SERVPRO of Hoboken/Union City is a franchise location whose page lists water damage, fire damage and mold remediation, storm recovery, reconstruction, and specialty and general cleaning. It names Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York, Union City and Guttenberg as areas served, and lists IICRC certification and 24/7 emergency service.

Listed since 05/04/2020

Water damage in Hoboken, Union City and Jersey City

Much of Hudson County is low, dense and old. Hoboken sits at the edge of the Hudson River, and the 2012 superstorm flooded a large share of the city, which is why ground-floor and basement water is the local worry. Row houses and brownstones share walls, so a leak or a flooded basement in one home can reach its neighbors, and older buildings often have cast-iron drain lines and basements that sit below the street.

Heavy rain can overwhelm the combined sewers in older parts of the county, pushing water back up through floor drains. That water is contaminated, and it is not something to clean up with a wet vacuum. Winter adds frozen and burst pipes in unheated spaces, and apartment buildings add a different problem: a failure upstairs that damages several units below it.

What a water damage job involves

The work is the same in any city: stop the source, remove the water, dry the structure with air movers and dehumidifiers, and verify it with moisture readings. In multi-unit buildings the complication is paperwork as much as plumbing, since the building, the owner and each tenant's insurance may all be involved. Our guide to documenting your loss before the cleanup starts applies to every one of them, and burst pipe or flood: plumber or restoration company first answers the question most people ask first.