Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across San Lorenzo
Reconstruction and cleanup in San Lorenzo usually comes down to one thing: how fast the crew understands what’s behind your walls before they open them. Most of the homes in this zip code were built by the same developer between 1944 and 1955, which means the surprises are predictable if you’ve done the work long enough. We have. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will talk you through what you’re looking at, same call.
Whether it’s a kitchen flooded by a split supply line, fire damage that cut through mid-century framing, or a San Lorenzo Creek flood that soaked everything at slab level, our Reconstruction & Cleanup team handles the full path from board-up to final paint. We know that in San Lorenzo, the job almost always starts with something hidden: asbestos tile, lead paint, rotted 1940s fir studs, or moisture that wicked under the slab and showed up three rooms away. The work isn’t just patch and paint. It’s knowing what the original builder left behind, and what the marine air has been doing to it for 70-plus years.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is San Lorenzo’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Wade Ferris founded this company in 2007, and he still answers his own phone. That matters here. San Lorenzo is a town full of Bohannon tract homes, and they were all built to the same drawings. A homeowner on Via Alamitos and a homeowner on Paseo Grande are going to have nearly identical stud layouts, identical floor plates, and identical failure points. Wade knows that because he’s worked dozens of these exact houses, not because a corporate training manual told him so.
When a homeowner in San Lorenzo calls, they get a real answer, not a queue. The schedule is built around getting a crew to your street fast, with the right moisture meters and containment equipment on the truck. Wade’s team shows up in uniforms, background-checked, with Dri-Eaz equipment and IICRC-certified protocol behind them. And every water, fire, and mold reconstruction job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it isn’t right, Wade comes back and makes it right. One call brings him back.
We serve the whole San Lorenzo area, including the neighborhoods off Hesperian Boulevard, Bockman Road, and along the creek corridor. Response time to most of the 94580 zip code is under sixty minutes from the first call when the job is an active water or flood event. Reconstruction itself is scoped, priced, and scheduled in writing, the same way any quality remodel would be. But the scoping starts with someone who knows what a 1948 Bohannon shell actually looks like.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in San Lorenzo
Full-Service Reconstruction
We rebuild from the studs out. In San Lorenzo that means working with the original 1944-1955 framing almost every time: fir studs that have been breathing creek-side humidity for seven decades, shallow attic clearance, and slab-on-grade floor systems that hold moisture longer than anyone wants. We handle demolition, structural repair, drywall, insulation, paint, fixture reinstall, and final punch-out. Wade doesn’t hand the job to a sub he’s never met. The crew that opens the wall is the crew that closes it.
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Slab floors in San Lorenzo’s Bohannon homes move water sideways. A leak behind the kitchen sink can show up as cupped hardwood in the living room. We map the actual moisture path with Dri-Eaz meters before any drywall or flooring decision gets made. Then we match the repair to what the house was built with: 9-inch asbestos tiles under multiple vinyl layers, original fir subfloor, or 1950s luan under carpet. Partial repairs fail when the moisture path isn’t fully mapped. We map first.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
Smoke, water, and sewage don’t just damage structure. They damage what you live with. We do full pack-outs in San Lorenzo, inventory every item with photo documentation, clean what can be saved at facility grade, and store it until the reconstruction is closed. For flood jobs near San Lorenzo Creek, this matters even more: contaminated water on upholstered furniture and boxed storage isn’t worth gambling on. We tell you straight what’s salvageable and what isn’t.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Not every reconstruction job ends with new flooring. Sometimes the carpet is saved, but only if it’s cleaned and dried correctly within the first 48 hours. We bring professional hot-water extraction and drying equipment into San Lorenzo homes regularly, including post-reconstruction cleanup where drywall dust and demolition debris have worked into every fiber. Carpets in slab homes dry slower here because of the bay-margin moisture. We account for that.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in San Lorenzo
We work on all of it. The Bohannon homes have a lot of original material still in place, and a lot of mid-era replacements. That means we’re matching 1940s fir framing, 1950s vinyl underlayment, and sometimes 1970s carpet remnants, depending on what was installed over the decades. We source matching trim, period-appropriate casing, and moisture-rated drywall that’s suited for bay-margin humidity. And because we’re working the same tract-grid all the time, we often have the right material staged before the first cut. No need to wait on a special order from a warehouse in another state.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in San Lorenzo Homes
- Asbestos and lead hiding behind the first layer. Bohannon-era homes almost always have asbestos floor tiles, duct wrap, or popcorn ceilings somewhere. When demo starts without testing, the job stops cold until a certified abatement crew can be scheduled. We factor this in from the start.
- Slab moisture that travels sideways. A supply-line split in one wall wicks under the slab and shows up as floor cupping or baseboard swelling three rooms away. If the moisture path isn’t mapped before rebuild, the patch fails. We map it with Dri-Eaz meters first.
- Low attic clearance blocking modern duct work. Many of these homes have under 30 inches of attic space. Running new exhaust or HVAC means cutting new ceiling openings, and lazy crews will skip it and leave damaged duct wrap in place. We don’t.
- Creek-corridor flood contamination. Homes near San Lorenzo Creek don’t just get wet. They get wet with water that carried silt, sewage, and whatever was upstream. Reconstruction after a creek flood requires full sanitizing, not just drying, especially in slab homes where the contamination settles low.
