Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across Boyle Heights
When water, fire, or time has wrecked a home in Boyle Heights, you need someone who knows exactly what’s behind these old walls. Reconstruction and cleanup here almost never goes the way a textbook says it should. That’s because most houses and courtyard apartments in Boyle Heights were built before 1950, which means asbestos floor tiles, lead paint, and tight alley access are part of nearly every job. We plan for that before we roll the first air mover through your door. Call Wade at (855) 915-0646 and you’ll get a straight answer, not a scripted pitch.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup team handles the full rebuild, from demolition to final paint, and everything in between: contents pack-out, drywall, flooring, insurance documentation, and the deep post-construction clean that old unsealed structures actually need. We serve every corner of Boyle Heights, from the flats near the LA River to the hillside streets off Soto.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Boyle Heights’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Wade Ferris put his own name on this company in 2007 and he answers his own phone. That matters here. In Boyle Heights, you’re not calling a national chain with a rotating cast of project managers. You’re calling Wade, and if the job needs him at 2 a.m., he’s on the road himself.
Our reputation in Boyle Heights is built on showing up and doing the thing we said we’d do. Homeowners along Whittier Boulevard, First Street, and across the 90023 zip code know we don’t quote one number and invoice another. Every water, fire, and mold job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. One call brings Wade back if something isn’t right. That’s the whole promise.
Crews serving Boyle Heights are background-checked, uniformed, and trained to work in pre-war construction. Wade’s techs carry IICRC certification and the company is RIA-affiliated and IFA-recognized. More importantly, they’ve crawled through enough of Boyle Heights’s courtyard apartments to know what’s behind the lath and plaster before they open it up.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in Boyle Heights
We’re not a paint crew that happens to know some drywall. We rebuild after the damage is done, and we do it right for Boyle Heights homes that are often a hundred years old. Here’s what that looks like.
Full-Service Reconstruction
When a wall comes down in a 1920s bungalow off César Chávez Avenue, you don’t just hang new drywall and call it done. You match framing to the original, level floors that have settled onto old clay soils, and make sure new materials work with old construction. Our crews rebuild kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and entire units from the studs up. We handle permits, schedule inspections, and keep you informed every day.
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Water-damaged drywall in Boyle Heights usually means more than cutting out a wet patch. Older homes here often have multiple layers, original plaster over wood lath, and lead paint underneath. We test first, then remove only what’s needed. For flooring, we frequently replace water-buckled linoleum and the asbestos 9×9 tiles hiding beneath it, then install new moisture-resistant materials that make sense for a ground-floor unit on the floodplain.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
When a ground-floor unit floods in Boyle Heights, furniture, family photos, and keepsakes are at risk. We pack out, inventory with photos, clean and restore what can be saved, and store everything until the rebuild is done. You get a written contents log for the insurance company. Nothing goes missing. Nothing gets thrown away without your sign-off.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
After a loss, soft goods need more than a vacuum. We use professional-grade extraction equipment from Injectidry and XPOWER to pull embedded moisture, ash, and odor out of carpet and upholstery. In Boyle Heights’s older unsealed structures, we often follow up with HEPA air filtration because fine particulate settles into fabric and doesn’t leave on its own.
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 Boyle Heights
We’re certified to work on equipment and materials from the names you’ll find in better-built Boyle Heights homes. Whether it’s Injectidry drying systems, XPOWER air movers, or the daily-use appliances and finishes your family relies on, our techs know the gear. We stock common replacement parts locally, which means you’re not waiting a week for a shipment when a rebuild deadline is closing in. And if something’s still under a manufacturer warranty, we’ll help you file it properly the first time.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in Boyle Heights Homes
- Asbestos discovery mid-project stalls everything. Demolition starts on a water-damaged floor in a 1930s courtyard unit, and then someone notices the 9×9 tiles. Work stops. The CDPH gets involved. Costs climb. When we plan the job, we test before we tear out so the schedule doesn’t blow up.
- Crews stage drying equipment before checking for hazmat. You can’t run air movers and dehumidifiers in a room that still has asbestos-containing material exposed. We identify and abate first, then dry. Doing it backward wastes days and spreads contamination.
- Equipment can’t reach the unit in an alley-load courtyard apartment. Narrow stairwells, gated entrances, no street-side door. A crew that shows up without a plan leaves your apartment wet. We pre-walk the access path on every Boyle Heights job before we bring in a single machine.
