Water Damage Restoration in Corona del Sol, Tempe, AZ

Tempe's hard water — 16 to 21 grains per gallon — is brutal on water heaters. Scale builds on the tank bottom and heating elements, corrosion eats the tank from inside, and a unit that should last a decade often fails in six or seven years. In these Corona del Sol block ranches the heater lives in the garage, so when it goes it releases its full tank across the garage slab and toward the interior door.

Garage water rarely stays in the garage. It runs along the slab, under the step, and into the hallway or the wall shared with the living space, soaking drywall bottom plates and carpet on the far side. We extract the water, dry the garage slab and any interior rooms it reached, and check the shared wall — the spot homeowners almost always miss after a heater failure.

We know the block-ranch streets around Corona del Sol High School near Knox Road and Kyrene Road, and we understand how these garages are laid out relative to the living space. That tells us immediately where a failed tank's water will travel and which interior wall to open and dry first.

A Corona del Sol call that fits the pattern: a garage water heater that let go while the owners were at work and ran until they came home. The garage was flooded and water had already crossed under the door into the hall. We extracted, dried the slab and the hallway, and saved the flooring by getting there fast.