Fast, Reliable Storm & Disaster Restoration Across Fresno
Storm damage in Fresno rarely announces itself politely. A windstorm peels back a roof over Huntington Boulevard, a saturated tree limb punches through a carport on Van Ness, or a smoke inversion from the foothills settles soot into every stucco pore on your block. When that happens, you need someone who knows Fresno’s housing stock, its weather patterns, and its neighborhoods well enough to get it right the first trip. Wade Ferris has run Storm & Disaster Restoration crews across Fresno long enough to know which 1940s bungalows hide galvanized plumbing behind original lath and plaster, and which 93704 ranch homes will have a swamp cooler pan failing before the roof leak ever shows itself. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade answers. He’ll have a crew on the road to your part of Fresno inside the hour, not next week.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Fresno’s Preferred Storm & Disaster Restoration Company
Around here, reputation travels by driveway conversation, not star ratings from strangers. Ask anyone on your street who handled their cleanup after the last big wind event and you’ll hear the same thing: Wade showed up himself. He’s the owner, not a franchise manager three time zones away, and he publishes his name, his license number, and his address. That’s the oldest accountability mechanism there is. When you call about storm damage in Old Fig Garden or a flooded garage in 93710, the person who answers knows what those neighborhoods look like and what those homes are built from. That’s not something a national call center can fake.
Fresno homeowners who’ve been quoted one price on the phone and another at the door by an out-of-state outfit tend to be skeptical. Fair. Wade gives you a written scope before work starts, no charge for the estimate, and no trip charge inside Fresno County. His crews are background-checked and uniformed, using Dri-Eaz and Injectidry equipment that’s set up for the drying conditions we actually deal with here, not the humidity profile of a Florida job. And every storm job is covered by the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, Wade makes it right. He lives here. He’ll run into you at the hardware store on a Saturday. That matters more than any warranty language.
Our Storm & Disaster Restoration Services in Fresno
Storm Damage Cleanup
When a storm knocks a limb through a window or drives water into a wall cavity on a house in 93711, the first six hours determine whether you’re looking at restoration or a rebuild. Wade’s crew extracts standing water, sets drying equipment, and documents every moisture reading daily. You get the full log at the end. Almost nobody in this trade hands over their readings. Wade does.
Flood Damage Restoration
Fresno’s flat valley geography means surface water doesn’t always drain where you’d hope. A heavy storm can pond against a slab-on-grade foundation and wick upward into wall framing for days before you spot the damage. Our structural drying process isn’t a surface-level fix. We open the lower wall sections, set Injectidry panels, and confirm the framing hits IICRC S500 dry standard before sealing anything back up. Under-slab moisture left in place is how hidden mold gets its start.
Emergency Board-Up
A broken window or a garage door torn off in a Fresno windstorm leaves more than a draft. It leaves an open invitation to every opportunistic problem in the neighborhood. Wade’s crew boards up the opening same day, secures the structure, and keeps your family and your property safe from weather and from the wrong kind of visitor. We don’t do temporary plastic-and-prayer jobs. The board-up holds until the permanent repair is scheduled, not until the next front rolls through.
Roof Tarping
Fresno windstorms do a number on aging composition roofs, especially across 1950s and 1960s ranch homes where the original decking has seen decades of valley heat. A properly installed tarp is the difference between a contained repair and water cascading through your ceiling into the living room. We tarp the gap, extract whatever water got in, and check the swamp cooler pan while we’re up there. That last step has saved more Fresno ceilings than any tarp ever did.
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 Fresno
Wade runs restoration-class equipment, not homeowner-grade rentals. The Dri-Eaz LGR 7000XLi dehumidifiers and Phoenix axial air movers we use are built for the kind of structural drying Fresno’s slab-on-grade homes demand, and Injectidry panels handle the wall cavities you can’t reach any other way. IICRC and RIA certifications mean the crew knows what the equipment is doing, not just which button to push. When we service your Fresno home after a storm, the gear arrives calibrated and ready. No waiting on a rental counter in Visalia.
Common Storm & Disaster Restoration Problems We See in Fresno Homes
- Roof leaks that come back after the first repair. We see this constantly. A crew tarped the roof and dried the ceiling but never inspected the evaporative cooler pan. The stuck float valve that caused the overflow keeps dripping, and the same ceiling re-wets inside a month. Wade’s team checks the cooler pan and water line before pulling a single moisture reading on any ceiling claim in Fresno.
- Under-slab supply line failures in slab-on-grade homes. Central and southwest Fresno are loaded with 1940s through 1970s slab foundations. When a galvanized or copper line lets go under the slab, surface extraction doesn’t touch the moisture trapped in the concrete itself. That moisture migrates up through flooring and wall plates for months. Structural drying of slab requires equipment placed against the slab itself, not just fans pointed at the puddle.
