Water Damage

Water damage in Arizona doesn’t come from rivers. It comes from a slab leak under a post-tension foundation, an AC condensate line that clogged in July, a water heater that let go in the garage while you were at work, or a monsoon cell that pushed an inch of water under the patio door in twenty minutes. The companies in this category are the ones that get called for exactly those losses, and the ones we would call ourselves.

What a listed water damage company has to prove

• Arizona ROC license. Restoration that involves demolition or rebuild is contracting work under Arizona law. We confirm the license is active at azroc.gov and note the number where the company publishes it.
• IICRC certification. The IICRC S500 standard is what every insurance carrier expects for documented drying. No certification, no verified dry standard, harder claim.
• A real address in the county they serve. Virtual-office suites and lead-generation listings that resell your call are excluded.
• Reviews about the work, not the website. Named technicians, drying equipment, insurance claims. If the five-star reviews praise the company’s homepage, it isn’t a crew with trucks.

Water damage repair cost in Arizona

Most Arizona homeowners pay $1,200 to $5,000 for mitigation — extraction, drying, removal of wet materials — with rebuild billed separately. Clean water from a supply line runs roughly $3–$4 per square foot; gray water from an appliance $4–$7; black water from a sewer backup $7–$7.50 because of containment and disposal. A free inspection with a moisture meter is the only real estimate; every company in this directory offers one. The full breakdown, including what homeowners insurance in Arizona typically covers and excludes, is in Can water damage in Phoenix be expensive?

Related Arizona services

Water damage rarely arrives alone. If the source is plumbing, start with a Phoenix emergency plumber to stop the leak, and check what Phoenix plumbers charge per hour. If it came through the ceiling during monsoon, a licensed Arizona roofer needs to see it before the next storm. If it’s dripping from the air handler closet, that’s an AC repair problem first and a drying problem second. Rental owners can hand the whole thing to one of the Phoenix property management companies that carry restoration vendors on retainer.