How fast do you actually get here?

Most San Diego County addresses see a truck inside 60 minutes, 24 hours a day. Outlying areas like Ramona, Julian, or Borrego run longer. When you call we give you a real ETA based on where the closest crew actually is, not a scripted number.

Will my homeowners insurance cover this?

Sudden and accidental water damage, a burst supply line, a failed water heater, an overflowing tub, is covered by most standard policies. Long-term seepage and flood from outside water usually are not. We document the loss thoroughly so the cause is clear, and we bill your carrier directly. You pay your deductible.

Can I just dry it out myself with fans?

Household fans move air but do nothing about humidity, so the moisture leaves the carpet and lands in the drywall. Without dehumidification and moisture readings you have no way to know whether the framing behind the wall is dry. That is the gap where mold starts. If it is a small clean-water spill you caught immediately, maybe. Anything larger, call.

How long does the equipment have to run?

Three to five days for most residential losses. Hardwood, plaster, and multi-layer flooring assemblies take longer. Equipment comes out when the moisture readings hit dry standard, and we can show you the numbers each day so you are never guessing.

Do I have to move out?

Usually no. Most water losses are contained to part of the home and you can stay, though the drying equipment is loud and the affected rooms are off limits. Category 3 sewage losses, or losses affecting the only kitchen or bathroom, may require temporary relocation, which many policies cover under additional living expense.

What if you find mold once you open the wall?

It happens, especially when the water sat for several days before anyone called. We stop, contain the area, document it, and write a supplement to your carrier. Our AMRT-certified techs handle the remediation, so it does not become a second company and a second contract.

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Overview

Burst pipes, supply-line failures, roof leaks. Extraction, drying, and documentation for your claim.

Water damage is a clock, not an event. In the first hour it is water on the floor. By hour six it has wicked eighteen inches up the drywall and soaked into the bottom plate. By day three you are not drying a house anymore, you are remediating mold in one.

What It Costs

Water losses price by the affected square footage, the category of water, how many materials have to come out, and how many days of equipment it takes to reach dry standard. A contained bathroom supply-line failure is a very different number than a second-story water heater that ran overnight into the ceiling below.

We do not quote water damage over the phone, because anyone who does is guessing. We inspect, scope, and give you the number in writing before equipment goes down. On insured losses we bill your carrier directly in Xactimate and you pay your deductible.

Why The First Hour Matters

Extracted water is free. Evaporated water is expensive. Every gallon we pull out mechanically is a gallon that does not have to go through a dehumidifier, which is what drives the equipment count and the days on site. That is the entire argument for calling immediately instead of waiting until morning.

The other reason is category migration. Clean Category 1 water from a supply line degrades into Category 2 within roughly 48 hours as it picks up material from carpet, pad, and dust. Category 2 becomes Category 3 after prolonged sitting. Each step up means more material gets removed instead of dried, and the job gets more expensive and more invasive.

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Scope of Work

What's In Every Water Damage Restoration Call

60-Minute Emergency Arrival

Trucks stage across the county with extraction units, air movers, and dehumidifiers already loaded. A real person answers the phone at any hour. You get a named technician and a real ETA, not a callback promise.

IICRC S500 Category And Class Assessment

Before equipment goes down we classify the water (Category 1 clean, 2 grey, 3 black) and the class of loss. That determines what gets dried, what gets removed, and what your carrier will actually pay for. Guessing here is how homeowners end up with mold and a denied supplement.

Truck-Mounted And Portable Extraction

Standing water comes out first, because every gallon extracted is a gallon you do not have to evaporate. We pull water from hard surfaces, carpet, pad, and subfloor cavities using weighted extraction, not just a shop vac pass.

Daily Moisture Logs, Documented To Dry Standard

Readings on every affected material every day, compared against an unaffected dry standard in the same structure. Equipment stays until the numbers say dry, not until the third day. You receive the full psychrometric log at closeout.

Direct Insurance Billing In Xactimate

We write in the same platform your carrier prices from and bill them directly. You pay your deductible. We handle the adjuster calls, the photo documentation, and the supplements when hidden damage turns up behind a wall.

