My basement is flooded. What do I do first?
Work through these in order. The first four are safety, and they matter more than anything you will read further down the page.…
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Guides
Practical guides for water damage and mould
Written to be the most useful answer on the page, not the longest. These are the questions people actually type at two in the morning.
Is a flooded basement covered by insurance in Ontario?
The short answer is that it depends on where the water came from, and the three common sources are covered three different ways on a standard Ontario policy.…
Read the guide →How fast does mould grow after water damage?
Mould can begin to establish between 24 and 48 hours after building materials get wet, and it keeps spreading until the moisture source is fixed and the materials are dri…
Read the guide →What does water damage restoration cost in Toronto?
Most companies will not put a number on a page. Here are ours, with the factors that move them.…
Read the guide →Toronto Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy
The City of Toronto runs a Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program offering up to $6,650 per property toward flood protection work. Very few restoration companies me…
Read the guide →Sewage is backing up in my basement. What do I do?
Stop using water in the house first. Every toilet flush, tap and washing machine cycle adds to what is coming up.…
Read the guide →How long does it take to dry a flooded basement?
Three to five days for most residential basements. Concrete, hardwood and plaster take longer. The readings decide it, not the calendar.…
Read the guide →How much does mould removal cost in Toronto?
These are planning ranges from GTA jobs, not a quote. The price depends mostly on how much material has to come out and whether the area needs full containment, and nobod…
Read the guide →Why we wrote these
Most people who land on a restoration website are not researching contractors. They have just found water somewhere and they want to know what to do in the next ten minutes. Nearly every search that brings somebody here is a version of what do I do rather than who do I call.
So these answer the question first and sell second. They carry the Toronto emergency numbers, real price ranges, the actual difference on an Ontario policy between a burst pipe, a sewer backup and an overland flood, and the mould timeline that makes the first day matter more than any other.
If your situation is urgent, stop reading and call us. If it can wait, these will tell you what you are dealing with before anybody quotes you for it.