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About this hub

This resource hub is published and maintained by Water Damage Hollywood Florida, a locally owned water damage restoration company based at 1950 Grant St, Hollywood, FL 33020, working across Hollywood Beach, Hollywood Lakes, Emerald Hills, Hollywood Hills and West Hollywood. The phone line, (954) 872-0362, is answered 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The hub exists for one reason: Hollywood homeowners usually meet water damage at the worst possible moment, with no idea what the work involves, what it should cost, or how fast they need to move. These pages answer those questions in plain language, before anyone has to hire anyone.

What the company does

The company handles water losses from the first call to the final walkthrough: phone triage, source stop, inspection with thermal imaging and moisture mapping, extraction, structural drying with daily moisture logs, and the repairs that follow, all under one scope of work. Its technicians are IICRC-certified and trained to the IICRC S500 standard for water damage and the S520 standard for mold. Every job gets dated photos and moisture readings on each visit, so an insurer can see what was wet, what was removed, and when each room reached its dry standard.

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Methodology: how these pages are written

• Process descriptions (extraction, drying, moisture logging, rebuild) are written from the company's own working methods and from the published standards the work follows — chiefly the IICRC S500.
• Timelines are stated as ranges, because materials decide them: clean-water drywall in days, Class 4 block and slab in a week or more. Where a range appears, it is the range the company's crews plan around.
• Costs are never presented as this company's prices. Every dollar figure on this hub is a published third-party benchmark, labelled as one, with its source named on the page — principally HomeAdvisor's 2025 cost data and South Florida cost guides from Bob Vila (2023) and Voda (2025). Quotes are given only after an on-site moisture inspection.
• Local facts (housing age, climate, king tides, storm history) are drawn from public records and agencies listed below, not from marketing copy.
• Corrections: if a figure or fact on this hub is wrong or out of date, call (954) 872-0362 and it will be checked and fixed.

Sources

• IICRC — the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification; publisher of the S500 water damage and S520 mold standards, and the public locator for certified firms and technicians. iicrc.org
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — homeowner guidance on mold, moisture and the 24-to-48-hour drying window. epa.gov/mold
• NOAA / National Weather Service — rainfall records, hurricane season dates and South Florida climate normals. noaa.gov
• FEMA — the National Flood Insurance Program, flood maps and substantial-damage rules. fema.gov/flood-insurance
• HomeAdvisor (2025) — national water damage restoration cost data: average about $3,833, most jobs $1,364–$6,301.
• Bob Vila cost guide (2023) and Voda cost guide (2025, Fort Lauderdale–Miami) — per-square-foot ranges by water category used in the cost estimator.

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