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Water Damage Repair and Smoke Cleanup in Yonkers, NY
Apartment buildings on steep streets, houses with basements and a downtown along the Saw Mill River. We dry out, clean up and rebuild.
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- Apartments, houses and shops
YonkersShort answer
Yonkers restoration calls come from three places: apartment buildings where a leak or fire crosses several units, houses whose basements take water in heavy rain, and low blocks along the Saw Mill River that flood when it rises or a main breaks. Shut the water if you can, stay out of a flooded basement until the power is off, and call.
Yonkers at a glance
- Buildings we work in
- Prewar and postwar apartment buildings, two family houses, shops and offices
- Calls that come up often
- Basement flooding, main break water, riser leaks, apartment fires, mold
- Where crews come from
- Our service office on West 100th Street in Manhattan
- Records
- Separate files for each unit, owner and business
Local conditions
The Saw Mill River, Ida and old water mains
Yonkers has had two kinds of flood in recent years: a river that rose into a whole neighborhood during Ida, and old water mains that broke and filled basements on a dry day. The cleanup is similar, but the claims are not, so we record the source of the water from the first visit.
What that means on a job: after a river flood or a main break we record the source of the water on day one, because it decides who pays. River water is treated as contaminated and means removal; main break water starts clean but picks up soil and debris on the way in, so we clean before drying in both cases and keep the photos and readings for every affected house or unit.
During Ida the Saw Mill River flooded the Nepperhan Avenue neighborhood in Yonkers with about 5 feet of water.
Source: hudsonvalley.news12.comIda dumped around 8 inches of rain on Yonkers in 24 hours and flooded basements at the Loehr Court public housing complex.
Source: peoplesgeographyofthehudsonvalley.vassarspaces.netA century-old 12-inch water main broke at Nepperhan Avenue and Executive Boulevard in Yonkers, sending water into a dozen homes and leaving about 4 feet in one basement.
Source: cbsnews.comBuildings and blocks
The Saw Mill valley, downtown apartment blocks and the northeast
Along Nepperhan Avenue and the Saw Mill River valley, low ground means basements and ground-floor units flood when the river rises in heavy rain. Those jobs start with pump-out and removal, and they often involve several houses on the same block at once.
Downtown around Getty Square and up the hills toward Park Hill and Ludlow, apartment buildings dominate. Leaks through ceilings from the unit above, steam riser and radiator leaks, smoke in hallways after a fire, and mold in bathrooms and closets are the usual work.
In north and east Yonkers, around Crestwood and the neighborhoods near the Bronx River Parkway, houses with finished basements bring sump failures, water heater leaks and burst pipes, and the mold that follows if a basement is not dried properly.
Most requested
Services people in Yonkers call us for most
- Basement Flooding CleanupRiver valley and house basements
- Emergency Water ExtractionMain break water pumped out fast
- Ceiling Leak and Upstairs Leak DamageLeaks from the apartment above
- Smoke and Soot CleanupSmoke in units and hallways after a fire
- Mold RemediationBathrooms, closets and damp basements
- Commercial Water and Fire RestorationShops and offices downtown
Questions
Questions from Yonkers
Yes. Tell us the address when you call and we give you an arrival window.
That depends on the source and your policy. The city, the building and your own insurer may each be involved, so we document the source and the damage.
Yes, coordinating with the super and the managing agent and keeping unit-by-unit records.
Yes, including smoke in hallways and neighboring units.
One number for water, fire and mold
Water or smoke in a Yonkers building? Call.
We answer around the clock and send a crew loaded for what you describe.
Tell us the address and what you see, and we will tell you the first step.