Water Damage Restoration in Redlands, CA

Redlands was the citrus capital of the valley, incorporated in 1888 and built on orange money. That shows in the housing. Smiley Heights and the streets south of downtown hold Victorians and Craftsman homes from the 1890s through the 1920s on raised foundations with crawl spaces, and the old drain and supply lines under them have been patched for a century. North of the freeway and out toward Mentone, the tracts are postwar slab homes, and the newest subdivisions climb the hills toward Live Oak Canyon.

The Santa Ana River comes out of the mountains just east of town. The 1862 flood put water from Loma Linda to downtown San Bernardino, and the 1938 and 1969 floods tore through the same channel before Seven Oaks Dam was finished upstream in 1999. The Mill Creek Zanja, the 1819 irrigation ditch that runs through the middle of town, still carries storm water.

Call us now and tell us what you see. We connect Redlands homeowners with an independent local water damage provider who looks at the house and sets the scope.

Redlands water damage, old wood and new slab

A soft floor and a musty smell in a Smiley Heights Craftsman is a crawl-space leak, and leak detection finds the line before anyone pulls up the floor. A monsoon cell in August that came through a tile roof is roof leak water damage, and the wet plaster and framing under it need structural drying that a fan cannot do.

Where to call in Redlands

Water and sewer come from the Municipal Utilities Department at the City of Redlands, which can shut off at the meter and handles main-line sewer stoppages. The A.K. Smiley Public Library, open since 1894, keeps the Heritage Room where the story of those old houses and the floods that tested them is written down.

Call (909) 494-5349 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Redlands.