Richmond: 1960s stock, and water along the shore
SOS Restoration of East Bay works Richmond, from the Iron Triangle to the shoreline. We pull the water off, then rebuild. Bilingual crew, and the look is free. Most of its homes went up before 1980, on aging pipe. Call (341) 220-0032.
and the van is loaded before the call ends
the whole arc, from the first hour to the last coat
across Alameda and Contra Costa counties
IICRC #70194273
Why blame the city's aging pipe?
Richmond is old housing in a county that plays the seismic rule differently. A roof that lets rain in first wants a roofer, not us.
Because two in three Richmond homes predate 1980.
65.4 percent of the city’s 42,406 homes stood before 1980, and one in ten before 1940. That is old copper and old drains. A water job here is nearly always the failed line, not the weather.
Who serves the city's water?
Richmond runs on EBMUD, tap and sewer alike.
The East Bay is divided among several agencies, and Richmond is on EBMUD. Calling the one that serves your street is what keeps the shut-off from eating the first hour.
Does Richmond fall under the soft-story rule?
No. Richmond is Contra Costa, which carries none.
Seven Alameda cities run a mandatory soft-story ordinance; Contra Costa has zero. So a permit for the repair is not tangled in the retrofit rule, and the rebuild moves faster.
When can Richmond skip a crew?
A small spill, and the framing behind it reads dry.
Water you caught and wiped in minutes may need nothing more. A free reading of the framing behind it settles it. Dry framing, and we leave you to it.
Who closes a wall here?
The crew that dried it, holding both licenses.
No stranger takes the second half. IICRC #70194273 on the drying, CSLB #1131134 on the rebuild, matched to a 1960s house. Ask the dispatcher what your Richmond block needs.
Refinery soot indoors. Is that us?
Not always. An outdoor release is a claim question before it becomes a cleaning job.
Photograph it and report it before anyone wipes a surface. Wiping first removes the only proof that it was ever there.
A 1967 house. Old enough to test?
Yes. Richmond has 42,406 homes and 10.5 percent were up before 1940.
That is old stock. Whether this ends as a dry-out or a licensed asbestos removal gets decided in a laboratory, so the laboratory goes first.
Which agency owns the sewer main?
West County Wastewater runs it, and EBMUD supplies the water.
Two agencies with two different maps. We name the one that owns your street rather than sending you to a general number.
What do you refuse to bill for?
Outdoor soot from a refinery event, until the claim is opened.
That is a report before it is a clean. We photograph it, hand you the file, and wait for the carrier rather than charging you to erase the evidence.
Whatever the Bay sent through your door
Water damage
Mold
Fire & smoke
Storm damage
Sewage cleanup
Reconstruction
Reconstruction
Where our crews go
Refinery on one side, the bay on the other, and a long shoreline of older homes between them. The Annex and the hills have the pre-war houses; the flats have everything built since.
Cannot talk right now? Leave it and we call back.
A number is enough to start. The rest tells us which bridge to cross and what gear to load.
Old Richmond pipe fails on its own clock, so call at the first stain.