Water Damage Restoration in North Miami Beach, FL

Much of the housing in northern Miami-Dade is condominium and multi-unit buildings alongside single-family homes built of concrete block with stucco, often on a slab. In a condo, water from one unit travels through shared floors, walls and ceilings, so the first call is also a call to building management. We ask for the building, the floor and the access rules, such as freight elevator reservations and work hours, before anything else.

In an older block home on a slab, water spreads sideways under flooring instead of soaking down into a subfloor, and block walls wick moisture upward from the base. A floor that looks dry after a mop can still hold water, so we map the wet area with moisture meters and a thermal camera and dry to documented readings, not to how the room looks.

Hurricane season in South Florida runs June through November, and wind-driven rain can enter through roofs, windows, sliders and doors. For storm damage we handle emergency board-up and roof tarping, extract the water that got in and dry the building that was open to the weather. Water that arrives by wind-driven rain and water that arrives from rising ground water are not the same loss for insurance purposes, so we document each entry path separately.

The coast also sees king tides in the fall, when unusually high tides push salt water into low streets, garages and ground-level rooms. Salt water leaves residue and corrodes, so it is extracted and cleaned, not just dried. We do not repair roofs, siding or gutters; for that work we can refer you to licensed contractors.