Restoration services in Meridian, ID

Meridian was farm ground into the late 1990s. Most of what we're called to is post-2000 construction: PEX, plastic-bodied angle stops, braided appliance connectors, and whole subdivisions whose water heaters reach end of life within a few years of each other.

The builder subdivisions are a mix of slab-on-grade and vented crawlspace. On the crawl homes there's usually a vapor barrier, but it's rarely sealed at the seams or run up the stem wall, so ground moisture still loads the joists and the underside of the subfloor.

Two-story plans here put the laundry on the second floor. A supply hose or a pan drain failure upstairs runs down an interior wall and shows up first in the garage ceiling or a kitchen soffit. Two levels are wet before anyone sees water.

Water heaters in attached garages are the repeat call. No pan, or a pan with a drain line that goes nowhere, and the water tracks under the wall plate into the carpeted room on the other side.

Older Meridian, the original grid around downtown, is a different building entirely: pre-1970 stock on shallow crawlspaces, original drain lines, and cast iron that is finally failing.