Water Damage Restoration in Scituate, MA
Scituate has been fighting the ocean since 1636. Scituate Light on Cedar Point has stood since 1811, and the seawalls along Oceanside Drive, Turner Road, and Front Street have been rebuilt after storm after storm. The housing follows the shore: 1900s to 1930s cottages in Sand Hills, Humarock, and along the harbor, winterized over the decades; 1950s and 1960s capes and ranches in North Scituate and Greenbush; and 1970s through 2000s colonials on the wooded inland side toward Norwell.
The dates are the story here. The Blizzard of 1978 flooded Front Street and the harbor and destroyed homes at Humarock. On January 4, 2018, the record Boston Harbor tide sent the ocean over the seawall at Oceanside Drive, damaged the wall, and put Sand Hills and the streets around the harbor under several feet of water; the March 2 and March 13, 2018, storms did it again. Inland, the First Herring Brook and the marshes hold the water table high, and a wet spring puts groundwater in basements far from the beach.
We connect Scituate homeowners by phone with an independent local water damage provider. The provider looks at the house and sets the scope.
Scituate water damage, on the seawall side and off
A Sand Hills or Humarock cottage that took the ocean over the sill is a basement flooding cleanup job, and salt water is handled as contaminated. Once it is pumped out, water extraction of the sand and silt from the floor comes before any drying. An inland colonial whose sump pit overflowed when the storm cut the power is sump pump failure cleanup.
What Scituate Light has watched since 1917
The Scituate Historical Society, founded in 1917, keeps Scituate Light and the record of every storm since, and its photographs of 1978 and 2018 are the town's memory of what the water does. Rebuild permits after a water loss go through the Building Department at Town Hall on Route 3A, and the Water Division handles anything on the street side of the meter. Ask about the coastal flood zone before you rebuild anything below the first floor near the water.
Call (508) 570-0957 now and tell us what you see. We connect you with a local water damage provider serving Scituate.
Services Available in Scituate
Water Extraction
Standing water pumped off a basement slab, a kitchen floor, or a finished lower level, then the first meter readings to see how far it spread.
Structural Drying
Air movers and dehumidifiers run by the readings until sill plates, subfloor, and drywall come back to their dry target.
Basement Flooding Cleanup
Groundwater, a failed pump, or a spring thaw put water in the basement. The crew pumps it out and dries the finished walls and floor.
Sump Pump Failure Cleanup
The pit overflowed during a storm or an outage. Water is extracted and the carpet, framing, and stored belongings are checked and dried.
Burst Pipe Water Damage
A supply line let go in a ceiling or wall. The rooms below and beside it are pumped out and dried once the water is shut off.
Frozen Pipe Cleanup
A pipe froze in a garage wall, an attic, or an unheated room and split. Cleanup covers everything the thaw soaked.
Washing Machine Overflow Cleanup
A hose failed or the drain backed up. Water in the laundry room, the hall, and the room below is extracted and dried.
Leak Detection
Finding a hidden leak behind a wall, under a slab, or in a well line before anyone opens the wrong wall.