Fast, Reliable Storm & Disaster Restoration Across Ontario
When a storm tears through Ontario, you need someone who knows the difference between a Model Colony home with original clay sewer laterals and a 500,000-square-foot tilt-up warehouse off the I-15. Storm damage in this city doesn’t look like storm damage anywhere else. Wade Ferris and his crew have been handling both ends of that spectrum since 2007. We answer the phone at (855) 915-0646 around the clock, and Wade heads out himself. Not a call center. Not a subcontractor you’ve never met. The owner, on the road, usually inside the hour.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is Ontario’s Preferred Storm & Disaster Restoration Company
Ontario is not a bedroom community. It’s a city where 1920s bungalows on the old Chaffey brothers’ grid sit six minutes from million-square-foot distribution centers. That means a restoration crew here has to know two completely different jobs. Wade does. He’s worked both sides of Ontario since 2007, from the tree-lined streets of the 91764 ZIP to the warehouse corridors stretching east toward the 91761 side.
Ask anyone on your street. The reason people in Ontario keep calling Wade is simple: he shows up, he tells you what’s actually wrong, and he puts the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every storm, water, and fire job. If it’s not done right, he makes it right. One call brings Wade back. That’s not a slogan. It’s stamped on the contract.
Our Storm & Disaster Restoration work in Ontario has taught us things you can’t learn from a manual. Like how Santa Ana winds accelerate off the San Gabriel foothills and peel EPDM membrane off aging warehouse roofs before the rain even starts. Like how hard Chino Basin groundwater eats through 1920s galvanized pipe. Local knowledge isn’t a marketing point here. It’s the difference between drying a house and saving it.
Our Storm & Disaster Restoration Services in Ontario
Here’s what we actually do when a storm hits Ontario. These are the four calls we get most often.
Roof Tarping
When wind strips shingles or tears membrane off a flat roof in Ontario, water follows within hours. We tarp fast. For the aging TPO and EPDM roofs on eastern Ontario’s tilt-up warehouses, a proper tarp job means the difference between a contained leak and a six-figure contents-drying operation inside a facility full of electronics or pharmaceuticals. For the older wood-framed homes across the 91762 and 91764 ZIPs, tarping keeps attic insulation dry and prevents the mold clock from starting. Wade’s crew carries commercial-grade tarps and fastening systems suited to both pitched residential roofs and flat commercial decks.
Storm Damage Cleanup
Santa Ana wind events don’t just knock down fences in Ontario. They drive embers into attic vents, fill yards with debris, and send tree limbs through windows along the older streets of the Model Colony grid. Our storm damage cleanup starts with a walk-through that documents everything with photos. Then we clear, stabilize, and make a written scope before any repair work begins. No surprises, no upsell, no pressure.
Emergency Board-Up
A broken window or a torn-off door on a home near Euclid Avenue or along the 91758 corridor leaves a house open to weather, animals, and people. We board up within hours of your call. For warehouse operators in the logistics zone, emergency board-up often means securing damaged roll-up doors or dock seals so a facility can stay partially operational while repairs are scheduled. We understand that downtime in a distribution center costs real money, so we move with purpose.
Flood Damage Restoration
Ontario gets about 15 inches of rain a year, but when storms hit, Cucamonga Creek and San Antonio Creek can turn fast. Debris-laden runoff backs up into streets and pushes into basements and lower floors, especially in the older western neighborhoods where clay-tile sewer laterals are already struggling. We extract standing water, run Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers and Phoenix air movers, and log moisture readings every single day. At the end of the job, you get the full log. Almost nobody in this trade does that. Wade does it on every job.
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 Ontario
We’re IICRC-certified, RIA-affiliated, and IFA-recognized, and we run equipment from Dri-Eaz and Phoenix because it holds up on the long commercial jobs Ontario throws at us. When you call Wade’s Restoration, the people who show up are background-checked, uniformed, and trained on the gear they’re using. We don’t rent equipment we don’t know. We stock what Ontario jobs actually need, including the LGR dehumidifiers and air movers that handle everything from a flooded 1920s basement to a soaked warehouse slab.
Common Storm & Disaster Restoration Problems We See in Ontario Homes
- Backed-up clay sewer laterals in the Model Colony grid. Those 1920s-1950s homes along the western edge of Ontario still carry original or once-replaced clay-tile sewer lines. When storm runoff hits, root intrusion and cracked laterals send water back into basements fast. Secondary mold can set in within 48 hours if extraction doesn’t start immediately.
- Santa Ana ember intrusion in older wood-framed attics. Wind-driven embers get sucked into attic vents on older Ontario homes and smolder in insulation. The smell fades, then fire reignites days later. After every major Santa Ana episode, we get calls for re-tarping and secondary debris removal because the first pass missed what was hiding in the attic.
