Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across Aldine
Reconstruction and cleanup in Aldine usually means one of two things: either you’re rebuilding after flood damage from Greens Bayou, or you’re finally fixing the half-done repairs from Harvey that have been bothering you for years. Either way, you need a crew that knows the difference between a Harris County permit and a city permit, because Aldine doesn’t have a city building department. That’s where we come in. Wade’s Restoration of Houston serves Aldine homeowners with full-service reconstruction and cleanup, and Wade Ferris himself answers the phone at (888) 534-8116.
Why Wade’s Restoration of Houston Is Aldine’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
We’ve worked in enough 1950s and 60s slab-on-grade ranch homes off Aldine Mail Route to know what we’re walking into before we open the front door. Those homes were built before modern vapor barriers, and when water gets in, it doesn’t just sit on the surface. It wicks into the stud cavities and stays there. That’s the kind of local knowledge that only comes from doing the work here, not from a training binder.
Wade founded this company in 2007, and he’s still the one who shows up to look at your job. Not a salesperson. Not a rotating crew of strangers. The owner. Ask anyone on your street if they’ve had restoration work done in the last decade, and odds are good they know someone who’s had Wade or his crew in their house. That’s how business works in unincorporated Harris County. Reputation travels one driveway at a time.
We coordinate dispatch and scheduling from our Houston office, but the crews working in Aldine live and work in this part of the metro. When you call us at 7 a.m. because you found a wet wall behind the couch, you’re not waiting on a crew to drive in from across the city. And because we carry IICRC-certified credentials and use professional-grade equipment from XPOWER, Injectidry, and B-Air, we’re not guessing at what’s dry. We’re measuring it, and we hand you the moisture log when the job’s done. Nobody else around here does that.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in Aldine
Full-Service Reconstruction
When a flood or a slow leak has destroyed drywall, flooring, and framing, you don’t want three separate contractors and a project manager who never answers the phone. Our full-service reconstruction handles everything from the tear-out to the final trim, and we handle the Harris County permitting pathway directly. That matters in Aldine, because if you file a city permit by mistake, the county kicks it back and your rebuild stalls for weeks. We’ve seen it happen to out-of-area crews more times than we can count.
Drywall & Flooring Repair
Most Aldine homes still have their original drywall from the 1960s or 70s. That drywall was not designed to handle the moisture conditions we get here, where clay-heavy soil holds standing water for days after a storm and Gulf Coast humidity never really leaves. When we repair drywall and flooring, we cut back to clean, dry material, treat the cavity, and install a proper vapor barrier before we rehang. It’s more work than a patch job, but a patch job just hides the mold colony for another year.
Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
If your home needs a gut job, your furniture, clothes, and keepsakes need somewhere safe to go. We do full contents pack-outs, and we’ve handled plenty of Aldine homes where there’s no garage and no dry storage on the property. We transport your belongings to a secure, climate-controlled facility, clean and deodorize what can be saved, and bring it all back when the rebuild is done. You get a written inventory before anything leaves your house.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
After a rebuild, the last thing you want is to put furniture back on top of carpet that’s been marinating in construction dust and flood residue. We run professional carpet and upholstery cleaning as part of the final cleanup, using equipment that actually extracts the dirt and moisture instead of just moving it around. For Aldine homes with older carpet over slab foundations, this step matters more than people expect. The moisture that gets trapped under carpet on concrete is a mold factory.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in Aldine Homes
- Category 1 water degrading to Category 3 fast. Aldine’s clay-heavy terrain and year-round humidity mean clean water from a supply line leak turns to contaminated water in 24 to 48 hours if it’s not properly dried. Waiting too long to tear out original drywall forces a full gut-and-replace instead of a spot repair.
- Oversized workshop and service doors with light-duty frames. A lot of Aldine properties have detached workshops and oversized doors that standard residential frames simply can’t support. We’ve rebuilt frames with reinforced construction and properly rated hinges so the door actually closes and locks after the rebuild is done.
- Harris County permitting confusion. Aldine has no city building department, which means reconstruction permits go through Harris County Engineering. If the county’s flood-damage documentation for FEMA-tracked properties isn’t filed correctly upfront, the job stalls. We handle that paperwork from day one.
