Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across Selma
Reconstruction and cleanup in Selma usually starts with a phone call, often after a storm has pushed water up against a raised foundation or a slab crack has been quietly feeding moisture into baseboards for months. Most Selma homes we work on need both: structural repair and the cleanup that follows. We’re the Reconstruction & Cleanup team from Wade’s Restoration of California, and we know Selma’s houses, its clay soil, its fog, and the way flood irrigation behaves at the vineyard edges on the south and west sides. Call (855) 915-0646 when you need someone who has already seen your problem before.
Wade Ferris founded this company in 2007. When you call, you get Wade himself on the phone, not a call center. He’ll tell you straight what needs to happen, what it costs, and whether you can wait a day or shouldn’t wait another hour.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Selma’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Selma homeowners have a particular way of checking who they let inside their house. They want a published address, a real license number, and a name they might run into at the hardware store on Saturday. Wade Ferris has his name on the truck and his address on every contract. That’s the whole business model. No franchises, no rotating crews from three counties over.
The work comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, Wade comes back and makes it right. One call brings him back. That promise covers every water, fire, mold, and reconstruction job we do in Selma. We also hand you a daily moisture log at the end of the job, because Wade takes readings every single day during drying. Almost nobody in this trade does that.
When Selma calls, a live person answers. Wade heads out himself, often arriving inside the hour with extraction equipment. He deals with the insurance adjuster directly, so you’re not the one stuck relaying information between two sides. For Selma homeowners who have already been burned by a national outfit that quoted one price on the phone and another at the door, that’s usually what closes it.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in Selma
Full-Service Reconstruction
Full-service reconstruction in Selma means rebuilding after water, fire, storm, or mold damage, not just patching. On older raised-foundation homes from the 1940s through 1970s, we frequently replace subfloor sections, wall framing, and entire crawl space assemblies. On slab-on-grade tract homes from the 1980s and 1990s, we repair slab cracks and the wicking damage they cause before rebuilding walls and finishes. We pull permits, coordinate with your adjuster, and document every step with photos.
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Selma’s Tule fog season runs roughly November through February and keeps humidity high inside wall cavities and under floors for weeks. Drywall that absorbed moisture during fog or after a storm often looks fine until it doesn’t. We cut out the saturated sections, dry the framing to documented levels, and rebuild with mold-resistant materials. Flooring repair in Selma usually means replacing warped tongue-and-groove subfloor or delaminated laminate over concrete slabs that wicked moisture from the clay below.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
When a Selma home needs reconstruction, the contents usually need to move. We pack out, inventory, clean, and store your belongings, then return them when the work is done. This matters especially in older Selma homes with original built-ins and family pieces that can’t be replaced from a catalog. We document everything for your insurance claim as part of the pack-out.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
After a flood, a fire, or a mold job, Selma customers often need carpet and upholstery cleaned properly, not just vacuumed. We use professional-grade equipment from Dri-Eaz and Phoenix to extract embedded moisture and contaminants. For carpets that sat over a slab crack or a wet crawl space, cleaning alone won’t solve it, and we’ll tell you that plainly before we take your money.
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 Selma
We’re IICRC-certified and RIA-affiliated, with IFA recognition backing our work. Our crews run Dri-Eaz and Phoenix drying equipment, which matters in Selma because the drying curve here is longer. Clay soil holds water against foundations for weeks. Tule fog keeps ambient humidity up. You need equipment built for that reality, not rental-grade gear. We stock commonly needed parts and materials locally for Selma jobs, so we’re not waiting on a distributor in another city when your subfloor is open and you need it closed.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in Selma Homes
- Raised foundations wicking moisture from adjacent vineyards. Homes on the south and west sides of Selma near flood-irrigated fields get lateral soil moisture pushing into crawl spaces all growing season. By the time homeowners notice a soft floor or a musty smell, the joists have often been colonizing mold for months.
- Slab cracks from expansive clay. Selma’s clay soil expands when wet and contracts when dry. That movement cracks slabs on 1980s and 1990s tract homes, and the crack becomes a wicking path that saturates the bottom plate and feeds mold behind baseboards with no visible standing water.
- Fog-season moisture trapped in unventilated crawl spaces. Weeks of Tule fog push humidity into the crawl spaces of older Selma homes. Without active drying and ventilation correction, that latent moisture supports mold even when no acute water loss ever occurred.
- Wind-driven rain through failing entry doors. Before the next atmospheric river, a door that doesn’t seal or wasn’t wind-rated lets rain into wall cavities. During fog season, that hidden moisture rots drywall and framing out of sight.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in Selma, CA
Reconstruction pricing in Selma reflects the age of the housing stock and the moisture conditions we find once floors come up. Full crawl space mold remediation and subfloor replacement on a typical raised-foundation home runs $8,000 to $25,000 depending on square footage and how much framing has to be replaced. Drywall and flooring repair after a contained water loss usually lands between $1,800 and $6,500. Contents pack-out and cleaning runs $2,000 to $8,000 for a whole-home job. Carpet and upholstery cleaning after remediation typically costs $300 to $900 per room set. Post-construction cleanup runs $500 to $2,500 depending on scope.
Every job starts with a written scope and an exact price before work begins. No surprises at the door. Call (855) 915-0646 for a free estimate, and ask about the Senior & Veteran 10% discount, or the free second opinion on any written estimate you already have.
We Also Serve Cities Near Selma
Our crews cover Selma and the towns around it: Selma, Fowler, Parlier, Kingsburg, and Reedley. Same live-answer phone, same owner-operating, same 90-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re on either side of the vineyard line, we’re close.
Serving Selma, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Selma 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 Selma
Flood irrigation in the vineyards around Selma pushes water laterally through the clay soil into adjoining crawl spaces all summer long. Homes near the vineyard edges on the south and west sides are most affected. The subfloor framing wicks that moisture for an entire growing season, and by the time you notice a soft spot or a smell, mold has often been established for months. Call (855) 915-0646 and we’ll get a moisture reading under your house before you spend a dime on repairs.
Selma follows California Building Code for wind-load requirements, and any door replacement on an exterior wall has to meet the wind rating for the San Joaquin Valley’s storm exposure. If you’re replacing a door after storm damage or as part of reconstruction, we pull the permit and install doors rated for the expected wind load, not whatever the home center has on sale. This matters before the next atmospheric river.
That’s usually a failing entry door or window seal letting wind-driven rain into wall cavities, or a foundation drainage issue against clay soil that doesn’t shed water. On older raised homes, the crawl space saturates and the moisture wicks up. On slab homes, a crack in the slab wicks from below. Call us for a free assessment and we’ll find the actual path, not just paint over the stain. Estimates are free at (855) 915-0646.
Yes. We photograph every stage: the standing water, the framing after demo, the drying logs, the replacement work. Wade deals with your adjuster directly so you’re not the one translating between a contractor and an insurance company. If your claim is denied or underpaid, we can also provide a second opinion on any written estimate you received from another outfit.
Most Selma crawl space mold reconstruction jobs run three to eight weeks from demo to final coat, depending on how much framing has to be replaced and how long drying takes during fog season. Selma’s clay soil and Tule fog extend drying times, so we tell you the realistic schedule up front. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will give you a timeline for your specific house, not a generic window.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California.