- End-of-life TPO membrane failures on flat-roof warehouses. Eastern Ontario’s logistics corridor is full of 1990s tilt-up buildings with single-ply roofs now past their service life. A single overnight winter storm can force water through failing seams with no visible exterior damage until ceiling tiles collapse inside.
- Wind-driven rain intrusion through aging window and door seals. The 1980s-2000s tract homes in the 91761 ZIP were built fast, and their window flashing and door seals are now failing. During high-wind storms, water gets driven sideways into wall cavities where nobody sees it until the drywall stains appear weeks later.
Pricing for Storm & Disaster Restoration in Ontario, CA
Here are real numbers for the Ontario market, not vague ranges you’ll find on a national website. Roof tarping on a residential home in Ontario typically runs $400-$900 depending on roof pitch and how much membrane or shingle surface needs covering. Emergency board-up for a single door or window usually lands between $250-$600. Storm debris cleanup and hauling on a standard Ontario residential lot runs $500-$1,500. Flood extraction and drying for a single room starts around $1,200 and goes up with square footage and how long water sat. Commercial warehouse tarping and drying is scoped separately, in writing, before we touch anything. Call (855) 915-0646 for a free, no-pressure estimate. No trip charge inside our county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Ontario
Wade’s Restoration covers all of Ontario plus the surrounding communities. If you’re in Montclair, Upland, Chino, or Claremont and a storm just came through, call the same number. Same crew, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same live person answering the phone 24/7.
Serving Ontario, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Ontario 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 Ontario
The scale changes everything. A warehouse job means drying hundreds of pallets of inventory while dehumidifying tens of thousands of cubic feet of air and often pulling moisture from under a concrete slab. We responded to a 1990s tilt-up distribution warehouse off Milliken Avenue in the 91761 ZIP after a Santa Ana wind event peeled back a section of aging EPDM membrane. Our crew used Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers and Phoenix air movers to dry hundreds of pallets of electronics while Injectidry systems pulled moisture from under the slab floor, finishing under the facility’s 72-hour insurance deadline. A house call is one family’s home. A warehouse job is a business’s entire revenue stream. We treat both with the same urgency, but the equipment loadout and dry-down strategy look nothing alike. Call (855) 915-0646 and Wade will talk you through what your specific building needs.
Yes. We regularly tarp flat-roof commercial buildings in the eastern Ontario logistics corridor while occupants keep working below. The key is securing the membrane with weighted fastening systems rather than penetrating the roof deck, which keeps the interior dry and the operation running. We’ve done it on buildings exceeding 500,000 square feet, including facilities storing temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and electronics. Call (855) 915-0646 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
Within 24 hours, ideally sooner. Santa Ana winds in Ontario push embers into attic vents on older wood-framed homes, where they can smolder in insulation for days before reigniting. If you smell smoke after the wind dies down, or if you find ash around your vents, call us. We’ll inspect the attic, remove affected insulation, and document everything for your insurance adjuster. Do not wait for the smell to fade. That’s how hidden fire rekindles. Call (855) 915-0646 and we’ll have someone out the same day.
We handle what ends up on and inside your property. When Cucamonga Creek and San Antonio Creek carry debris-laden mountain runoff into adjacent residential areas, we clear the mud, branches, and trash that floodwaters push into basements, crawlspaces, and yards. We don’t work inside the county’s flood control channels themselves; that’s county jurisdiction. But the minute that water reaches your property line, that’s our job. Extraction, debris hauling, drying, and documentation all wrapped into one written scope. Call (855) 915-0646.
Wind-driven rain intrusion through aging window flashing and door seals. The tract homes in the 91761 ZIP and similar eastern Ontario subdivisions were built in a fast-growth era, and the original flashing details weren’t built for four decades of Ontario’s wind patterns. During a winter storm with sustained wind, water gets driven sideways into wall cavities and soaks insulation and drywall from the inside out. Homeowners often don’t know until paint bubbles or baseboards warp. If you see staining along a window or door after a storm, call (855) 915-0646. We’ll assess it and give you a straight answer, even if the fix is minor.
When a storm hits Ontario, don’t wait. Call Wade’s Restoration of California at (855) 915-0646 any hour, any day. Wade answers his own phone, he’ll tell you what he thinks over the phone for free, and he’ll head out himself. No trip charge inside our county. Senior and veteran discounts always apply. If you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it to us for a free second opinion. We’ll walk the property with you, show you what we see, and put any work in writing before we start. Storm damage spreads while you wait. Call now.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, serving Ontario since 2007.