can come over a seawall, cross the yard and reach a garage door or low threshold. Once it is inside, it is Category 3 and is treated that way.

Yes. Tell us about the gate code and the route from the street to the door, and note anything that narrows it, such as a side-yard path or a dock. Equipment goes in through the doors, and the crew plans the route before arriving.

The vast majority of the city is built on canals dug in the 1950s and 1960s, so many lots have water on one side. A loss can start at the canal side, during a king tide or heavy rain at high water, as well as from a roof, a pipe or an air conditioner. We find where the water entered, take readings through to the slab and the wall base, and dry to a recorded standard.

We serve Lighthouse Point and the rest of Broward County, including Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale, and each of them has its own page. The number is the same in all of them: (786) 213-9489.

Water damage in Lighthouse Point right now?

A person answers (786) 213-9489 at any hour. Tell us the address, what is wet and whether the water is still running. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer.*

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