Burst and Frozen Pipe Cleanup in Lynn, MA

A burst pipe can move a huge amount of water through a Lynn house in minutes. New England winters are hard on plumbing. A deep cold snap off the coast can freeze a supply line in an unheated basement, a crawl space, or an outside wall. Then the ice splits it open. The leak often starts small and quiet. Then the line thaws, the crack widens, and the water runs until someone thinks to shut the main. By the time most people find it, the floor is soaked, the ceiling in the room below may be dripping, and the air already feels damp and cold. We take that call at any hour, walk you through finding your shutoff valve, and send our crew toward your home while you are still on the phone.

The moment we get there, we trace the leak to its source and make sure the flow has stopped. Then the water has to come out. We start with truck mounted extractors and portable pumps. We work from the lowest point up, because water always finds the basement first. We lift soaked carpet and pull the wet pad underneath, since the pad holds water like a sponge and will never dry in place. Baseboards come off where they trapped water against the wall. We drill small weep holes low in the drywall, so anything hiding behind it can drain out instead of sitting and rotting. With moisture meters we map how far the water actually traveled, and it is almost always farther than it looks. A pipe that broke in the kitchen can leave a wet subfloor two rooms away.

• We answer the phone day or night, because a line that freezes and splits at two in the morning will not wait for business hours to flood your floor.
• Our crew finds the broken section quickly and confirms the water is shut off, so the leak stops getting worse the minute we walk in.
• We pull every bit of standing water with pumps and extractors, then set air movers and dehumidifiers to dry the structure all the way through.
• We check inside the walls and under the floors with moisture meters, so the water you cannot see does not quietly turn into mold weeks later.
• We photograph and document the damage room by room, which gives you a clear, organized record to hand your insurance company.

Once the standing water is gone, the drying is what actually saves your home. It is also the part people are tempted to cut short. We set air movers to push a steady stream of air across the wet floors and walls. We run dehumidifiers to pull that moisture out of the room and into a tank we keep emptying. Then we come back and read the framing and the subfloor with meters every day until the numbers match the dry parts of your house. Homes in the older neighborhoods off Western Avenue and down toward the harbor tend to hold damp longer, so we do not rush. A floor can feel dry to your hand and still be wet underneath. Skipping this step is exactly how a quick pipe repair turns into cupped boards, peeling paint, and a sour smell that shows up months later.

If a pipe just let go, shut your water main if you can reach it and then call us. We will get a crew to your Lynn home, stop the spread, and start drying on the same visit.