Water Damage Restoration in Zimmerman, MN
Zimmerman is the Sherburne County city on Highway 169 north of Elk River, at the gate of the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, with Lake Fremont at its center. It was a village of a few hundred until the 1990s, when Highway 169 commuters filled it with new houses: 1990s and 2000s two-stories and split-entries on the plats east and west of the highway, lake houses around Fremont, and older 1900s houses near the rail line downtown. Full basements with sump pits and lookout lower levels are the norm, and the outer lots are on wells and septic.
The ground is sand and gravel over a shallow water table, with the refuge's 30,000 acres of wetland and oak savanna beginning at the city's edge. Sand drains fast on top and fills the pit from below in a wet April, and lake lots take groundwater whenever Lake Fremont is high. Winter brings the same frozen discharge lines and rim joist pipes as the rest of the county.
This site puts Zimmerman homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. The provider meters the lower level first.
Zimmerman water damage by Lake Fremont and along 169
A pit that quit in a spring thaw is a sump pump failure cleanup. A lake-lot basement with water along the base of the walls is a basement flooding cleanup. A tank on well water that rusted through in the utility corner is a water heater leak cleanup.
City hall, and why the ground here holds water
Rebuild permits go through the City of Zimmerman, which also runs a well-sealing assistance program for the old wells on converted lake lots. The refuge next door was established in 1965 on the St. Francis River basin, and its marshes and pools are the same water table that sits under the city's basements.
Call (763) 363-6050 and say which level is wet and whether the house is on a well. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider serving Zimmerman.
Services Available in Zimmerman
Basement Flooding Cleanup
Water pumped out of a full basement under a 1960s rambler or split-level, then the block walls, carpet pad, and paneling metered for what stayed wet.
Sump Pump Failure Cleanup
Cleanup after the pump quit in a spring thaw or a summer storm, and drying of the floor and the bottom of the walls the pit overflow reached.
Water Extraction
Standing water pulled off concrete, carpet, and tile on any level of the house, with moisture readings taken as soon as the floor is clear.
Frozen Pipe Cleanup
Cleanup after a supply line froze in a rim joist, a garage wall, or a cold corner of the basement in January and split when the thaw came.
Structural Drying
Air movers and dehumidifiers run against daily readings until the block, framing, and drywall in a cold Minnesota basement reach their dry target.
Ice Dam and Roof Leak Water Damage
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and exterior walls dried after an ice dam backed meltwater under the shingles or a storm tore the roof open.
Water Heater Leak Cleanup
The tank in the utility corner let go and the basement floor, the nearest finished wall, and the boxes along it are wet and need to be pumped and dried.
Sewer Backup Cleanup
Contaminated water that came up the floor drain during a river crest or a heavy rain removed, with the carpet and drywall it touched cut out and the floor cleaned.