Water Damage Restoration in Jacksonville, FL

St. Johns River flooding in San Marco and Riverside

Treat the river as the main threat here. On September 11, 2017, Irma pushed the St. Johns to 5.57 feet at the Main Street Bridge, a record that passed Hurricane Dora's 1964 mark, according to the National Weather Service. The National Hurricane Center found that easterly winds drove seawater upriver first, then rainfall runoff kept the level climbing.

That water reached homes. News4Jax reported a mark about five feet up the walls of a waterfront house on River Road in San Marco. Tidal flooding from Ian closed roads in Riverside and San Marco again in 2022.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals give Jacksonville International Airport 53.4 inches a year, with 28.8 of those inches falling from June through September and June the wettest month at 7.6.

The age of these neighborhoods raises the stakes. San Marco began in 1925 as an 80-acre Mediterranean-inspired development, and almost 60 percent of buildings in the Riverside historic district carry bungalow styling. Plaster, old wood floors and crawl spaces dry differently from new drywall on slab, so we map moisture through the whole assembly before anyone cuts.

Work that fits these older river neighborhoods

These services match the river, the housing age and the plumbing found across Duval County.

How a visit runs on the I-95 trip from St. Augustine

Your call goes straight to owner Dal Beggs, who runs the company with his son. Give us the address, the water source and what is wet, and we will give you a straight arrival time. The 55 minutes stops at downtown, so an address north or west of it adds to the trip, and we will say by how much.

Use the drive. Shut off the water at the main, stay away from outlets and cords near standing water, and take photos before moving anything. The city says to report downed power lines to JEA.

On site we assess the damage and give a free estimate, with no high-pressure sales. If you go ahead, you get a moisture map, daily readings, photos and a written scope before heavy work. Structural drying ends when wet materials match unaffected ones in the same home.

Riverside-Avondale guidelines and the 50 percent rule

Check the rules before replacing anything visible. Riverside-Avondale is a city historic district, so work there has to follow its design guidelines. The city also asks you to check with the Building Inspection Division before you build, alter, re-grade or fill. Repairs costing more than 50 percent of a building's value count as a substantial improvement, and the city's floodplain page says the whole building must then meet National Flood Insurance Program standards for new construction.

We scope the put-back around those limits, and whoever does permitted work pulls the permit. We hold no Jacksonville reviews or project photos yet. What we can state is that Duval County is in our service area and the drive is what it says above. The two reviews here come from our wider Google profile.

Jacksonville water damage restoration: JEA, 630-CITY and the Ed Ball Building

Sort out power before water. The city advises having JEA turn off a flooded home's electricity before you go back in. JEA's contact page also lists a claims line, open day and night, for a severe sewage backup into a home.

Two city offices answer the rules questions. Development Services at 214 N. Hogan Street handles flood zone determinations, and the Building Inspection Division sits on the second floor of the Ed Ball Building. Use 630-CITY or the MyJax portal to report debris in a ditch or stream, which the city says can raise flood levels.

A floor drain that rises during a storm can mean a sewer backup even with a dry yard. That calls for sewage cleanup, not a mop.