- Post-construction cleaning misses fine ash in unsealed pre-war buildings. Santa Ana winds push wildfire smoke through window gaps, wall cracks, and old vents. A standard wipe-down leaves residue and odor. We use HEPA vacuums and air scrubbers until the air is actually clean, not just looks clean.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in Boyle Heights, CA
Here are real numbers for Boyle Heights work. Basic drywall patch and paint after a small leak usually runs $800-$2,500 depending on the wall size and lead-paint testing requirements. Rebuilding a flooded ground-floor room in an older bungalow, including hazmat testing, abatement, new drywall and flooring, typically lands between $6,000 and $18,000. Full-unit reconstruction in a pre-war courtyard apartment, the kind with asbestos 9×9 tiles and no street access, runs $25,000-$75,000 or more when structural framing is involved. Contents pack-out and restoration for a two-bedroom unit adds roughly $2,500-$7,500. Post-construction HEPA cleaning after smoke or ash intrusion runs $600-$2,200 depending on square footage. Call (855) 915-0646 for a free estimate. Estimates are free, in writing, and good for 30 days.
We Also Serve Cities Near Boyle Heights
Our crews regularly work in East Los Angeles, Maywood, Commerce, and Bell. If you’re right across the city line and need reconstruction or cleanup, the same Boyle Heights team will come out. Same honest pricing. Same written scope before work starts.
Serving Boyle Heights, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Boyle Heights 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 Boyle Heights
No, but nearly every pre-1950 building does. California law and CDPH regulations require an asbestos survey before renovation or demolition disturbs materials in structures of that age. Since most of Boyle Heights’s housing stock was built between the 1910s and 1940s, the practical answer is yes, plan on it. In newer additions or homes built after 1980, the requirement rarely triggers. For any water-damaged floor in an older Boyle Heights property, budget $400-$1,200 for testing and, if needed, $15-$45 per square foot for abatement. Call (855) 915-0646 and we’ll walk you through what applies to your address.
We plan the equipment path before we start. For alley-load units and gated courtyard buildings, that means a pre-walk to measure stairwells, door widths, and turn clearances. We use smaller, maneuverable drying equipment and stage materials at the nearest access point, then carry in by hand where equipment can’t fit. We’ve done this throughout Boyle Heights’s dense apartment corridors and it’s standard for us, not an add-on. The alternative is a crew that shows up, realizes the air mover won’t fit through the gate, and leaves your unit wet for another day. That doesn’t happen with our team.
Yes, and you should never rebuild without it. We photograph everything before, during, and after, with timestamped images and moisture readings logged daily. We coordinate directly with your adjuster so you’re not the one relaying information between two parties. At the end of the job you receive a full written report, a photo log, and itemized scope documentation formatted for claim submission. Insurance companies expect this documentation. We produce it as a standard part of every reconstruction and cleanup job in Boyle Heights, not as an extra line item.
The process starts with testing, not demolition. We determine whether lead paint or asbestos is present, then cut only the wet or damaged section. New drywall is hung to match neighboring plaster thickness, taped, textured, and primed before paint. For water-damaged walls in Boyle Heights homes, we generally use moisture-resistant or mold-resistant drywall in kitchens and bathrooms. Baseboards are removed and replaced if swollen. The whole thing, from cut-out to final paint, typically takes three to seven days for a single wall, longer when abatement runs first. Call (855) 915-0646 for a specific timeline on your place.
Because Boyle Heights’s older homes were never built airtight. Single-coat stucco over wood framing, original wood windows, and unsealed vent penetrations let Santa Ana-driven smoke and fine ash seep into wall cavities and settle on every surface. A regular construction cleanup removes sawdust. It does not remove sub-micron smoke particles or the odor they leave behind. We run HEPA air scrubbers, vacuum every surface with HEPA-filtered equipment, and wipe down walls, ceilings, and fixtures with smoke-specific cleaning agents. It’s the difference between a unit that smells clean for a week and one that’s actually clean.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California in Boyle Heights
If you’ve got water damage, fire damage, or a rebuild that’s about to get more complicated than you expected, call (855) 915-0646. Wade will answer. You’ll get a straight conversation about what you’re dealing with, a written scope before any work starts, and a crew that knows Boyle Heights construction better than anyone who isn’t from here. Free estimates. No trip charge inside the county. Senior and Veteran discount always 10%.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California.