Free visual inspection and a written scope of work before any mitigation begins - photos, moisture readings, and drying logs go in your claim file
The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
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AfterDamage Restoration Before & After in Bellevue, WA
Photos don’t hedge. A saturated subfloor, a black mold cavity, smoke-stained studs - these tell the story faster than any sales copy. Below are recent jobs we’ve documented across Bellevue, from downtown condos to Clyde Hill ranches, each with the photo record and written scope the homeowner received under Haven Standard, Clause 1.
Recent Transformations
Water Damage Restoration: Burst Supply Line in Downtown Bellevue High-Rise
A pinhole rupture in a 3/8-inch braided stainless supply line dumped roughly 80 gallons into a downtown Bellevue condo while the owner was at work. By the time we arrived, water had migrated through the engineered hardwood, into the plywood subfloor, and down two wall cavities to the 14th-floor ceiling below. We extracted standing water, deployed a Dri-Eaz Revolution LGR dehumidifier and two Phoenix AirMax axial air movers, and established a vapor pressure differential that pulled bound moisture from the subfloor over four days. Daily moisture logs tracked every drop from 28% to 12% - the documentation the owner’s insurer needed to approve $14,200 in structural drying and flooring replacement. The 14th-floor neighbor’s ceiling was addressed the same afternoon; no secondary claim.
Mold Remediation: Hidden Colony in Somerset Hills Crawl Space
The homeowner in Somerset Hills smelled it first - a musty note that worsened after rain. We found a failed vapor barrier and three years of groundwater wicking into untreated floor joists, with visible mold growth spanning 340 square feet. Our crew established negative air containment, HEPA-vacuumed all surfaces, applied an EPA-registered antimicrobial to the joists, and installed a new 6-mil vapor barrier with sealed seams. Post-remediation air sampling showed spore counts below outdoor baseline. The written scope, the photo record of each joist before and after treatment, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise went to the owner’s insurer; they covered the full $8,400 under the mold rider.
Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration: Kitchen Grease Fire in Factoria
A Factoria family left bacon on too high; the grease ignited and the suppression system triggered, but not before protein soot coated every surface in the open-plan kitchen and living area. Protein fires are deceptive - the residue looks nearly invisible but bonds aggressively to painted drywall and unfinished wood. We cleaned with alkaline-based degreasers, sealed the framing with shellac primer where odor had penetrated, and ran thermal fogging through the HVAC ductwork. The cabinets were salvageable; the granite stayed. Total rebuild cost came in at $11,600 instead of the $34,000 full-kitchen replacement another contractor had proposed. The owner brought us that estimate for our Free Second Opinion - Haven Standard, Clause 1 applied to the review, not just our own work.
Storm & Disaster Restoration: Wind-Driven Rain in Clyde Hill
A November storm in Clyde Hill drove rain sideways through a lifted ridge vent, soaking R-38 fiberglass insulation and collapsing a 12-foot section of kitchen ceiling drywall. We removed the wet insulation (once fiberglass batt hits 22% moisture, it won’t dry in place), set up tertiary drying with Injectidry hoses direct to the deck cavity, and ran a Phoenix 200 HT dehumidifier to establish the vapor pressure differential needed in the enclosed space. The ridge vent was repaired by a roofer we coordinated with; our photo record of the interior damage went to the adjuster same day. The homeowner had a written scope for $6,800 before we touched a tool, and the daily moisture logs proved the cavity was dry before we closed it back up.
Sewage Cleanup: Backed-Up Main Line in Crossroads
A Crossroads homeowner woke to sewage backing through the basement floor drain - tree root intrusion in the city main, pressure found the weakest point. Two inches of Category 3 black water covered 400 square feet. This is not a cleaning job; it’s a regulated remediation. We donned full PPE, extracted the waste, removed all porous materials that had wicked contamination (baseboards, lower drywall, carpet pad), and disinfected the concrete to hospital-grade standards with an EPA-registered virucide. The health department inspection passed on first visit. Our photo record - 73 images, timestamped - went to the city’s risk management and the homeowner’s insurer. Written scope: $9,200. No surprises, no scope creep.
Reconstruction & Cleanup: Post-Mitigation Rebuild in West Bellevue
Reconstruction is where mitigation companies often fumble - they rush to the next emergency and leave you with a torn-out bathroom and a vague “we’ll get back to you.” Not here. A West Bellevue homeowner had already been through water mitigation with us; the bathroom was stripped to studs and the subfloor was dry. We wrote a reconstruction scope - tile selection, fixture allowances, paint schedule, timeline - and priced it before any rebuild started. Haven Standard, Clause 1 applies to reconstruction too. The tile matched the original 12×24 porcelain from a local Bellevue supplier, the vanity was upgraded at the owner’s request with a written change order, and the crew finished in 11 working days. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the rebuild work same as the mitigation.
Want Results Like These?
Every job above started with a phone call to a live person - no voicemail, no callback queue. We’ll send a trained technician, document what we find with photos and moisture readings, and deliver a written price before any work begins. That’s Haven Standard, Clause 1. It’s been our practice since 2011.
Call (425) 696-6320 now. If you already have another contractor’s estimate, bring it in for a Free Second Opinion. We’ll review it at no charge and tell you exactly what we see.
Written by Alicia Brennan, Owner at DryMark Restoration Bellevue, serving Bellevue since 2011.