How It Works

Our Step-By-Step Process

Step 1
Emergency Call And Dispatch

You call, a person answers. We ask three things: is the water still running, is anyone in danger, and can you safely shut off the main. If the source is still active we walk you through the shutoff on the phone while the truck rolls. We confirm your address, the affected areas, and roughly how long the water has been sitting, which drives what equipment we bring. Expect the truck inside 60 minutes for most San Diego County addresses. Do not start pulling up carpet or running household fans before we arrive, uncontrolled airflow spreads contamination on Category 2 and 3 losses.
Step 2
Inspection, Moisture Mapping, And Scope

The technician walks the loss with a moisture meter and a thermal camera, mapping how far the water actually traveled, which is almost always further than what is visible. We take readings on drywall, framing, subfloor, insulation, and cabinet toe-kicks, and we set a dry standard from an unaffected area of the same structure. We classify the water category and the class of loss, photograph everything, and walk you through the scope before any equipment goes down. This takes 30 to 60 minutes. Ask questions here, this is the conversation that determines the entire job.
Step 3
Extraction And Controlled Demolition

Standing water comes out first with weighted and portable extraction, including water trapped in carpet pad and subfloor cavities. Then we remove what cannot be dried in place: saturated pad, swollen laminate, wet insulation, and drywall below the wick line on a documented flood cut. On Category 2 and 3 losses we set containment and negative air before anything gets opened. Everything removed is photographed and logged before it goes in the dumpster, because your adjuster pays for what can be proven. Typically 2 to 6 hours depending on square footage.
Step 4
Structural Drying And Daily Monitoring

Air movers and low-grain refrigerant dehumidifiers get placed by calculation, based on the cubic footage, class of loss, and materials involved, not by whatever fits in the truck. Equipment runs continuously. A technician returns daily to take readings on every affected material, adjust equipment placement, and log the numbers. Most residential losses reach dry standard in three to five days. Leave the equipment running and the windows closed, opening the house up in San Diego humidity undoes the day's progress.
Step 5
Clearance, Documentation, And Handoff

When every material reads at or below dry standard on consecutive days, we pull equipment and do a final walkthrough with you. You receive the complete file: daily moisture logs, psychrometric readings, equipment records, before and after photos, a written statement of what was removed and why, and the Xactimate estimate. True Core is a mitigation company, so your repair contractor handles putting the drywall, flooring, and paint back. That file is what they build from, and it means nobody is guessing about what is behind the wall they are closing up. We are glad to give you names, and we take nothing for the referral.

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FAQs

About Water Damage Restoration

Most San Diego County addresses see a truck inside 60 minutes, 24 hours a day. Outlying areas like Ramona, Julian, or Borrego run longer. When you call we give you a real ETA based on where the closest crew actually is, not a scripted number.
Sudden and accidental water damage, a burst supply line, a failed water heater, an overflowing tub, is covered by most standard policies. Long-term seepage and flood from outside water usually are not. We document the loss thoroughly so the cause is clear, and we bill your carrier directly. You pay your deductible.
Household fans move air but do nothing about humidity, so the moisture leaves the carpet and lands in the drywall. Without dehumidification and moisture readings you have no way to know whether the framing behind the wall is dry. That is the gap where mold starts. If it is a small clean-water spill you caught immediately, maybe. Anything larger, call.
Three to five days for most residential losses. Hardwood, plaster, and multi-layer flooring assemblies take longer. Equipment comes out when the moisture readings hit dry standard, and we can show you the numbers each day so you are never guessing.
Usually no. Most water losses are contained to part of the home and you can stay, though the drying equipment is loud and the affected rooms are off limits. Category 3 sewage losses, or losses affecting the only kitchen or bathroom, may require temporary relocation, which many policies cover under additional living expense.
It happens, especially when the water sat for several days before anyone called. We stop, contain the area, document it, and write a supplement to your carrier. Our AMRT-certified techs handle the remediation, so it does not become a second company and a second contract.

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