Emergency water removal
Before dawn on September 14, 2023, a storm reported as a likely microburst, with winds up to 100 mph, damaged roofs and fences in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Rain through a damaged roof and water from a split line are the same first job. Tarp or stop the source. Pull the standing water with industrial water extractors. Map the wet area with moisture meters and an infrared camera. Set high-velocity air movers before the drywall wicks. See water damage restoration.
Sewage backup cleanup
A backed-up drain line and water that came in from Block House or Buttercup creek get the same treatment, because both are contaminated. Carpet, pad and the bottom of the drywall come out and get bagged. Hard surfaces are cleaned and disinfected. HEPA air scrubbers run while wet material is being disturbed, and the area is dried to normal moisture readings before anything goes back. We record the cut heights and the disposal for your adjuster. See sewage backup cleanup.
Burst pipe water damage cleanup
Cedar Park’s water stayed on through the February 2021 freeze, with no distribution issues and no shut-off. Good for the taps, bad for a copper line split inside a wall, which kept running until someone found the shutoff. After the storm the City Council doubled the water-bill leak adjustment. Shut the house valve, then call. We extract, open the wall to the wet framing, and dry the cavity with air movers and dehumidifiers. See burst pipe cleanup.
Appliance leak restoration
Of Cedar Park’s 29,220 housing units, 85 percent were built between 1990 and 2019, a third of them in the 2000s alone. Those houses are 7 to 36 years old, with original water heaters, supply lines and washer hoses due or overdue. A slow leak behind a dishwasher kickplate soaks the subfloor and cabinet base before it shows. We pull the appliance, extract, and dry the toe-kick and wall behind it. A leak that sat for weeks usually becomes a mold remediation job.
Flood and storm water restoration
Tropical Storm Hermine (2010): Buttercup Creek flooded a Riviera Drive house to the roof. In late October 2015 it rose over its bank into backyards, and the WCID told residents there was no viable solution. Riviera East drainage design starts spring 2026. On Brushy Creek, 4.66 inches fell overnight August 27 to 28, 2022, the USGS gauge rose from about 3.5 feet to over 8, and crossings closed at Peach Tree, Sumac and Cypress lanes and Cedar Park Drive. Creek water is contaminated: extract, remove porous material, disinfect, dry.
Where you live matters for creek water. Along Block House Creek between Peach Tree Lane and North Bell Boulevard, 66 properties sit inside the FEMA flood hazard area. Heavy rain in August 2017 put water over the roads at Cypress Lane and Peach Tree Lane, and the same crossings closed again on July 9, 2018. A wider channel through Peggy Garner Park near Bell Boulevard and New Hope Drive, cost-shared with the Upper Brushy Creek WCID, is ranked first in the city’s Stormwater Master Plan. Its first phase is meant to take 12 of those properties out of the floodplain. It is the city’s top-ranked stormwater project, not a finished one.