Emergency water removal
The extractors go on the truck first and run first. Carpet and pad get pumped down, saturated pad comes out, and hard floors are squeegeed and vacuumed dry. A moisture meter tells us which walls took water; those get the baseboard off and the lower drywall opened so air can reach the cavity. Commercial dehumidifiers and high-velocity air movers are then placed by room size and material, and each wet surface gets a marked reading point. Full scope on water damage restoration.
Sewage backup cleanup
A backed-up drain line, a toilet that overflowed, or Gilleland Creek water that crossed Pfluger Park and a street on its way in are all Category 3 water, and all cleaned up the same way. Porous material it touched comes out and is bagged: carpet, pad, insulation, the lower drywall, cardboard in the garage. Hard surfaces are cleaned and disinfected. The work area runs under negative air containment with HEPA air scrubbers so nothing airborne moves through the rest of the house. See sewage backup cleanup.
Burst pipe water damage cleanup
Winter Storm Uri is the measure. The freeze started February 12, 2021 and ran six full days. On February 15 the city’s water treatment plant lost power, pressure fell below 20 psi, and a boil-water notice went out to city, Manville and SouthWest Water customers; the mayor declared a disaster the next day. Pflugerville Fire ran more than 900 calls, 89 of them in one weekend for broken water pipes and fire alarm malfunctions. Shut the main, then call. See frozen and burst pipe cleanup.
Appliance leak restoration
The Census Bureau’s 2024 survey puts 30.6 percent of Pflugerville’s homes in the 2000 to 2009 build decade and another 27.4 percent in 2010 to 2019. A 2004 house is old enough that the water heater, the dishwasher supply line and the washer hoses are on borrowed time. The leak shows up as a cupped plank, a soft toe-kick or a musty utility closet before anyone sees water. We trace the source, pull the appliance, extract, and dry the cabinet base and the subfloor under it, not just the surface.
Flood and storm water restoration
Wilbarger Creek is the other watershed and takes the east side: Stone Hill Town Center at the southwest corner of SH 130 and SH 45, and the new subdivisions around Lake Pflugerville. The city, Travis County, Bastrop County and the Texas Water Development Board had Halff model its floodplain, with public meetings in December 2020 and May 2021, and the study flagged high-risk areas. Creek water from either side of town is Category 3. We tarp an opened roof, extract, remove what will not dry, and dry the rest.
On the west side it is usually Gilleland Creek. The city names its own flood spots on it, Pfluger Park and Windermere Park, and in the October 30 to 31, 2013 storm the National Weather Service measured 5.08 inches in Pflugerville in 24 hours. The same year FEMA revised the Gilleland Creek maps: 60 homes came out of the 100-year floodplain and 75 went in, including Springbrook Meadows.