Water Damage Restoration in Freeport

We do, from just down the river. Freeport sits along the Allegheny River in Armstrong County, a short drive up the water and up Freeport Road from our Tarentum water removal home base. Un-Flood-It has run out of Tarentum since December 2009, owned by Brian Marra, who also owns the plumbing company 1-Tom-Plumber Pittsburgh.

Our technicians are IICRC certified, and we carry PA Home Improvement Contractor License #PA080868. Freeport is an old river-and-canal town, once a port on the Pennsylvania Canal and home to the Lucesco Oil Refinery and the Freeport Brick Company, so the housing here has age in it. When you call from Freeport, you get the water crew closest to you, not a call center an hour away. Freeport is one stop on the full list of towns our water crews reach, and the same trucks handle flood cleanup down in New Kensington and water damage help up in Leechburg.

Geography is the short answer, and Freeport sits at a spot where three waterways converge. Buffalo Creek empties into the Allegheny River right at the borough, on the western bank. Less than a mile northeast of town, the Kiskiminetas River joins the Allegheny too. So Freeport catches water from the big river and from a creek at the same time.

That creek carries a lot of ground. Buffalo Creek rises up in Butler County. It runs through seven townships and boroughs before it reaches Freeport. So heavy rain across that whole area funnels down to town hours later. This is why the area floods again and again.

In February 2025, South Buffalo Township at Freeport declared a state of emergency. Buffalo Creek ran far above its embankment and over the roads. Officials gave 25 residents evacuation notices, and 15 were mandatory. They counted 17 homes in the floodplains and sent three water rescue teams. In April 2024, the same creek forced families from homes on North Scenic Drive and Pine Tree Lane, and one family left by boat. NOAA keeps a gauge on the Allegheny River at Freeport Lock and Dam that tracks the level and flood stage right here.

The history runs deep. The worst flood the region has seen came in March 1936, on St. Patrick's Day. The Allegheny crested near 46 feet, about 21 feet above flood stage. It swamped the river towns of the Alle-Kiski Valley. Freeport was settled back in the 1760s and became a borough in 1833, so many of its homes and basements are very old. Old stone foundations, aging floor drains, and small sump pumps let water seep and back up when the rain is hard and the river rises.

Winter brings the other kind of water. The storm that hit this region on January 24 and 25, 2026 came with forecasts of 10 to 14 inches of snow and warnings to winterize pipes, and our own reviews describe homes with burst pipes from it. A frozen pipe behind a wall can run for hours before anyone hears it. When that happens, we pull the water fast and dry the structure before it warps.

Most water losses cannot wait for a callback, so we run around the clock, weekends and holidays included. From Tarentum we head up the Allegheny and roll a truck with extraction and drying gear straight into the borough, over the Donald R. Lobaugh Bridge if you are across the river in Allegheny Township. If your address is in the 16229 ZIP, you are minutes from our door.

Speed is not a sales line. It is physics. Water wicks up drywall by the hour and soaks into subfloor and framing. Pull it out fast and you save the material. Wait a day and you replace it. That short run up the river is the point of calling the crew already in your valley.

We do not pack up when the floor feels dry. We pack up when the meters say it is dry. We map the moisture, including the water hiding in walls and under floors. We extract the standing water with high-powered pumps, set air movers and dehumidifiers, and sanitize when the loss calls for it. Then a final inspection confirms the structure is back to safe moisture levels. A floor can feel dry to your hand while the subfloor under it still reads soaked, and that trapped water is what buckles hardwood weeks later.

Water, sewage, and mold are all we do. If creek water or a backed-up drain came up through a basement floor, treat it as dirty and stay out of it. That water calls for sewage backup cleanup for Freeport basements, and we show up with the right gear on the truck. Standing water left too long grows mold in a day or two, so we also handle mold remediation when a loss sat wet. We do not sell fire restoration, rebuilds, or plumbing repair, so our drying advice never pads a construction bid.

The paperwork runs alongside the pumps. We photograph and log the loss as we work, then bill your insurance company directly, which is the banner on the front of our website. Your policy and the cause of the loss decide what is covered. You still choose who does the work. It is your claim.