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AfterDamage Restoration Before & After in Auburn, WA
Photos don’t exaggerate. When you’re deciding who to let into your home after a flood, fire, or mold discovery, you want to see what actually came out the other side. These are real jobs we’ve completed in and around Auburn, documented with the photo records we deliver on every visit under Haven Standard, Clause 4.
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Water Damage Restoration: Burst Supply Line in Downtown Auburn Condo
The supply line behind the refrigerator let go at 2 a.m. while the owner was out of town. By the time we got the call, water had migrated through the kitchen, down the hallway, and into a bedroom closet with an adjoining wall to the neighbor’s unit. Our crew arrived within 90 minutes, set containment to protect the neighbor, and extracted standing water with a truck-mounted system. We deployed a Dri-Eaz dehumidifier and Injectidry hardwood mat system, pulling vapor pressure differential readings twice daily until we hit 12% moisture content on the pin meter, 4% below the dry standard for this species. The hardwood was unsalvageable due to cupping beyond 3/16″, so we scoped replacement with matching material, got the written price approved under Haven Standard, Clause 1, and had the owner back in a functional kitchen in eleven days.
Mold Remediation: Crawl Space Fungal Growth in Lea Hill
The homeowner noticed a musty smell rising through the floor registers in January, after three weeks of heavy rain in Auburn. We found the crawl space vent screens had been chewed through by rodents, letting in moisture that condensed on the cooler floor joists. Lab testing came back Chaetomium and Penicillium, both indicators of long-term water intrusion. We built negative air containment, removed all degraded insulation, HEPA vacuumed every surface to pass the post-remediation spore trap, and applied a borate-based inhibitor. Then we sealed the vents, installed a 6-mil overlapping vapor barrier taped at all seams, and added a dedicated dehumidifier sized to the crawl space volume. The psychrometric data, drying log, and photo record went to the insurance adjuster the same day we finished. Written price before work started: $4,200-$5,800 depending on final square footage confirmed after access.
Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration: Kitchen Grease Fire in North Auburn
A pan of oil caught flame and the homeowner knocked it into the sink, but not before the upper cabinets and soffit took direct heat damage. Protein smoke from the grease fire is nearly invisible but aggressively adheres to surfaces, so we ran chem sponge tests on the walls, cabinets, and inside the HVAC returns to map the full migration pattern. The upper cabinets were structurally compromised and had to come out. We soda-blasted the charred soffit framing, applied a shellac-based sealant to lock in odor, thermal-fogged the entire open area, and rebuilt with matching cabinetry. The photo record documented every stage for the adjuster, who had initially scoped only a surface cleaning. Our written scope, submitted before any demolition, got the full rebuild approved. Total timeline: 16 days from emergency call to final walkthrough.
Storm & Disaster Restoration: Wind-Driven Rain in Lakeland Hills
Auburn’s November windstorm lifted a section of ridge cap and drove rain straight into the attic for six hours before the homeowner noticed the ceiling bowing in the master bedroom. When we arrived, the R-30 fiberglass was saturated to 340% of its dry weight and the drywall had failed at the seams. We tarped the roof opening first, then extracted standing water from the attic floor, removed all wet insulation before it could compress the ceiling further, and set up a Phoenix 200 MAX dehumidifier with ducting into the attic space. The roof deck had delaminated in a 4-by-6-foot section, so we brought in our reconstruction crew to sister the rafters, replace the decking, and reshingle to match. New R-30 batts and a fresh ceiling completed the job. Moisture logs showed we hit tertiary drying, with attic relative humidity below 40%, before we closed anything up. Written price before work started, photo record on every visit, 365-Day Done Right Promise at closeout.
Sewage Cleanup: Backed-Up Main Line in South Auburn
The main line backed up through a basement toilet during a holiday weekend. Category 3 water is a genuine biohazard, not a cleaning job, so our crew arrived in full PPE, established hot, warm, and cold zones, and removed all porous materials that had absorbed the effluent: drywall to 18 inches, baseboards, the vanity, and the vinyl flooring which had delaminated at the seams. We pressure-washed the concrete slab with an antimicrobial solution, HEPA vacuumed, and ran ozone for 24 hours before any reconstruction started. The plumber cleared the line, we verified no residual contamination with ATP testing, and our reconstruction crew installed new moisture-resistant drywall, a tile floor with epoxy grout, and a replacement vanity. The photo record and written scope went to the adjuster, who covered the full remediation and rebuild under the homeowner’s policy. Written price before work started: $3,800-$6,400 depending on final material selections.
Biohazard & Crime Scene Cleanup: Unattended Death in Multi-Family Property
This was a property manager call, not a homeowner, which meant we needed to document for law enforcement clearance, the coroner, and the insurance carrier simultaneously. We waited for scene release, then worked overnight to minimize displacement of the adjacent units. The contamination had reached the OSB subfloor and stud cavity in one corner of the bedroom. We removed affected materials per Washington State Department of Health guidelines, applied an enzyme digester to break down biological material at the molecular level, and ran hydroxyl generators to neutralize odor without evacuating the building. New subfloor, carpet pad, and carpet matched to the existing installation, with walls sealed and repainted. The property manager had the unit rentable in five days. All documentation, including the photo record and waste manifest, was delivered in a single packet for their files and the carrier.
Want Results Like These?
Every job here started with a phone call to a live person, a crew that arrived when we said they would, and a written price before anyone touched a tool. If you’re dealing with water, mold, fire, or biohazard damage in Auburn right now, call (253) 487-0371. We’ll document what we find, put the scope and price in writing under Haven Standard, Clause 1, and get to work. If you already have another company’s estimate, we’ll review it free under our Free Second Opinion, no obligation.
Written by Alicia Brennan, Owner at DryMark Restoration Auburn, serving Auburn since 2011.