Water Damage Restoration
How a wet house gets from first call to dry, repaired rooms, and which page to read for your kind of water.
Jenkintown, Abington, Cheltenham, Glenside and the Philadelphia neighborhoods to the south
Water in the cellar in Jenkintown? Shut off the main, then call.
Stone walls that weep after a wet week, cast-iron drains that back up in a downpour, a supply line that splits in an exterior wall in January. Call (833) 490-5225 at any hour. A crew is dispatched as fast as one is available, and the emergency-stage price is explained before any equipment runs.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Flooded basements, burst pipes, sewer backups
- The emergency figure is agreed up front
- Readings and photographs from every visit, for your claim
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31Communities we serve, from Abington and Cheltenham to Center City
3 creeksTookany, Pennypack and Wissahickon: the creek systems whose floods reach basements across our area
24–48 hThe EPA's window to dry wet materials before mold takes hold
Today in Jenkintown
Hard freezes in January and February, snowmelt and spring rain on saturated ground, summer thunderstorms and the tropical remnants of late August and September decide which water problems are most likely in Jenkintown from week to week.
Jenkintown & Montgomery County
Local water damage restoration you can reach by phone
Jenkintown Water Damage Restoration at a glance
Jenkintown Water Damage Restoration takes water damage calls 24/7 for Jenkintown, the rest of Montgomery County, Philadelphia neighborhoods and Camden, NJ. A technician pumps out standing water, checks walls and floors with moisture meters and a thermal camera, and sets air movers and dehumidifiers. You approve the emergency-stage price first, and a licensed plumber handles the pipe repair.
Safety comes first. Close the main shut-off, which in many older houses here sits on the cellar wall where the supply line comes through the foundation, and keep everyone out of standing water that touches outlets, cords or the furnace. Switch off power to the wet area only if the panel is dry and easy to reach, and treat any water that came up a drain or in from a creek as contaminated.
A wet cellar is the ordinary job in this part of Montgomery County, not the unusual one. The housing is old, the walls are often stone or brick, and the ground around them stays damp for days after a storm. Start with a flooded cellar or a sewer backup, check the estimated prices, or read the winter pipe guide if the freeze is what you are worried about.
- Service area
- Jenkintown and 30 communities within 25 km: eastern Montgomery County from Abington and Cheltenham to Hatboro, Ambler, Norristown and Lansdale; Northeast and Northwest Philadelphia and the neighborhoods around Center City; Bensalem and Warminster on the Bucks County edge; and Camden, NJ
- Address
- Jenkintown, PA 19046
- Hours
- Phones answered 24/7
- Pricing
- Nothing starts until the emergency-stage price for pumping out and setting equipment is explained and agreed. What it costs to put the house back is quoted later, after it tests dry.
- What we handle
- Flooded basements and seeping stone or brick cellars, burst and frozen pipes, sump pump failures, sewer and drain backups, creek and storm flooding, ice dam and roof leaks, water heater and appliance leaks, rowhouse and twin party-wall leaks, apartments and storefronts, structural drying of plaster and hardwood, and mold inspection and remediation
- Who else you may need
- A licensed plumber repairs the pipe or replaces the water heater (in Philadelphia, one holding a city L&I trade license); the water utility handles a broken main or the street-side pipe; a roofer repairs the roof; a waterproofing contractor seals a stone wall or installs a sump pump. The crew dries and cleans what the water reached
Services
Water damage services for old stone, brick and rowhouse cellars
Pick a service for symptoms, process and typical cost, or call and describe what you hear and see.
Emergency Water Removal
Pumping and extracting standing water from cellars, floors and carpet so drying can start before mold does.
Burst Pipe Water Damage
Water removal and drying after a supply line bursts, with the pipe repair left to a licensed plumber.
Frozen Pipe Water Damage
Cleanup and drying after a frozen pipe thaws and leaks, with pipe repair left to a licensed plumber.
Basement Flooding Cleanup
Pumping, cleanup and drying when water arrives in a basement from the surface, a failed pump or a backed-up drain.
Stone Basement Water Damage
Cleanup and drying for older cellars where water weeps through the face of rubble stone walls rather than through a crack.
Sump Pump Failure Water Damage
Cleanup and drying after a sump pump fails, with the pump itself repaired or replaced by a plumber or pump contractor.
Flood Damage Cleanup
Cleanup and drying after creek, river or storm surface water, treated as contaminated from the start.
Sewage Cleanup
Removal, cleaning and drying after sewage or a sewer backup reaches a basement, handled as Category 3 contamination.
Mold Remediation
How mold is removed after water damage, what Pennsylvania law does and does not require, and what to ask any company.
Mold Inspection
What a mold inspection includes, what air and surface tests do, and how to vet an inspector in a state with no mold license.
