Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across San Jose
Reconstruction and cleanup in San Jose means dealing with what three active fault lines, a flood-prone valley floor, and 70-year-old housing stock leave behind. We’re Wade’s Restoration of California, and we’ve rebuilt homes throughout the 95110, 95111, 95112, and 95113 ZIP codes after creek overflows, wind-driven rain, and seismic shifts. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade Ferris himself will answer. He knows which San Jose blocks flood first, which 1950s tract homes hide rot behind stucco, and which crawlspaces in Naglee Park still hold moisture from storms that hit months ago. That local knowledge is the difference between a patch job and a rebuild that lasts.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is San Jose’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Wade Ferris started this company in 2007 and put his name on it. His address is published, his license number is public, and he answers his own phone at midnight. In San Jose, where homeowners have been burned by national chains that quote one price on the phone and another at the door, that accountability matters. Ask anyone on your street. The neighbors who had water in their living room after the 2017 Coyote Creek flood know who actually showed up.
We’re not a franchise. We’re not a call center routing a crew from three counties away. When you call about storm damage in Alum Rock or a failed water heater in Naglee Park, Wade heads out. He brings Reconstruction & Cleanup crews with IICRC credentials and equipment from Dri-Eaz and XPOWER. He takes moisture readings every single day and hands you the full log when the job is done. Almost nobody in this trade does that.
Every reconstruction job we take in San Jose comes with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right. One call brings Wade back. That’s not a marketing line. That’s how a locally owned business survives in a city where word travels block by block.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in San Jose
Full-Service Reconstruction
After water or fire damage in San Jose, reconstruction is rarely just replacing drywall. In the downtown-adjacent ZIP codes, we’re often opening subfloors in pre-WWII Craftsman homes with pier-and-beam foundations and finding rotted sill plates that predate the storm. We rebuild from the studs up, matching the original character of 1920s Victorians in Naglee Park or restoring postwar tract stucco in East San Jose to its original texture. We handle framing, insulation, drywall, paint, trim, and finish work. The goal is a home that looks like it was never touched, not one that looks “repaired.”
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Floodwater wicks up drywall fast in San Jose’s flat valley floor homes. Ground-floor slabs in 95110 through 95112 trap moisture against baseboards and wall cavities for weeks after a creek overflow, and the damage hides behind paint until the drywall delaminates. We cut back to the studs, replace damaged sections, and dry the cavity before closing it up. For flooring, we match original hardwood in vintage Naglee Park homes and replace water-damaged subfloor in 1960s soft-story apartments where no drainage plane exists. Preserving the original look matters to San Jose homeowners, and we treat every floor as a restoration, not a replacement.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
When a Coyote Creek overflow or an atmospheric river event floods a home in Rock Springs, the structure isn’t the only thing that needs saving. We inventory, pack out, and restore furniture, clothing, documents, and electronics at our cleaning facility. Each item is photo-documented, cleaned, and stored until your rebuild is complete. That documentation goes straight to your insurance adjuster, so you’re not left arguing about what was damaged and what wasn’t.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
After a flood or fire, carpets and upholstery hold odors and contaminants long after the visible damage is gone. We use professional-grade equipment from Dri-Eaz and B-Air to extract water, dry fibers, and treat for mold and bacteria before it settles in. For San Jose homeowners dealing with post-flood mustiness in a 1950s tract house, this is often the step that makes the place livable again while reconstruction continues.
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 Jose
We keep parts and materials in stock for the brands San Jose homeowners actually have: Dri-Eaz dehumidifiers for drying, XPOWER air movers for circulation, and injection drying systems for hard-to-reach cavities. If you’re a contractor in Communications Hill or a homeowner in Alum Rock, we can often source and install replacement materials faster than the big-box stores can special-order them. We’re IICRC-certified and affiliated with the RIA and IFA, which means the standards we follow are the industry’s highest, not the quickest path to a check.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in San Jose Homes
- Hidden moisture in pre-1970s crawlspaces. The flat valley floor means water from Coyote Creek or Guadalupe River overflows has nowhere to drain. Homeowners in 95110-95112 think surface extraction was enough, but without opening the crawlspace, moisture trapped under piers feeds mold within 72 hours and forces a second, more expensive tear-out.
