RENTON NEIGHBORHOOD · RENTON HIGHLANDS

Water Damage in Renton Highlands

An old pipe gave out, or the water heater let go? Get the water off the floor and out of the crawl space before it soaks the framing.

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Renton & the valley

Renton Highlands at Ground Level

Ground: the plateau northeast of downtown, next to unincorporated East Renton Highlands (11,937 people in 2020)
Housing: small 1940s homes built for war workers, later ramblers, and newer townhomes and infill
Water usually comes from: aging supply lines and drains, water heaters, crawl-space moisture and roof leaks

Wartime Houses on the Plateau

The Highlands was built in a hurry. The first homes opened in October 1942 to house the war workers who flooded into Renton for the aircraft plant. The housing was meant to be temporary, but much of it became permanent after the war, and many of those small houses are still lived in, remodeled several times over. In the Highlands, water damage mostly comes from age: plumbing that's been patched for decades, water heaters tucked into closets and crawl spaces that were never great at staying dry.

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A suburban street of two-story homes under tall firs in steady gray rain

What's Under the Houses

The original houses are small one-story homes, most over crawl spaces. A leak inside usually ends up underneath: on the vapor barrier, in the insulation and on the subfloor. Newer townhomes and infill sit on slabs or over garages, where water spreads across the floor and through shared walls instead.

The Work in Renton Highlands

Jobs here usually come down to emergency water removal, water damage cleanup, flood cleanup, mitigation & drying or restoration & repair. One number covers every one of them.