Because the Bohannon tract homes were built in a tight 1944-1955 window using identical materials and details, a water-damaged kitchen soffit or swollen slab-edge baseboard on one street is a reliable predictor of the same failure two blocks over. Our crews can often pre-load the matching drywall, trim, and vapor barrier before the first cut. That’s not a party trick. That’s just what happens when you’ve rebuilt enough of the same house.
On Via Alamitos, our crew opened up a 1948 Bohannon kitchen after a supply line split behind the sink. The same day we found the expected 9-inch asbestos floor tiles under two layers of vinyl, and behind the wet drywall the original 1944-era fir studs were already soft from decades of creek-side humidity. We set up negative-air containment, removed the asbestos tile under IICRC protocol, sistered the rotted studs, and rebuilt the kitchen with moisture-rated drywall, then documented every step for the homeowner’s flood insurance claim.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in San Lorenzo, CA
Full-service reconstruction in San Lorenzo typically runs $18,000 to $45,000 for a kitchen or bathroom gut-and-rebuild, depending on what the demolition uncovers. Drywall and flooring repair after a water event usually lands between $3,500 and $9,500, with asbestos abatement adding $1,200 to $4,000 when it’s needed, which in this housing stock is often. Contents pack-out and cleaning runs $1,800 to $6,000 depending on volume. Carpet and upholstery cleaning sits $250 to $700 per room, with post-construction cleanup as an add-on at $400 to $1,200.
What moves the numbers in San Lorenzo specifically? First, whether the original asbestos or lead is present. Second, whether the slab has wicked moisture beyond the visible damage area. Third, whether the attic access allows modern code-compliant work without opening new framing. Wade prices all of this in writing before the first saw runs. No trip charge inside our county, and a free second opinion on any written estimate. Call (855) 915-0646 and get the real number.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Lorenzo
Our trucks are in the neighborhood daily, and the same crew that handles Reconstruction & Cleanup in San Lorenzo also covers Ashland, San Leandro, Cherryland, and Castro Valley. Whether it’s a Bohannon-era kit home, a later addition, or something built completely differently, the same rules apply: documented scope, written pricing, and the owner’s name on the job.
Serving San Lorenzo, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Lorenzo area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Reconstruction & Cleanup in San Lorenzo
Yes, in our experience they’re present in the large majority of 1944-1955 Bohannon homes in San Lorenzo, usually as asbestos floor tiles under newer vinyl, asbestos duct wrap in low attics, popcorn ceiling texture, or lead paint layers under newer coats. When reconstruction work hits these materials, a stop-work is legally required until certified abatement is completed, which adds both time and cost that fly-by-night bids conveniently forget. We include testing and abatement coordination in our written scope so you’re not hit with a surprise work stop. Call (855) 915-0646 and we’ll walk the house with you before any destructive demo starts.
It’s almost always slab-side moisture wicking through the concrete into the sill plate and subfloor, especially in San Lorenzo’s bay-margin flatlands where the ground stays damp year-round and the original Bohannon homes used minimal vapor barrier. A visible leak isn’t needed for this; the baseline humidity from marine air and high groundwater does the work slowly by itself, which is why a partial floor patch without mapping the moisture path with a Dri-Eaz meter will fail. We map the real moisture route and fix the source before rebuilding. Call (855) 915-0646 to have it measured.
Probably, and soon, because the Bohannon tracts in San Lorenzo were built in a tight window using identical flashing details, roof pitches, and wall assemblies, so when one house on the street shows a specific failure, the identical homes on neighboring lots are at the same point in their aging timeline. That’s not guesswork; we’ve seen the same roof-to-wall junction fail in clusters along the original tract grid, and we factor that predictability into scoping your job. A quick inspection usually confirms whether you’re at the leading edge or still a few seasons out. Call (855) 915-0646 for a straight answer.
Creek flood water in San Lorenzo carries silt, sewage, and petroleum residue, which means the reconstruction standard is full contamination control, not just drying and patching, and the flood-mapped corridor along San Lorenzo Creek includes homes under FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area rules. Slab homes absorb that contaminated water low and hold it, so sanitizing, HEPA cleaning, and verifying a dry slab are all mandatory before rebuilding starts. We document everything for your flood claim and work directly with your adjuster. Call (855) 915-0646 if floodwater got into your house.
Yes, we match 1940s Bohannon casing profiles, baseboard heights, door styles, and period-appropriate hardware in San Lorenzo, and we’ve done enough of these homes to know which materials are still sourceable versus which need custom milling. When an original detail can’t be matched exactly, we’ll say so and give you the closest period-correct option in writing before you commit. No surprises after the walls are closed. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will talk you through what’s possible.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California in San Lorenzo
If you’re looking at a flooded kitchen, a fire-damaged wall, or a slab that’s been quietly rotting in an old Bohannon home, call (855) 915-0646. You’ll get Wade or a member of his crew, not an answering service. The estimate is free, the second opinion is free, and the trip charge inside our county doesn’t exist. We’ll document the damage, deal with your adjuster, and put the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Ask anyone on your street. Or better, call and ask Wade himself.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving the San Lorenzo community and the wider Bay Area since 2007.