Structural Drying
Monitored drying of plaster-and-lath walls, hardwood over joists and stone or brick, with daily readings until dry.
Storm Damage Restoration
Interior water cleanup and drying after storms, plus emergency tarping or board-up, not roof replacement.
Ceiling Water Damage
Drying and cleanup when water reaches a ceiling, including old plaster-over-lath ceilings that sag and fall.
Water Heater Leak Cleanup
Extraction and drying after a tank water heater leaks across a cellar floor; a licensed plumber replaces the tank.
Appliance Leak Water Damage
Drying and cleanup after a washer hose, dishwasher line or refrigerator supply leak reaches floors and the ceiling below.
Ice Dam and Roof Leak Water Damage
Interior drying and cleanup, plus emergency tarping, after snowmelt backs up under shingles and into a ceiling.
Rowhouse and Twin Water Damage
Water cleanup in attached houses where party walls, shared drains and narrow stairs change how the work is done.
Commercial Water Damage
Water removal and drying for storefronts, offices and multi-unit buildings, quoted after a walkthrough.
Why homeowners call us
Why Jenkintown Water Damage Restoration
Answered at 3 a.m. too
Pipes split on the coldest nights and sump pumps quit in the middle of the storm, so the phone is picked up around the clock. A crew is sent as soon as one is free, and you hear an honest read on the wait instead of a promise.
Dispatch from nearby
The call goes to the closest crew that has room, so the drive usually starts somewhere along the York Road corridor or the neighborhoods nearby, not across the region.
A price before the pump runs
Extraction and drying setup are explained and approved before anything is switched on. Plaster, drywall, trim and paint come later as their own quote, once the walls and floors have dried.
Readings, not hunches
Moisture meters and a thermal camera find water inside plaster, behind cellar paneling and under floor boards. Readings are written down at each visit, and equipment goes home when the materials test dry.
Records for your insurer
You can have the photos and moisture logs to send to your insurance company. Coverage is decided by your insurer under your own policy, and flood and sewer backup are often handled differently from a burst pipe, so ask early.
Old houses are the usual work
Stone twins, brick rowhouses, narrow cellar stairs and plaster over lath are the normal setting. The crew plans for tight halls, slow-drying walls and a neighbor on the other side of the wall.
How it works
From phone call to fixed, in four steps
Close the valve, then call
Shut off the main, stay clear of water near outlets and ring the number at the top of the page. Say where the water came from, which floors are wet and how long it has been running.
A crew is sent your way
The nearest available crew is dispatched and phones ahead. While you wait, photograph every wet room and lift small valuables off the floor before anything else moves.
Measure, price, approve
On arrival the crew maps the wet area, explains the emergency-stage price and starts extraction once you agree. Anything that has to come out, such as plaster or a section of floor, is discussed first.
Dry, re-check, then repair
Air movers and dehumidifiers run while readings are taken on each visit. Stone, brick and plaster can need longer than a modern wall. Repairs are quoted after the dry goal is met, and a plumber fixes the broken line.
What should you do first when water is spreading in a Jenkintown house?
Close the main shut-off, then keep people and pets out of standing water that touches outlets, cords or the furnace. Cut power to the wet area only if the panel is dry and easy to reach. Next, photograph the damage, lift valuables off wet floors and call so a crew can start pumping and drying.
Find the shut-off before you need it. In a rowhouse or twin it is often near the front cellar wall, close to the meter; every house is different, so look now and check that the handle actually turns. A tank water heater has its own cold-water valve on top, and toilets, washers and sinks each have a small valve nearby.
- Stop the source: the main for a split line, the valve on the heater for a tank leak, the supply valve behind a toilet or washer.
- Keep clear of power: stay out of any cellar where water reaches outlets, a furnace, a panel or a pump motor until the power is off.
- Document it: photos and short videos of every wet room, taken before anything is moved or thrown away.
- Lift what you can: boxes, rugs and electronics off wet floors, with foil or blocks under furniture legs.
- Hold off on demolition: wet plaster and flooring are judged with meters, so leave them where they are for now.
Why is a flooded cellar the normal job around Jenkintown?
Many houses near Jenkintown are old enough to have a full cellar under stone or brick walls, and a cellar is the lowest place any water can reach. Rain from above, groundwater through the walls and drains from below all end up there. Twins and rowhouses add shared walls and old cast-iron drains, so ordinary storms become wet-cellar calls.
Jenkintown sits in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed, and WHYY reports that the Jenkintown Creek drainage is about 98% developed. Rain that once soaked into the ground runs off roofs and pavement and arrives at the creek quickly, and the area's normal rainfall is about 44 inches a year. A cellar built a century ago, long before most of that paving, takes the consequences.
