Water, Fire and Mold Repair in Seaside, CA
Ed's Construction Services works throughout Seaside and the rest of the Monterey Peninsula, from Del Monte Heights and Ord Terrace up through Seaside Highlands and Villa del Monte. Everardo Mendoza runs the jobs and answers the phone himself, so when you call about a burst pipe or a flooded crawl space, you're talking to the person who'll be standing in your house. We handle the water, fire and mold cleanup and the rebuild that comes after — one California contractor's licence covering both ends of the job.
What makes homes in Seaside different
A lot of Seaside's housing stock came up quick and affordable in the postwar years, tied to Fort Ord, and neighborhoods like Ord Grove and Ord Terrace still carry that era's construction — modest single-story homes, some with additions layered on over the decades. Newer pockets like Seaside Highlands and the CSU Monterey Bay side sit on the old base land, closer to the dunes and sandier ground.
What ties all of it together is where Seaside sits: right on the bay, under the marine layer, breathing salt air off the water at Fort Ord Dunes State Park. That damp doesn't dry out the way inland air does. Crawl spaces stay cool and humid, and given how many homes here are built over crawl spaces rather than basements, that's usually where mold gets its start — under the floor, out of sight, until you smell it in the hallway or a floor starts to feel soft. Salt air is hard on fasteners, flashing and the underside of decks too, so a leak that would be minor a few miles inland can quietly rot framing here.
Then there's the winter. When the atmospheric-river storms line up off the Pacific, Seaside's older stormwater setup and hillside streets between Upper Seaside and Noche Buena move a lot of water fast, and the low ground near Laguna Grande Park holds it. A clogged gutter or a slab that sits low can put an inch of water through a house in an afternoon. We plan the drying around Seaside's reality — coastal humidity that fights you the whole way, not the dry heat some drying playbooks assume.
Services we offer in Seaside
- Water Extraction — pulling standing water out after a storm, a supply line, or an appliance failure
- Structural Drying — drying framing, subfloor and drywall properly in coastal humidity, not just the surface
- Burst Pipe Repair — fixing the failed line and the damage around it
- Storm Flood Cleanup — cleanup after winter rain gets into the house or the crawl space
- Fire Damage Cleanup — clearing char and debris and getting the structure stabilized
- Smoke & Odor Removal — getting smoke smell out of framing, drywall and finishes
- Emergency Board-Up — securing openings after fire or storm damage
- Mold Removal — remediation in living space, bathrooms and closets
- Crawl Space Mold — the common one here, treating what grows under a raised floor
- Crawl Space Sealing — closing off the ground moisture that keeps feeding it
- Foundation Sealing — keeping water out at the base of the house
- Deck Waterproofing — protecting decks that take salt air and winter rain year-round
- Drywall Repair — patching and replacing what came out during drying
- Flooring Replacement — new flooring where water or fire took the old
- Full Home Rebuilds — putting the house back together when the damage runs deep
Local, reliable, and nearby
We're based in Watsonville, up the coast at the head of the Monterey Bay, and Seaside is a straightforward run down Highway 1 for us — close enough that getting a crew out to Ord Grove or the Seaside Highlands isn't a stretch. Because the same licence covers the mitigation and the reconstruction, you're not drying the house with one company and then hunting for a builder to close the walls back up; we do both, so nothing falls through the crack between them.
Everardo will walk your place with you, tell you plainly what he sees and what it'll take, and keep you in the loop as the work moves. If you're dealing with water, fire or mold anywhere in the 93955 — near Oldemeyer Center, up by Seaside High, or out toward CSU Monterey Bay — call (831) 247-3672 and let's take a look.