Free visual inspection and a written scope of work before any mitigation begins - photos, moisture readings, and drying logs go in your claim file
The scope we write is the scope we bill. Anything new gets shown to you, in writing, before we touch it.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Storm & Disaster Restoration Across Centennial
Storm damage in Centennial rarely stays a roof problem for long. A hail-battered window well channels runoff straight down sun-baked clay into a finished basement, and within 24 hours the bentonite soil around the foundation swells and starts pressing against the slab. That’s the combined-peril reality of living along the Palmer Divide corridor, and it’s why our Storm & Disaster Restoration team treats every Centennial call as a building envelope problem and a water intrusion problem at the same time. We dispatch from our Denver metro office with crews stationed to reach Centennial neighborhoods fast, usually within 60 to 90 minutes for emergencies. If water is moving or the roof is open to the sky, call (629) 213-4606 now. A live person answers, 24 hours a day.
Why DryMark Restoration Is Centennial’s Preferred Storm & Disaster Restoration Company
Alicia Brennan founded DryMark Restoration in 2011 because she spent years as a claims adjuster watching homeowners get denied on documentation gaps, not on the merits of the damage. That origin drives everything we do in Centennial. Written price before work begins, every single job, no exceptions. Photo record on every visit. Daily drying logs with moisture readings your adjuster can actually use.
Centennial homeowners tend to research before they call. They read the three-star reviews, compare pricing, and want to see evidence of a process. So we show it. Our crews arrive in uniform, background-checked, with license numbers printed on the page and a scope of work written before anyone touches a wall. The jobs we run in Arapahoe County often mean coordinating hail damage with basement extraction in the same visit. We’re used to that here. We know what the old hardboard siding looks like on the late-1970s and 1980s tracts. We know what bentonite clay does to a foundation when a window well fails. That local knowledge means fewer surprises when the drying starts.
Our Storm & Disaster Restoration Services in Centennial
Storm Damage Cleanup
Centennial sits squarely in Colorado’s Hail Alley. Storms lift off the Palmer Divide and drop golf-ball-sized hail across Arapahoe County several times each summer. Cleanup here usually means multiple trades in one scope: broken window glass, dented siding, shredded roof vents, and often water already inside the envelope. We document the category of water intrusion, map affected square footage room by room, and dry to IICRC standards with daily logs of psychrometric data, which is the temperature, humidity, and grain-depression reading that tells us and your insurer exactly when the structure is actually dry.
Flood Damage Restoration
Centennial’s semi-arid climate creates a runoff paradox. The sun bakes clay soils until they repel water rather than absorb it, so a sudden downpour funnels straight into window wells and along basement walls instead of soaking into the ground. When that water reaches a finished basement, it’s a category 2 or 3 event if it sat, and the carpet pad, baseboards, and drywall wick moisture upward fast. We run structural drying with Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers and air movers, replace what cannot be saved, and keep the moisture readings tied to a written scope so you know exactly what was found behind the baseboards.
Emergency Board-Up
A microburst or tree limb through a window leaves a Centennial home open to weather, wildlife, and opportunistic break-ins. Our emergency board-up service secures the opening with plywood and fasteners the same night, and we document the condition of every opening before and after. If the damage came from hail or wind, we also photograph what the storm did to the rest of the envelope, because those photos become part of the claim file your adjuster reviews.
Roof Tarping
Hail rarely tears a clean, visible hole in a Centennial roof. More often it bruises shingles, cracks vent collars, and compromises the flashing where the roof meets siding, which lets water in slowly over subsequent storms. Tarping buys time while the damage is assessed, but it has to be done right: sealed at the edges, weighted against uplift, and documented. We tarp to stop active leaking, photograph the process, and note what the tarp tells us about the underlying roof deck before drywall below gets opened.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Centennial
Most Centennial homes in the 1970s through 1990s tracts were built with similar systems: asphalt shingles over plywood sheathing, hardboard or T-111 siding, and basements finished with drywall and carpet. We stock and deploy the drying platforms that work in these structures: Injectidry systems for wall cavities and hard-to-reach spaces behind cabinet toe-kicks, Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers for whole-basement moisture loads, and Phoenix axial air movers for directed airflow across saturated carpet pad and baseboard lines. Our documentation follows IICRC, RIA, and IFA standards, which matters when an adjuster asks for daily moisture readings or a drying log that proves the work was done correctly, not just quickly.
Common Storm & Disaster Restoration Problems We See in Centennial Homes
- Bentonite clay swelling after a hail-broken window well. The ground looks dry at the surface, but water around the foundation saturates the clay, which expands and presses laterally against basement walls. Within 24 hours, that pressure can heave a slab and crack it, turning a cleanup into a structural repair.