- Mold behind original drywall from previous floods. A large share of Aldine’s 1950s-70s homes received only partial remediation after Allison and Harvey. We routinely uncover entrenched mold colonies behind drywall that was never properly addressed, because the original homeowners simply couldn’t afford full remediation. We’ve found it behind walls that looked perfectly fine from the outside.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in Aldine, TX
Reconstruction and cleanup pricing in Aldine runs on a wider range than in Houston’s insured suburbs, because so many of the homes here are older and were built without the moisture barriers that newer construction requires. A typical drywall and flooring repair after a contained water intrusion runs $1,800 to $4,200 depending on how many rooms and whether the stud cavities need drying. Full-service reconstruction after a flood event generally lands between $12,000 and $35,000 for a 1,200 to 1,800 square foot ranch home, and that includes the Harris County permit work and the moisture documentation your adjuster will ask for. Carpet and upholstery cleaning is the most predictable line item: $175 to $500 depending on square footage and condition. Every job starts with a free estimate over the phone and a written scope before any work begins. If you already have a written estimate from another company, ask for our free second opinion. We’ll walk through it line by line with you.
We Also Serve Cities Near Aldine
Wade’s Restoration of Houston handles reconstruction and cleanup jobs throughout north Harris County. If you’re in Jersey Village, Humble, Houston, or Bellaire, our crews can reach you just as quickly as they reach Aldine. And if you’re just outside the county line, call us anyway. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can help. Call (888) 534-8116 and ask for Aldine service area details.
Serving Aldine, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Aldine area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Reconstruction & Cleanup in Aldine
Yes, in most cases structural repair work, including drywall and flooring replacement after flood damage, requires a permit through Harris County Engineering, not a city building department. Aldine is unincorporated, which means there’s no municipal agency to pull permits from. If the work is filed incorrectly or the flood-damage documentation for FEMA-tracked properties is missing, the permit review stalls and your rebuild gets delayed. We file the Harris County paperwork as part of your job scope. Call (888) 534-8116 and we’ll tell you exactly what your property needs before you spend a dollar.
Within 24 hours, ideally sooner. Aldine’s slab-on-grade ranch homes built in the 1950s through 70s have original drywall with minimal vapor barriers, and the clay-heavy ground and high humidity mean clean water degrades to Category 3 contamination in 24 to 48 hours. If you wait past that window, you’re looking at a full gut-and-replace instead of a spot repair. Call us the moment you find the water, and Wade or one of his crew will be on the road to Aldine immediately.
Most oversized workshop doors can be rebuilt and rehung on-site, using reinforced frames and properly rated hinges that a standard residential frame won’t accommodate. We carry the heavy-duty hardware for these jobs as standard practice, because so many Aldine properties have detached workshops and oversized service doors. In rare cases where a custom door panel needs to be fabricated, we’ll tell you that upfront and give you a written timeline before we start.
If you never had flood insurance, the mold remediation behind your original drywall is typically not covered by a standard homeowners policy, because the damage is considered flood-related. That’s a hard reality for a lot of Aldine homeowners who went through Allison and Harvey without coverage. What we can do is document the damage thoroughly, work with your adjuster on anything that might be covered, and give you a written scope for the remediation work so you know exactly what it costs before anyone opens a wall. We’ll also talk through payment options. Call (888) 534-8116 for a free assessment and documentation review.
If there’s no room on the property for a storage container, we transport your contents to a secure, climate-controlled facility off-site, with a written inventory of every item before it leaves Aldine. We’ve handled pack-outs for plenty of homes here where the only dry spot is the living room rug. Your belongings get cleaned, deodorized, and stored until the rebuild is finished, and we bring them back when the house is ready. There’s no charge for the inventory documentation.
One Trip, Done Right: What Actually Sets Us Apart in Aldine
After Harvey, we opened a 1960s slab-on-grade ranch off Aldine Mail Route where the original drywall had wicked moisture into the stud cavities. Our techs used Injectidry to dry the cavities, then cut and replaced the lower four feet of drywall, installed a new vapor barrier, and rehung the original oversized wood front door with a reinforced frame, all in one trip. The homeowner had no flood insurance and needed his family back in the house without another week of lost wages. We got it done.
That’s the standard we hold ourselves to in Aldine. The county permitting, the FEMA documentation, the moisture logs, the older construction quirks. If we’re going to put Wade’s name on the truck and hand you our cell phone numbers, we’re going to do it right the first time. Every restoration contract comes with our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right.
Call Wade’s Restoration of Houston for Aldine Reconstruction & Cleanup
If you’re looking at water damage, mold behind drywall, or a rebuild that’s finally ready to happen, call (888) 534-8116. Wade answers his own phone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He’ll talk through what you’re seeing, tell you honestly what you need, and head out to Aldine himself. Free estimate, no charge for a second opinion on any written estimate, and a Senior & Veteran 10% discount always. If it’s not done right, he makes it right. That’s the deal.
Written by Wade Ferris, Owner at Wade’s Restoration of Houston, serving Aldine since 2007.