Where the damage starts depends on the building. A twin may take water through a stone wall or from the other half of the house, a rowhouse often takes it down a drain or across a party wall, and a postwar house with a sump pump takes it the moment the pump stops. The stone and brick basement page and the rowhouse and twin page go through those cases one at a time.
Why do water problems around Jenkintown follow the calendar?
Each season brings its own failure. December through February splits pipes and builds ice dams, March and April bring snowmelt and rain on soaked ground, June through September brings thunderstorms and tropical remnants, and October's leaf-clogged gutters set up the next freeze. The EPA still advises drying wet materials within 24 to 48 hours to head off mold.
Treat the table as a rough guide rather than a forecast. A mild winter shifts it one way and a stormy August shifts it the other, so watch the National Weather Service Mount Holly freeze and flash flood warnings for this area.
| Months | Common water trouble | Worth doing now |
|---|---|---|
| Dec–Feb | Pipes freezing in exterior walls, vestibules and unheated cellars; ice dams on older roofs; leaks found after holiday trips | Keep the heat on when you are away; open cabinet doors on outside walls; know where the main is |
| Mar–May | Snowmelt and rain on frozen or soaked ground, seepage through stone walls, sump pumps running hard, creeks rising | Test the sump pump; point downspouts away from the wall; check window wells |
| Jun–Sep | Short, heavy thunderstorms and tropical remnants; flooded window wells; storm drains clogged with debris | Clear gutters and drains; keep valuables off the cellar floor |
| Oct–Nov | Leaf-clogged gutters, first hard freezes, furnace season in closed-up houses | Clean gutters; unhook garden hoses; shut off outside spigots |
How quickly does a wet cellar need to dry?
The EPA advises drying water-damaged materials within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth, so the first day matters. That is a reason to start extraction promptly, not to panic. Dense materials such as plaster, brick and old floor boards dry slowly, which is why readings, not the calendar, decide when the equipment leaves.
Mold can trigger allergy and asthma symptoms in some people, and a closed, damp cellar in a humid summer is where it tends to start. A small, clean spill on a bare floor may dry on its own with a window open. Anything that soaked into plaster, paneling, carpet or stored cardboard deserves a meter reading before you decide it is dry.
If the water was sewage or came from a creek, the situation is different: porous materials it touched usually have to come out rather than dry in place. Our flood damage cleanup page explains why.
What does water damage cleanup cost near Jenkintown?
Cost guides for Philadelphia report a typical restoration job at $1,597–$5,456, and flooded basement cleanup at $2,000–$7,000. Working estimates for the emergency stage: moisture assessment free–$200, extraction $1.00–$3.50 per square foot, drying one room $800–$2,500. You approve that price before work starts; repairs are quoted after drying.
Several things move the total: how much area got wet, whether the water was clean, gray or sewage, what the surfaces are made of, how long the water sat and how many drying days it takes. The working estimates are our own planning ranges, confirmed on site, and the reported figures come from public cost guides, not from a quote. Every line is on the price page.
Service areas
Serving Jenkintown and all of Montgomery County
Philadelphia
ZIP 19102, 19103, 19106, 19107, 19123, 19130
North Philadelphia
ZIP 19121, 19132, 19133, 19140, 19141, 19120…
Kensington
ZIP 19134, 19125, 19122, 19137, 19124, 19135
West Philadelphia
ZIP 19104, 19131, 19139, 19143, 19151, 19142…
South Philadelphia
ZIP 19145, 19146, 19147, 19148, 19112
Germantown
ZIP 19144, 19138
Mount Airy
ZIP 19119, 19150
Chestnut Hill
ZIP 19118
Manayunk
ZIP 19127, 19128, 19129
Camden
ZIP 08102, 08103, 08104, 08105
Fox Chase
ZIP 19111, 19149
Bustleton
ZIP 19115, 19152, 19154
Somerton
ZIP 19116, 19114, 19136
Abington
ZIP 19001
Cheltenham
ZIP 19012
Elkins Park
ZIP 19027
Wyncote
ZIP 19095
Glenside
ZIP 19038
Huntingdon Valley
ZIP 19006, 19009
Willow Grove
ZIP 19090
Hatboro
ZIP 19040
Horsham
ZIP 19044
Fort Washington
ZIP 19034, 19025
Flourtown
ZIP 19031, 19075
Ambler
ZIP 19002
Lansdale
ZIP 19446
Norristown
ZIP 19401, 19403
Haverford
ZIP 19041
Bensalem
ZIP 19020
Warminster
ZIP 18974
Jenkintown, PA 19046 · 25 km service radiusCall (833) 490-5225
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Job stories
Typical jobs around Montgomery County
A sump pump stops in a power cut and a postwar Abington cellar fills
- What homeowners notice
- During a summer thunderstorm the power drops for several hours, and the sump pump in the cellar of a postwar Abington house stops with it. Groundwater rises out of the pit and spreads across a finished rec room, soaking carpet, pad and the paneling along one wall.
