Water Damage Restoration in Edgewood, RI
Edgewood is Cranston's shoreline, the strip between Broad Street and the Providence River from the city line down to Pawtuxet Village. It grew as a streetcar suburb in the 1890s through the 1920s, and the houses show it: Queen Anne and Colonial Revival Victorians along Narragansett Boulevard and Shaw Avenue, bungalows and two-families on the streets toward Broad, almost all on stone foundations with cellars that were dug for coal and now hold a furnace and a family room.
The water comes from two directions. Stillhouse Cove and the boulevard shore take the bay: Hurricane Carol on August 31, 1954, put the river over Narragansett Boulevard, and Sandy did it again on October 29, 2012, filling the low cellars near the cove. The rest of the year the problem is groundwater. A stone foundation from 1905 lets the water table through every March, and most Edgewood basements have a sump pump that has been added, replaced, and added again.
We connect Edgewood homeowners with an independent local water damage provider by phone. You describe the problem; the provider decides what to look at first.
Edgewood water damage, from the cove and from the cellar
Bay water or groundwater in a stone-walled cellar is a basement flooding cleanup job, and bay water is treated as contaminated. A steam radiator valve or a second-floor bath in a 1910 Victorian that has leaked into the parlor ceiling is ceiling water damage repair. Old plaster and old pine floors take a long time to give up their water, and structural drying by the meter is what keeps a stained wall from becoming a rotten one.
Who owns the shutoff and where Edgewood drains
Edgewood is part of the City of Cranston, so rebuild permits go through the city's Building Inspection department, and the Providence Water shutoff at the street is the utility's to operate. Roger Williams Park borders the neighborhood on the Providence side, and the pond system there drains toward the same low ground.
Call (401) 443-9638 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Edgewood.
Services Available in Edgewood
Water Extraction
Standing water pumped out of a basement, kitchen, or first floor, then the first meter readings to see how far it traveled.
Structural Drying
Air movers and dehumidifiers run by the readings until joists, subfloor, plaster, and drywall come back to their dry target.
Basement Flooding Cleanup
Water out of a stone or block basement after a sump failure, seepage, or a Pawtuxet River rise, then the walls and floor dried.
Sewage Cleanup
Contaminated water and the materials it touched removed after a sewer backup, floor-drain overflow, or failed septic system.
Burst Pipe Water Damage
The rooms, ceilings, and floors a failed supply line soaked, pumped out and dried once the water is shut off.
Frozen Pipe Cleanup
Cleanup after a pipe froze and split in an exterior wall, an unheated porch, or a basement, then drying what the thaw let loose.
Ceiling Water Damage Repair
A stained, sagging, or dripping plaster or drywall ceiling opened, dried, and made ready for repair after the leak above is stopped.
Dishwasher Leak Cleanup
Water under the dishwasher, the cabinet toe kicks, and the kitchen floor found, pulled out, and dried before the subfloor swells.