Water Damage Restoration in West Seattle, WA

West Seattle is a peninsula, and it floods like one. Rain runs downhill from the ridge toward Puget Sound on one side and the Duwamish on the other, and the homes along the way — Alki and the Beach Drive shore, the Delridge valley, Highland Park, Fauntleroy, Arbor Heights, the Junction, High Point and Gatewood — each meet the water at a different point in its trip. One call connects West Seattle homeowners with an independent local provider for extraction, drying, cleanup and repair.

How water gets into West Seattle homes

• Longfellow Creek: the creek runs the length of the Delridge valley and leaves its banks in heavy rain, taking low basements and crawl spaces with it.
• King tides and shoreline drainage: along Alki and the low shore, the year's highest tides — roughly November to early March — can push water back through drainage on the flattest streets.
• Hillside groundwater: homes on the slopes above the Sound sit in the path of water moving downhill through saturated soil all winter.
• Aging side sewers: West Seattle's older streets carry older private sewer lines, some shared between houses, and the peninsula's trees work their roots into every tired joint.
• Freeze bursts on the exposed side: pipes in crawl spaces facing the Sound's wind are among the first to freeze when Arctic air reaches the city.

ZIP codes in this area

• 98116 — Alki, Admiral and the north peninsula
• 98126 — Delridge and Longfellow Creek
• 98136 — Fauntleroy and the southwest shore
• 98106 — Highland Park and South Delridge
• 98108 — South Seattle edge and Georgetown side

Services West Seattle homeowners call for

• Basement flooding — groundwater, creek and tide-driven
• Sewage backup and side sewer diagnosis
• Burst pipe damage after cold snaps
• Flood cleanup and verified drying