- What we do
- The crew stays out of the room until the power to it is confirmed off, then extracts the water with a portable pump and wet vacuum, pulls the soaked pad and checks the paneling and the bottom plate with moisture meters. Air movers and an LGR dehumidifier go in, and the technician suggests asking a plumber or waterproofer about a battery backup for the pump, which is a separate job.
- What to expect
- Readings reach the dry goal after several days of checks, the photos and moisture log go to the homeowner, and the carpet and paneling are quoted once the wall tests dry.
Sewage comes up a floor drain into an old Kensington rowhouse cellar
- What homeowners notice
- After hours of hard rain, brown water rises through the cast-iron floor drain of a brick rowhouse cellar and spreads across the concrete floor to a stack of stored boxes and the base of the stair wall. The smell and the color say the water came from the sewer, not from a pipe in the house.
- What we do
- Treating it as Category 3 water from the first minute, the crew works in boots, gloves and respirators, extracts the water and removes the soaked boxes and porous materials. It then cleans and disinfects the floor and wall base, checks the stair stringers and lower plaster with meters, and sets air movers and a dehumidifier while the cellar stays closed off from the living floors.
- What to expect
- The cellar tests dry after a few days, the homeowner is told about the Philadelphia Water Department's Basement Backup Protection Program and the water-backup endorsement to ask an agent about, and any plumbing work goes to a licensed plumber.
A supply line frozen in an exterior wall floods a Glenside twin on the thaw
- What homeowners notice
- After a week of hard cold, a family returns from a trip to a stone-fronted twin in Glenside and finds water running down the kitchen wall into the cellar. A supply line in the exterior wall froze, split and began to leak only as the house warmed, wetting the plaster, the floor above the cellar and the ceiling beneath it.
- What we do
- With the main closed, the crew extracts standing water in the cellar, scans the wall and ceiling with a thermal camera and confirms the wet areas with moisture meters. It cuts a small opening in the wet plaster so the cavity can dry, sets air movers and a dehumidifier, and a licensed plumber replaces the split line on a separate visit.
- What to expect
- Readings reach the dry goal after several days, the photos and logs go to the homeowner for the insurer, and plaster repair is quoted once the lath and framing test dry.
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Guides
Answers before you call
Water Damage Restoration Costs Around Jenkintown: 2026 Ranges and What Drives Them
Cost guides report a typical water damage restoration job at $1,383 to $6,369 nationally (HomeAdvisor, average about $3,868) and $1,597 to $5,456 for Philadelphia (Angi, average about $3,527).
Frozen and Burst Pipes in the Philadelphia Area: A Winter Guide
Pipes freeze first where cold reaches them: unheated cellars, crawl spaces under additions, exterior stone or brick walls and vacant houses.
Does a Pennsylvania Homeowners Policy Cover Water Damage?
It depends on the cause and on your own policy, and only your insurer can say.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Will a crew come out at night or on a holiday?
The phone is answered 24/7, holidays included, and a crew is dispatched as fast as one is available. An after-hours, weekend or holiday emergency fee is estimated at $100–$300, and you hear about it before the work begins.
Does the crew fix the broken pipe too?
No. Pipe and water heater repairs go to a licensed plumber. The crew helps you find and close the right valve, then handles extraction, drying and cleanup. Calling a plumber and the restoration line at the same time keeps both jobs moving.
Can I dry a wet cellar myself with box fans?
A small, clean spill on a bare concrete floor, perhaps. Plaster, wood trim, carpet and the base of a stone wall hold water that household fans never reach, and a cellar with closed windows traps the moisture you lift. A meter tells you whether it is dry; a fan cannot.
Does homeowners insurance pay for water damage in Pennsylvania?
It depends on your policy, so ask your agent. Sudden and accidental damage such as a burst pipe is often covered, while flood needs a separate policy that takes 30 days to start, and sewer or sump backup usually needs an endorsement. The crew can give you photos and readings; your insurer decides coverage.
Which places around Jenkintown are covered?
Jenkintown and 30 communities within about 25 km, including Abington, Cheltenham, Elkins Park, Glenside and Willow Grove in Montgomery County, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Fox Chase and Kensington in Philadelphia, and Camden, NJ. The service area list has a page for each.
Is a musty smell in an old cellar always mold?
Not always, but it means moisture is getting in. Damp stone, soil gaps and a wet floor drain can all smell musty without visible growth. If the smell comes with stains, peeling paint or fuzzy patches, a mold inspection can map where the moisture is going.