Water Damage Restoration in Norfolk, MA

Norfolk was a farming corner of Wrentham until it incorporated in 1870, and it stayed small until Route 495 brought commuters in the 1970s. The town center around the common and the train station is compact, and most of the housing around it is 1970s through 2000s colonials on large lots, with a heavy share of 1980s and 1990s subdivisions with finished basements. The Charles River forms the eastern edge along the Millis line, the Stop River runs up the middle, and much of the town is wetland and cranberry bog turned back to woods.

Norfolk is town water on the streets near the center and private wells on many of the outer roads, and almost the whole town is on septic. The Stop River and the Charles both back up in a wet spring, and the lowest neighborhoods along them took groundwater into finished basements in March 2010. In winter, the big colonials with bathrooms over unheated garages are where the pipes freeze.

We connect Norfolk homeowners by phone with an independent local water damage provider. The provider looks at the house and sets the scope.

Norfolk water damage, from the bog to the basement

A finished basement that took groundwater through the slab is a basement flooding cleanup job. A pipe that froze in a bathroom over the garage on a February night is frozen pipe cleanup. When the house is on a well and the pump will not shut off, leak detection finds the line before it burns out the pump.

Where to call in Norfolk

Mass Audubon's Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary covers 107 acres of marsh and pond on North Street, and its boardwalks are a good gauge of how high the water is running in any given spring. Rebuild permits after a water loss go through the Building Department at Town Hall on Main Street, and the Department of Public Works can tell you whether your street is on town water or wells.

Call (508) 570-0957 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Norfolk.