Portland, Oregon
Portland Service Areas
Our crews cover the city on both sides of the Willamette, from the West Hills to the Columbia Slough. Pick your neighborhood to see the water damage problems we see there most.
Central City
Northwest Portland
Pearl District
Converted warehouse lofts in the Pearl pair beautiful exposed timber and concrete with plumbing that has been retrofitted more than once. Leaks travel sideways along slabs and show up in a neighbor's ceiling rather than the unit that caused them.
Northwest District
The Victorians and fourplexes around NW 21st and 23rd are more than a century old, with galvanized supply lines, unheated basements and lath-and-plaster walls that hold water long after the surface feels dry.
Southwest Portland
Goose Hollow
Goose Hollow sits at the base of the West Hills, so groundwater arrives from uphill as well as from the sky. Older apartment buildings along SW Jefferson and Vista often see water entering below grade during long winter storms.
Multnomah Village
Homes around the Village sit on sloped SW lots with tall crawl spaces and older shake or composition roofs under heavy tree cover. Water finds its way in from above and from the hillside behind.
Hillsdale
Hillsdale's mid-century and split-level homes are cut into hillsides, so daylight basements and tuck-under garages take on water whenever a drain line plugs during a downpour.
Southeast Portland
Hawthorne
Hawthorne bungalows come with original fir floors, single-wall closets and kitchens that have been remodeled around century-old drain lines. A slow dishwasher or fridge line leak here usually shows first as a cupped board or a musty hall closet.
Sellwood-Moreland
Close to the Willamette and built on low, flat lots, Sellwood-Moreland homes sit over shallow crawl spaces that collect standing water every wet season. Combined sewer backups during cloudbursts are the other common call.
Montavilla
Many Montavilla roofs are on their second or third layer of composition shingle, and long Portland rain finds the worn valley or failed flashing first. Water tracks down rafters and stains a bedroom ceiling far from the actual hole.
Lents
Parts of Lents sit inside the Johnson Creek floodplain, so winter high water is a known risk rather than a surprise. Yard flooding often arrives with contaminated water and silt, not just moisture.
Foster-Powell
Foster-Powell is full of compact post-war houses and slab-on-grade additions where washers and dishwashers sit tight against finished walls. Small leaks stay hidden behind cabinets until flooring lifts.
Eastmoreland
Eastmoreland's large period homes have deep basements, mature trees over old sewer laterals, and interiors worth protecting. Root-blocked laterals and failed sump pumps are recurring causes of basement water here.
Richmond
Richmond's dense blocks of Old Portland houses and newer skinny infill often share aging cast iron and galvanized plumbing under the same street. Kitchen and bath supply failures are the usual cause of damage.
Buckman
Buckman's mix of converted houses, small apartment buildings and inner-eastside commercial space means one leak usually affects more than one tenant. Water crosses unit lines through shared floor assemblies.
Northeast Portland
Laurelhurst
Laurelhurst's 1920s Tudors and Colonials hold expensive finishes: oak flooring, plaster crown detail, built-ins and finished basement rooms. Aggressive demolition costs more here than the water did.
Alberta Arts District
Alberta mixes small rentals, remodeled bungalows and street-level shops and studios. Cold snaps burst uninsulated pipes in unheated back porches, and upstairs leaks in duplexes drop straight into the unit below.
Hollywood
Hollywood's mid-century apartments and 1940s houses hide water heaters in hall closets and garages with no pan and no floor drain. By the time a tank lets go, the hallway carpet and two rooms of subfloor are already wet.
Rose City Park
Rose City Park's 1920s and 1930s homes have had ducted AC and ice-maker lines added over the decades, usually routed through attics and old floor cavities. Those small lines drip for weeks before anyone notices a stain.
North Portland
St. Johns
St. Johns homes near the bluff and the Columbia Slough deal with river-influenced groundwater and wind-driven rain off the Willamette. Detached garages and daylight basements take the worst of it.
Kenton
Kenton's small early-1900s houses were built for mill workers and still carry short crawl spaces, minimal insulation and pipes running through exterior walls. Every hard freeze brings a round of split supply lines.
Most requested services citywide
24/7 emergency service
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Call (503) 433-8684 any hour of the day. 60-90 minute response across Portland, with drying equipment on the truck.