Water Damage Restoration in Kittanning

We do, from Tarentum. The drive is the Allegheny Valley Expressway, Route 28, which runs beside the river from the Tarentum exit all the way up to where it crosses into Kittanning with Route 422. That road is the spine of our service area, and our Tarentum water removal headquarters sits at the bottom of it. 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. Kittanning has been a borough since 1803. The Armstrong County Courthouse and Jail and Lock and Dam No. 7 on the river are both on the National Register of Historic Places, and much of the housing is old to match. In 2020 the borough counted 2,119 housing units, and 14.9% of them sat vacant. A vacant old house with the heat off is where a pipe freezes and bursts.

Kittanning is one stop on every town our water crews serve, and the same trucks handle river-town water damage in Freeport and flood cleanup in Natrona Heights on the way up.

The river comes first. NOAA keeps a gauge on the Allegheny River at Kittanning Lock and Dam, and its numbers tell the story of this town. Flood stage is 21 feet. At 19.6 feet the lock walls go under. At 21.2 feet, water is on South Water, Mulberry, and Arch Streets. At 24.8 feet it reaches the County Health Center on South McKean Street.

The history runs deep. The record crest here was 30.7 feet in March 1913. The St. Patrick's Day flood of March 1936 hit 24.2 feet at Kittanning, above major flood stage, while Pittsburgh peaked near 46 feet and at least 69 people died across western Pennsylvania. The county history books say ice gorges in March 1837 and March 1875 each threatened to sweep the town away. The original Citizens Bridge was replaced by one built higher off the ground to stay out of the floods.

This is not ancient history. On September 18, 2004, the remnants of Hurricane Ivan pushed the river to 22.2 feet here, with 164,300 cubic feet of water passing the dam every second. Pittsburgh's airport set a daily rain record at 5.95 inches, and flooding damaged at least 21,000 buildings across the state. Any winter thaw with rain on top of it puts Kittanning on watch.

The water that does not come from the river comes from under the house. Kittanning's sewage plant, run by the Kittanning Borough Municipal Authority, sends treated water to the Allegheny and is rated for 1.2 million gallons a day. When a hard rain hits, old clay laterals and floor drains in homes built a century ago let groundwater and sewage push back up. Winter brings the other kind of water. The storm of 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.

Most water losses cannot wait for a callback, so we run around the clock, weekends and holidays included. From Tarentum we take Route 28 north along the river and roll a truck with extraction and drying gear right into the 16201 ZIP. If you are across the Citizens Bridge in West Kittanning, we come over Route 422 Business.

Speed is physics, not a sales line. Water wicks up drywall by the hour and soaks into subfloor and framing. Pull it out fast and you keep the material. Wait a day and you replace it. That is why calling the crew that is already in your valley matters more than calling the biggest name in Pittsburgh.

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 pump out the standing water, set air movers and dehumidifiers, and sanitize when the loss calls for it. 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 river 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 in Kittanning 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. Your policy and the cause of the loss decide what is covered. You still choose who does the work. It is your claim.