Water, Fire and Mold Damage Restoration in Beverly Hills

Water in Beverly Hills often arrives from the street. In December 2018 a break on a Metropolitan Water District line left the city without its main water supply for about a week. Breaks on local mains have flooded businesses at Wilshire Boulevard and Robertson, and one on Santa Monica Boulevard knocked out power to the Beverly Hilton. When a main lets go, water runs downhill into garages, basements and ground floors, and it is contaminated by the time it crosses a street.

Inside the house, the risk is scale. A larger home has more supply lines, more bathrooms, more appliances and more places for a slow leak to run unnoticed, especially in rooms that are not used every day. A guest suite upstairs can leak into a ceiling for days before anyone walks under it. We trace water to its source with moisture readings and thermal imaging and document how far it traveled before anything is opened up.

Basements change the job. Water collects at the lowest point, and a basement with a media room, a wine room or storage takes it first and dries last. Standing water has to come out, and the walls and floor have to be read and dried, not just the surface. We extract, set drying to the space, and log readings every day until the structure reads dry.

Fine finishes need patience. Hardwood dried too fast cups and cracks, stone and plaster hold water longer than they look, and custom millwork can swell. We set drying to the material rather than to a calendar, and we photograph floors, millwork and built-ins before any equipment goes in, so the record shows their condition from the first day.

Contents matter as much as the structure here. Art, rugs, furniture and wardrobes in a wet room need to be moved, inventoried and photographed before the drying starts. We handle contents pack-out with an itemized, photographed inventory, and the items are cleaned off site and brought back when the space is ready.

Mold follows water that sat, and in a house with closed-off rooms it can go unnoticed. We handle mold under containment with HEPA filtration, and we tell you plainly what we found and where.

Discretion matters to a lot of our clients here. We coordinate with house managers and staff, work within the access arrangements you set, and keep the record of the job between you, us and your carrier.

Outside the main house, pool houses, guest houses and cabanas take water too, from pool equipment, irrigation lines and hillside drainage in the canyons north of Sunset. These buildings are often closed up for weeks, so a slow leak can run a long time before anyone opens the door. We check them with the same readings as the main house.

High-value losses depend on the record. We photograph every room and every damaged item before anything moves, keep dated moisture logs for the life of the job, and hand you the complete record at the end, whether or not you file a claim. For art, collections and anything irreplaceable, that record starts before the first item is moved, and each piece is photographed where it sat when the water reached it.

On insurance, we document the loss with photos, moisture readings and daily drying logs, estimate our own scope of work, and can bill your carrier directly for our services. Coverage questions belong to your carrier, your agent or a public adjuster you hire. We respond anywhere in Los Angeles, Orange County and Riverside around the clock, our technicians hold IICRC certifications, and the first inspection is free.