Fast, Reliable Storm & Disaster Restoration Across West Hills
Storm damage in West Hills doesn’t wait for business hours, and neither do we. When the Santa Ana winds tear through the 91307 ZIP and rip a section of roof off a 1960s ranch on Valley Circle Boulevard, you need someone who knows these streets, knows how those older wood-framed attics fail, and can get a tarp up before the next gust pushes more water and soot inside. Wade Ferris founded Storm & Disaster Restoration to answer exactly that call in West Hills. He answers his own phone at (855) 915-0646, and he can have a crew rolling toward West Hills within the hour.
Why Wade’s Restoration of California Is West Hills’s Preferred Storm & Disaster Restoration Company
Wade’s Restoration has been pulling water-soaked drywall out of West Hills homes long enough to know which streets catch the worst of the Santa Susana Pass wind funnel. Ask anyone on Valley Circle Boulevard or along Roscoe near the hillside, and they’ll tell you the same thing: the guy whose name is on the truck shows up. Not a rotating cast of subcontractors. Wade Ferris, owner since 2007, with a published address and license number, the same person you’ll run into at the West Hills hardware store on a Saturday. That’s the accountability mechanism that matters when a disaster crew is inside your house at 2 a.m.
West Hills homeowners have learned the hard way that national chains quote one number on the phone and a different one at the door. Wade doesn’t operate that way. Every water, fire, and storm restoration job comes with a written scope of work before anything starts, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise is stamped in writing on the contract. If it’s not done right, he makes it right. One call brings Wade back, no argument, no runaround.
Our Storm & Disaster Restoration Services in West Hills
Storm Damage Cleanup
A wind-driven rain event in West Hills doesn’t just wet the carpet. The Santa Susana Pass corridor pushes water horizontally into wall cavities, under siding, and through the open attic vents of those 1960s to 1980s ranch homes. Our crews pull wet insulation, set Dri-Eaz and Phoenix air movers and dehumidifiers, and take moisture readings every single day until the structure is dry. Wade hands the homeowner the full moisture log at job’s end. Almost nobody in the trade does that, and in West Hills, where post-Woolsey rebuilds sit next to original stock, that documentation matters for your insurance claim.
Flood Damage Restoration
When heavy rain overwhelms the drainage on streets like Platt Avenue or runs off the Simi Hills into yards and slab foundations, West Hills homes flood from the bottom up. Our crew extracts standing water, removes saturated flooring and baseboards, and dries the slab before mold gets a foothold. Flood damage restoration in West Hills typically runs $2,800 to $7,500 depending on square footage and how far the water traveled through the structure.
Emergency Board-Up
A boarded-up window on a hillside home near Valley Circle Boulevard isn’t just plywood over glass. It has to hold against the same wind corridor that tore the opening in the first place. We anchor boards through the framing, not just into trim, and we double-check every panel before we leave. On hillside properties in the 91307 ZIP, a single Santa Ana gust can rip a poorly secured board clean off and leave the interior exposed to water and ash for hours. West Hills homeowners should expect emergency board-up to run $400 to $900 for a standard window or door opening, more for second-story access.
Roof Tarping
When wind peels back a section of composition shingle on an older West Hills ranch, the attic becomes a funnel for rain and ember ash. We tarp roofs with the same wind corridor in mind: 6-mil or heavier poly secured with furring strips and cap nails into the roof deck, not just draped over the damaged section and tied to whatever’s nearby. Roof tarping in West Hills typically costs $850 to $1,800 depending on the damaged area and roof pitch. Hillside lots with hard access add a bit more.
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 West Hills
We run Injectidry drying systems for hardwood floors and behind baseboards, Dri-Eaz HEPA 500 air scrubbers for smoke and ash particulate, and Phoenix dehumidifiers paired with XPOWER air movers for structural drying. The gear is IICRC-recognized and the work follows RIA protocols. For West Hills homeowners, that means the equipment shows up already loaded on the truck, ready to run without waiting on a rental house across the Valley.
Common Storm & Disaster Restoration Problems We See in West Hills Homes
- Latent Woolsey Fire smoke in attic insulation and HVAC returns. Homes that survived the 2018 fire structurally still smell like smoke every time the heater kicks on because fine ash settled deep into blown-in cellulose and return plenums. Surface cleaning never gets it, and the odor returns with the next Santa Ana wind event. This is the defining restoration challenge in West Hills.
