Flood and Water Damage Restoration in Markham

We handle flood and water damage restoration for detached homes, semis, condo units, rental properties, and businesses throughout Markham. Crews arrive with truck-mounted extraction, LGR dehumidifiers, air movers, and thermal imaging, so the loss is stabilized on the first visit.

Markham spans century homes with aging plumbing in Unionville and Markham Village and large new subdivisions with finished basements in Cornell and Berczy, with homes near the Rouge River exposed to storm flooding.

Whichever way the water got in, speed decides the bill. Water extracted and dried inside 24 hours usually leaves the structure intact. Water left to sit turns a cleanup into a demolition and a mould remediation, and it puts your insurance claim at risk.

Markham spans the Rouge and the upper Don, and its rapid suburban build-out has put a lot of hard surface upstream of drainage designed for a smaller load. Sump pump failure and storm-sewer surcharge account for most of the basement losses we attend.

Four pathways account for nearly every flood call we take in Markham. Which one you are dealing with sets the category of water, decides what can be saved, and largely determines whether your policy responds.

There are four stages to this, and they have to happen in order.

Water out, contaminated material out, disinfect what stays, then dry. Structural drying is the stage that decides whether the job holds, and it runs to verified meter readings rather than to a schedule or to how the room feels.

Cutting drying short is the single most common failure we are called back to fix. A Markham basement can feel completely dry while the framing and subfloor are still wet inside, and the result is a mould remediation a month or two later. Every reading we take goes into the file your insurer receives.

The City of Markham runs the Private Plumbing Protection Rebate Program, which is worth checking before you spend anything on flood-proofing.

It provides a rebate toward eligible flood protection devices including backwater valves and sump pumps, with pre-approval from the City required before any work begins. Terms and funding change, and most programs are first-come first-served, so confirm the current rules on the official City of Markham page before booking any work.

We are not the ones who pay it out, and we have no stake in whether you claim it. We flag it because a backwater valve or a sump pump costs a fraction of a single flooded basement, and most homeowners we meet have never heard of the program.