Serving Capitola, CA
Capitola sits about fifteen minutes up the coast from our shop in Watsonville, so when a pipe lets go or the marine layer finally rots out a crawl space, we're not coming from far. Ed's Construction Services handles fire, water and mold damage in Capitola — and because Everardo carries one California contractor's licence that covers both the cleanup and the rebuild, you're not left hunting for a second company once the drying equipment comes out. Everardo runs the jobs and answers the phone himself, so the person you talk to is the person who shows up.
What makes Capitola homes different
Capitola is an old beach town, and it builds like one. Down in Capitola Village and along Depot Hill you've got tight lots, older cottages and vacation homes packed close together, a lot of them from the first half of the last century with additions layered on since. Up in Cliffwood Heights, Capitola Knolls and Opal Cliffs the houses are newer but they're sitting on slopes, and slope plus winter rain is how water finds its way under a house.
The two things we run into over and over here are salt air and damp. Homes this close to Capitola Beach and the wharf take a constant beating from marine-layer moisture and airborne salt — it works on siding, on stucco, on redwood trim and framing, and on anything metal. A crawl space that would dry out on its own inland stays wet here, and wet plus wood plus no airflow is a mold problem waiting to happen. When the atmospheric rivers roll through in winter, the older Village cottages with their low crawl spaces and Soquel Creek running right through town are the ones that see standing water. Higher up around Park Avenue and Upper Village, it's runoff coming downhill and pooling against foundations.
Permits run through the City of Capitola, and the older and closer to the bluffs you are, the more the work gets looked at — anything near the coastal zone or on a Depot Hill lot tends to carry more review than a straightforward inland repair. We'd rather tell you that up front than have you surprised by it. If your place is in a managed complex off the 41st Avenue corridor or near Capitola Mall, there may be an HOA in the mix too, and we'll work with how your association wants things handled.
Services we offer in Capitola
- Water Extraction — standing water pulled out of Village cottages, ground floors and crawl spaces
- Structural Drying — getting redwood framing and subfloor dry before mold takes hold
- Burst Pipe Repair — the older the plumbing, the more we see this
- Storm Flood Cleanup — winter atmospheric-river rain, creek backup and slope runoff
- Fire Damage Cleanup — structure and contents after a fire
- Smoke & Odor Removal — clearing smoke out of walls and framing
- Emergency Board-Up — securing a home after fire, storm or break-in
- Mold Removal — the recurring problem in a damp coastal climate
- Crawl Space Mold — the single most common call we get from homes near the water
- Crawl Space Sealing — keeping marine-layer damp from coming back
- Foundation Sealing — for the sloped lots up in the Heights and the Knolls
- Deck Waterproofing — salt air and rain are hard on coastal decks
- Drywall Repair — closing the wall back up once it's dry
- Flooring Replacement — replacing what the water ruined
- Full Home Rebuilds — the whole rebuild under the same licence that did the cleanup
Local, reliable, and nearby
We know Capitola because it's close and because it's the kind of town we already work in — the cottages near Jade Street Park, the newer homes off Park Avenue, the condos along 41st Avenue near New Brighton and the Mall. When you call, you get Everardo, not a call center, and he can tell you plainly whether this is a same-day extraction job or something that needs a permit and a plan. The advantage of one licence covering mitigation and reconstruction is simple: the crew that dries your house out is the crew that puts it back together, so nothing falls through the cracks between two companies. If you've got water where it shouldn't be, or smoke damage, or a crawl space that smells like it's been wet too long, call (831) 247-3672 and we'll come take a look.