- Soft-story apartment damage in downtown-adjacent ZIP codes. Many 1960s-70s buildings have no drainage plane under ground-floor units. Floodwater wicks up drywall and delaminates flooring weeks after the initial cleanup, a failure pattern we now anticipate on every creek-adjacent job.
- Wind-driven rain breaches in older stucco tract homes. East San Jose homes from the 1950s and 60s frequently get patched after storms without checking for hidden stud rot behind the paper backing. The next atmospheric river finds the weak spot and drywall fails again.
- Post-earthquake crack remediation that ignores structural context. San Jose sits between the San Andreas, Hayward, and Calaveras fault systems. Cracks that look cosmetic are sometimes the first sign of shear wall or foundation movement. We treat every crack as potentially structural until proven otherwise.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in San Jose, CA
Reconstruction and cleanup pricing in San Jose runs on the honest end of California labor rates, not the inflated end. A typical drywall and flooring repair job after a flood runs $3,500-$8,000 depending on the size of the affected area and whether subfloor replacement is needed. Full-service reconstruction after a major creek overflow typically runs $15,000-$45,000 for a single-story home, and more for two-story or soft-story buildings with structural damage. Carpet and upholstery cleaning alone runs $300-$900. The variables are square footage, how long water sat before extraction, and whether hidden mold in the crawlspace or wall cavities needs remediation before rebuild. We provide a written scope of work before anything starts, and we don’t change the price at the door. Call (855) 915-0646 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near San Jose
Our crews work throughout Communications Hill, Campbell, Alum Rock, and East Foothills. If you’re in one of those neighborhoods and dealing with post-storm damage or a reconstruction project, the same Wade Ferris who answers calls in San Jose will take yours. Same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone at 2 a.m.
Serving San Jose, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Jose 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 Jose
Within 48 hours. San Jose’s flat valley floor means water sits under pier-and-beam homes long after the surface looks dry. If you wait a week, trapped moisture under the subfloor has already started feeding mold, and a $2,000 drying job becomes a $15,000 tear-out and rebuild. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will inspect the crawlspace with a moisture meter at no charge inside our own county.
You need to cut back the interior drywall to expose the studs, check for rot behind the paper backing, dry the cavity fully, replace any damaged framing, and only then close it back up. Skipping the stud inspection is the most common mistake we see in older East San Jose tract homes, and it’s why the same drywall fails during the next atmospheric river.
Yes. San Jose’s building department requires permits for structural shear wall replacement and for roof panel repairs that affect the building envelope. We pull the permits, handle the inspections, and provide your insurer with the documentation they need. You shouldn’t have to navigate that yourself while your house is open to the weather.
Because the original response only addressed surface water. After the flood, many homeowners in Rock Springs and Naglee Park received extraction-only cleanup, and the crawlspace subfloor assemblies retained moisture for months. We saw a secondary wave of Category 3 mold calls well into late 2017, and that’s the pattern we now anticipate after any Coyote Creek overflow. If your home was flooded in 2017 and you’re still smelling mustiness, the mold is almost certainly still there.
Yes. We source reclaimed and mill-match hardwood specific to the species and width common in Naglee Park’s 1920s Victorians, and we feather in new boards so the repair blends with the original floor. It’s slower than installing new laminate, but preserving a century-old floor in that neighborhood is worth doing right. Call (855) 915-0646 for a free assessment.
Call Wade’s Restoration of California at (855) 915-0646 for a free estimate. Wade answers his own phone. No answering service, no runaround, no price change at the door. If you’re anywhere in San Jose, CA, and you need reconstruction or cleanup after a storm, flood, fire, or just a house that’s showing its age, call and talk to the man whose name is on the truck.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California.