We have had three flood events in our homes during the past decade.
Our first very unpleasant experience was buying a home that--unbeknownst to us--had a dishwasher that had been slowly leaking into the wall. Black mold was growing inside several walls of sheetrock. The mold and water damage remediation process lasted for months and was miserable, involving a contractor who hired multiple crews who "accidentally" redid work or worse, used toxic chemicals that made us sick, waited weeks between parts of the job, etc.
The reconstruction process took almost a year, although the original estimate was three months. It involved incompetent, rude contractors who actually set fire to our house (by jamming a wire rod into our furnace while cleaning mold from the a.c. ducts), needed to repaint a room three times because they kept "forgetting" and painting it the wrong color, and destroyed a $2k a.c. unit (long story). And that's just a few of the things that went wrong . . ..
Our second experience was not as bad--but also was very unpleasant. An upstairs toilet leaked, flooded the master bedroom and closet, and leaked through the ceiling into the living room. The remediation process was a joke. The reconstruction process was miserable and included contractors installing the wrong flooring, creating a 12-foot gouge by dragging furniture across our wood floors, etc.
Our third time around (this month) featured a backed up a.c. drainage pipe that flooded the space between the foundation and wood floors in our house . . . another slow leak situation. Our insurance company recommended Mike Rawl's PuroClean.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE, WE ENJOYED PLEASANT, COMPETENT, HARD-WORKING CONTRACTORS. Mike was obsessive about remediating the flood damage and mold, which was disgusting and scary; there was a black pond of water and reeking goo under the floor.
He repeatedly came out to our house even late at night to check the moisture levels in the walls. He was a perfectionist, as were his workers. He was also cost-conscious, frugal, and sensitive to our needs (insurance did not cover the incident). Mike and his workers were wonderful about working around our complicated schedules in terms of work, kids, etc., as well.
We can't recommend this company highly enough. Over the years, we've dealt with literally dozens of water-flood/mold remediators. Mike is the best, the ultimate. His workers are superb--polite, extremely hard-working, caring, and effective. They arrive when they say they will. They do the work they need to do, and do it very, very well. You won't be disappointed.
I hope we never have another water damage incident, but if we do, Mike's PuroClean will be the first and only company we will call. Ever. read more