- Smoke odor that returns after a quick ozone treatment. The valley’s thermal inversions trap wildfire smoke from the foothills, and that soot works its way into stucco pores. An ozone shock without addressing the soot embedded in dense plaster and stucco just delays the smell until the next inversion event. We treat the surface, not just the air.
- Wind-driven water behind aging stucco. The San Joaquin Valley’s tule fog pushes exterior humidity near saturation for weeks in winter. Stucco with cracked paint or failed flashing soaks it up. When a windstorm then drives rain against the same walls, the cavity behind the stucco never dries on its own. You get mold in a wall cavity you never knew was wet. We open the lower wall sections and dry them properly.
Pricing for Storm & Disaster Restoration in Fresno, CA
In Fresno, emergency board-up after a storm typically runs $350 to $700 depending on the opening size and access. Roof tarping for a single roof section runs $450 to $900, labor and materials included for standard residential access. Storm damage cleanup with water extraction starts around $1,200 for a single room and runs $2,500 to $5,000 for a multi-room water event involving slab drying. Flood damage restoration on a slab-on-grade Fresno home with structural drying runs $3,500 to $8,000 depending on square footage and how long water sat before we got there. Wade gives you a written scope before work starts, and the estimate is free. No trip charge inside Fresno County. Call (855) 915-0646 for exact numbers on your Fresno job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fresno
Wade’s crews handle storms across the whole metro. Whether you’re in Old Fig Garden with a flooded garage, over in Clovis with wind damage to a roof, south in Fowler or Sanger with water in a crawlspace, we’ll be there. Fresno is home base, which means Fresno response times are fastest, but the same crew and the same equipment cover every community in the county. One phone call, one Wade.
Serving Fresno, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fresno 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 - Storm & Disaster Restoration in Fresno
Yes, but only if the remediation targets soot embedded in surfaces, not just airborne odor. Fresno’s thermal inversions trap smoke from Sierra foothills fires like the 2020 Creek Fire for days, letting fine soot work into stucco pores, attic insulation, and HVAC ducting. A proper remediation requires cleaning or sealing those surfaces, not just running an ozone machine for twenty-four hours. Homes miles from any burn perimeter still get soot infiltration because the inversion holds smoke at ground level. If your home was never evacuated but you can still smell smoke on hot days, the soot is embedded in surfaces, and surface treatment is the fix. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade can assess what’s actually holding the odor.
Because the wall cavity was never actually dried to standard, and the moisture source was likely never identified. Many 1940s through 1970s Fresno homes have original galvanized plumbing that develops pinhole leaks inside wall cavities, plus stucco exteriors that absorb tule fog humidity from December through February. A previous crew may have surface-dried the room without opening the lower wall sections to check for trapped moisture behind the stucco. Wade’s team does daily moisture readings, opens the lower wall sections when cavity moisture is present, and confirms the framing hits IICRC S500 dry standard before sealing. If the same cavity keeps re-wetting, the leak source is probably still active behind the wall.
For slab-on-grade Fresno construction, structural drying typically takes 3 to 7 days when the slab itself is properly dried with equipment placed directly against it. Surface extraction alone does not pull moisture from the slab, and moisture trapped in the concrete will migrate upward through flooring and wall plates for months. The valley’s dry summer air can speed drying, but the winter fog season adds humidity that slows it. Wade’s crew runs Dri-Eaz desiccant and LGR dehumidifiers plus Injectidry panels and confirms dry standard with daily moisture readings before removing equipment. Expect a detailed log of those readings, not a guess.
You need roof tarping the same day, and water extraction as soon as the tarp is secured. A sagging ceiling means water is pooling against drywall and insulation, and that weight will eventually release onto whatever is below it. Homes in southwest Fresno’s slab-on-grade neighborhoods have no crawlspace to absorb water, so everything stays in the living space. Call (855) 915-0646 first. Wade can typically have a crew on site inside the hour for an emergency tarp and extraction. Waiting until the next morning means the water has soaked into wall plates and insulation and the repair scope expands significantly.
Yes, very likely. Soot from the 2020 Creek Fire and other foothills fires settles into ductwork, return plenums, and the air handler itself, and repainting walls does nothing to remove it. Every time your system cycles on, it redistributes trapped soot particles through the house. A proper remediation includes duct cleaning or replacement of contaminated sections, plus treatment of the air handler if soot is present there. If you repainted but still notice a faint smoke smell when the heater or AC kicks on, the soot is in the system. Wade’s team can inspect the ductwork and tell you directly if it needs cleaning or replacement.
Call Wade’s Restoration for Storm & Disaster Restoration in Fresno
If a storm has already hit your Fresno home or you see warning signs like a stained ceiling, a musty wall cavity, or a sticky swamp cooler float, call before it spreads. (855) 915-0646 is answered by a live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Often that live person is Wade himself. He’ll tell you what he’d do if it were his house, give you a written scope before any work starts, and stand behind the result. Free estimates, no trip charge inside Fresno County, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise on every storm restoration job. One phone call.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Fresno since 2007.