- Post-Woolsey rebuilds with lightweight-frame construction drying incorrectly. Crews using older wood-frame drying protocols leave moisture trapped in engineered lumber, which shows up months later as warped floors or mold inside walls after a wind-driven rain event. These newer homes need different drying and decontamination protocols than the original 1960s stock surrounding them.
- Board-up failures on hillside streets during Santa Ana wind events. Plywood-only board-ups on Valley Circle Boulevard corridor homes tear loose within one heavy gust because the installer didn’t account for the Pass wind funnel. That leaves interiors exposed to more water and soot before restoration can even start.
- HVAC systems that re-contaminate cleaned interiors. Even after careful smoke and ash cleanup, the forced-air system keeps pulling contaminated air through attic returns and blowing it back into living spaces. If the return plenum and ductwork aren’t scoped and cleaned, the house never stops smelling like the fire.
Pricing for Storm & Disaster Restoration in West Hills, CA
We Also Serve Cities Near West Hills
While this page focuses on West Hills, Wade’s Restoration of California also responds to storm and disaster calls in Canoga Park, Woodland Hills, Calabasas, and Chatsworth. The same crew, the same equipment, and the same written-scope pricing deal, no matter which side of the 101 the wind event hits. If you’re in one of those neighboring communities, call the same number: (855) 915-0646.
Serving West Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Hills 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 West Hills
Why does my West Hills home still smell like smoke years after the Woolsey Fire, even though I cleaned everything?
The smoke odor isn’t on your walls or furniture. It’s in the forced-air system and the attic insulation. West Hills homes that survived the Woolsey Fire often have fine ash caked inside the HVAC return plenum and blown-in cellulose insulation so saturated with soot that VOC readings stay elevated years later. Surface fogging and wiping never touches it. The fix is scoping the ductwork, removing contaminated insulation, fogging the attic with a smoke-sealing deodorizer, and installing new insulation. That’s a standard work scope for us in West Hills, and it’s the one your insurer’s generic restoration guide never covers. Call (855) 915-0646 for an exact inspection and quote.
How do you protect a boarded-up home on a hillside street near Valley Circle Boulevard during a Santa Ana wind event?
We anchor the plywood through the window or door framing itself, not just into the trim or stucco, and we use enough fasteners to hold against the same wind corridor that did the original damage. For roof damage, the tarp gets furring strips and cap nails into the roof deck, not bungee cords. The Santa Susana Pass funnel hits those hillside streets harder than anywhere else in the Valley, so a board-up that works in Canoga Park won’t survive a gust on Valley Circle Boulevard. We secure it for the worst wind event, not the average one.
My home is a post-Woolsey rebuild with lightweight-frame construction. Is your drying process different?
Yes. The newer engineered lumber and I-joists used in West Hills rebuilds trap moisture deeper and dry slower than the solid lumber in the original 1960s stock around them. We use lower airflow and longer dwell times with the Phoenix dehumidifiers, and we take moisture readings inside wall cavities, not just on surfaces. Crews that treat a post-Woolsey rebuild like an older wood-frame home leave moisture trapped in the engineered lumber, and that’s how you get warped floors and mold inside walls months after a storm.
Do you remove and replace contaminated attic insulation in West Hills homes that survived a wildfire?
Yes. Blown-in cellulose from the original 1960s to 1980s construction absorbs smoke and ash particulate so deeply that it never airs out. We remove the contaminated insulation, run HEPA air scrubbing in the attic space, fog the framing with a smoke-sealing deodorizer, and install new R-38 fiberglass batts. We did exactly this on a ranch on Valley Circle Boulevard where the homeowners smelled smoke every time the HVAC kicked on, five years after the fire. The odor was gone within 48 hours and particulate counts dropped below IICRC clearance thresholds.
How soon can you start emergency storm damage cleanup after a heavy rain or wind event in West Hills?
Wade answers his own phone at any hour. In most cases, a crew is on the road toward West Hills within 60 minutes, with extraction equipment running the moment they arrive. The goal is to stop water and soot from spreading while the damage is still contained. If you’re in the 91307 or 91308 ZIP, call (855) 915-0646 now. The longer water sits in a slab foundation or ash sits in an open attic, the more expensive the restoration becomes.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of California, answering storm calls in West Hills since the day he founded the company in 2007.
Storm damage in West Hills doesn’t wait. Neither does Wade. Call (855) 915-0646 any time, day or night, and you’ll get a real person on the line who knows these streets and knows what that wind corridor does to a house. Free estimates, written scopes, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise, every time.