Water, Fire & Storm Restoration in Jennings, MO

Older brick homes and two-family buildings

Jennings is a city in north St. Louis County, and our office is in St. Charles. Much of the housing is older brick, including single-family homes and two-family buildings in which one household lives above or beside another. That layout makes the plumbing system a shared affair. We respond to sewage backups, water damage and fire and smoke calls, and the line is open 24/7.

Drains, sewers and the basement laundry

In many older buildings the laundry area is in the basement, near a floor drain that connects to the sewer line. When the main line clogs, or the public sewer is overloaded during heavy rain, wastewater takes the shortest path out, and that is often a floor drain or a basement toilet. The washer standpipe can also overflow.

If you notice a slow drain, gurgling or a smell around the laundry, stop running water in the house. Keep people and pets away from any water that has come up, and call a plumber to clear the line. We handle extraction, cleaning and drying afterward. Our sewage backup page explains why contaminated water means removing porous materials, and our flooded basement page covers the drying side.

When two households share a building

In a two-family building, a single failed pipe can affect both homes. A leak in an upstairs bathroom can reach the kitchen below, and a basement backup might be shared by whoever uses the common laundry. Questions pile up: who contacts whom, whose insurance applies, what has to be moved out and when.

We cannot settle legal questions, but we can keep the work organized. We document each unit separately, set drying equipment to cover shared walls and ceilings, and give owners and tenants copies of the records they need. The insurance page explains how we work with insurers and bill them directly, and the process page shows the order of work.

Fire in brick buildings

Brick exteriors slow some kinds of fire spread, but they do not stop interior damage. Fire inside can burn through floors and attics, while smoke moves through gaps in plaster and around pipes. Water used by firefighters then drops through the structure into the units below. Soot cleaning, drying and odor treatment generally happen in the same project. Our fire and smoke page covers the cleaning, and contents cleaning handles belongings.

Repairs and getting back in

Owners usually want units back in use as soon as the structure is safe and dry. Our reconstruction service handles drywall, flooring, paint and trim, so that the work continues after the moisture readings confirm a dry structure.

Tips for owners and tenants

Photograph damage before cleanup, keep receipts for anything you buy, and note who you have spoken to. Tell us about any other units the water may have reached.

After the water is gone

Once extraction is finished, equipment stays in the building while the materials dry, and we check moisture readings before anything is closed up. Owners should expect noise and some disruption in shared spaces, and we will explain what each machine is doing.

Nearby areas we serve

Close to Jennings are Berkeley, Normandy and Florissant. The St. Louis County overview lists everywhere else we serve.