- Original T-111 hardboard siding that delaminates after hail. Owners of late-1970s and 1980s homes often ask if the siding can be dried in place. When hardboard delaminates, the answer is usually no: the material separates into layers, holds moisture inside the wall cavity, and must come off before structural drying can do its job behind the vapor barrier.
- Over-irrigation from neighboring HOA lawns. Centennial’s master-planned communities enforce lawn-appearance standards, and sprinklers run on schedules that saturate the clay against shared foundation walls. We regularly find “mystery” basement moisture that isn’t storm-related at all. It’s a nightly sprinkler cycle soaking the expansive soil against the property line, and the fix is usually a scope conversation about drainage and grading, not another dehumidifier.
- Single-peril scopes on combined-peril losses. A finished-basement flood after a Centennial hailstorm is rarely just a water job. Water came in because hail cracked a window, a vent, or a roof penetration. Treat only the water and the next storm re-wets the same area. Our scopes in Centennial always address the envelope breach and the interior drying as one continuous job.
Pricing for Storm & Disaster Restoration in Centennial, CO
What moves the numbers: how long the water sat, whether the basement is finished and how much of it got wet, whether hardboard siding delaminated and must be removed for structural drying behind the vapor barrier, and whether the clay swelling around the foundation has already caused structural movement. Every job gets a written price before work begins, per Haven Standard Clause 1. Every visit gets a photo record. Call (629) 213-4606 for a free estimate on your home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Centennial
Our crews cover Storm & Disaster Restoration in Centennial and the surrounding metro, including Aurora, Lakewood, Denver, and Colorado Springs. The dispatch radius means we can reach Centennial neighborhoods quickly while still covering the broader Front Range corridor. If you’re in one of these nearby cities and dealing with storm-related water intrusion, the same documentation-first process applies.
Serving Centennial, CO - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Centennial 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 - Storm & Disaster Restoration in Centennial
Why does my Centennial basement flood during a hailstorm even though the ground looks dry?
Because the bentonite clay under Centennial’s lawns repels water when it’s sun-baked, so rain and hail runoff sheet across the surface instead of soaking in. That surface flow channels directly into window wells and down basement walls. The ground looks dry because the water never penetrated it. It went around it, into your foundation. Call (629) 213-4606 for an exact assessment of where your water is coming from.
My neighbor’s sprinklers run every night and my basement wall stays damp. Is that a restoration issue?
Yes, and it’s a conversation we have regularly in Centennial’s master-planned communities. HOA lawn standards push over-irrigation, and the water saturates the expansive clay against shared property-line foundation walls. We can document moisture readings, map the affected area, and produce the evidence you need to address it, whether that’s regrading, drainage correction, or a conversation with the neighbor’s irrigation schedule. The restoration side starts with drying and a written scope of what’s actually behind the dampness.
How do you handle a hail-damaged roof that’s leaking into my finished basement?
We tarp the roof the same day to stop active water entry, document every damaged section with photos, then start on the basement extraction with Dri-Eaz LGR dehumidifiers and directed airflow. The scope of work addresses the roof and the interior together, because they’re the same claim event. You get one written price, one documented record, and one crew that handles both sides instead of bouncing between a roofer and a water crew.
My siding is original hardboard from the 1980s and took hail damage. Do we strip it or dry it?
If the hardboard is delaminated, strip it. Drying delaminated T-111 in place traps moisture behind the vapor barrier and leaves wall cavities wet, which means the drying log won’t close and the job isn’t done right. We remove what’s failed, dry the structure behind it, and write the replacement into the scope with a clear line item so you know exactly what’s structural repair versus what’s mitigation.
Does a category 1 clean-water basement flood from a Centennial storm need antimicrobial treatment?
Not always. If the water was from rain or hail and extraction began the same day, antimicrobial treatment is often unnecessary. If the water sat for more than 24 hours, wicked into drywall, or mixed with soil from a failed window well, we treat affected materials after drying. The determining factor is documented in the moisture log and the water classification, not in a blanket upsell. Every decision appears in the written scope before work starts.
Storm & Disaster Restoration in Centennial, Ready When the Storm Passes
Centennial storm restoration is never just a roof or carpet job. It’s hail and clay working together, often with an HOA irrigation habit making things worse behind the scenes. Our crews see it every season: the window well already stressed from hail, the bentonite clay swelling against the foundation, the finished basement holding moisture long after the storm moved east. We handle the board-up, the tarping, the extraction, the structural drying, and the documentation your adjuster needs, all on one written scope. Call (629) 213-4606 for a free estimate. We’ll send a crew to Centennial fast, document everything on arrival, and put the price in writing before any work starts. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it’s how every job here runs.
Written by Alicia Brennan, Owner at DryMark Restoration, serving Centennial under The Haven Standard since 2011.
Storm & Disaster Restoration in Nearby Areas
