Here at Remtech Environmental, we have seen the aftermath of many different types of disasters – hurricanes, tornados, floods and more. We have participated in multiple large-scale disaster restoration efforts near Raleigh, North Carolina including the Carolinas coast. We have also provided disaster restoration services as far away as Nebraska, Texas and Cayman Islands. We are trained and certified to complete disaster restoration work and follow all applicable regulations and guidelines from the EPA, OSHA, and the IICRC during this work.
Not only can we provide disaster restoration services for residential homeowners, we also serve commercial and industrial clients, including the following:
When it comes to disaster restoration, we understand that you have already experienced a traumatic and stressful event. It is our goal to make the restoration process as pain-free as possible. We are committed to finding unique solutions for your unique problems. You will appreciate our responsiveness and follow-through during all aspects of your disaster restoration process. We offer 24/7 emergency services and have been serving the Raleigh area and beyond for over 20 years.
If you have any questions about disaster restoration and our services, please give us a call here at Remtech Environmental today. We want to help you overcome your challenges, not scare you or add to your concern. Our help is just a simple phone call away.
At Remtech Environmental, we offer disaster restoration services for customers in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Asheville, Morrisville, Wake Forest, Wendell, Winston-Salem, Apex, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro, North Carolina.
When disaster strikes a Raleigh property, the last thing you need is to coordinate four different contractors while your home or business sits exposed. Remtech Environmental is the single company that handles every phase of major property loss — water extraction, fire and smoke remediation, storm damage repair, mold prevention, structural drying, and full reconstruction back to pre-loss condition. One crew, one project manager, one point of contact through your insurance claim. Raleigh has seen it all: the April 16, 2011 tornado outbreak that carved an EF-3 path through North Raleigh and killed four people in Wake County, the catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence in September 2018, and the December 2018 ice storm that snapped pines onto roofs across the Triangle. Every one of those events generated weeks of restoration work — and the homeowners who recovered fastest were the ones who called a comprehensive restoration firm first, not a patchwork of subcontractors. Remtech responds 24/7 across Wake County with IICRC-certified technicians and Xactimate-ready documentation.
Major property loss rarely involves just one type of damage. A tornado tears the roof off, then rain pours in for hours; a kitchen fire is followed by thousands of gallons of suppression water. Remtech handles every phase under one contract.
Whether the source is a burst supply line in a Five Points bungalow, a sewage backup in a North Hills high-rise, or hurricane floodwater in southeast Raleigh, we extract standing water within hours and begin structural drying immediately. Truck-mounted extractors pull water from carpet, pad, and subfloor; commercial-grade dehumidifiers and air movers run on documented psychrometric calculations until moisture content returns to dry standard. We document every reading for your adjuster and pull affected materials only when drying-in-place is no longer viable.
Fire damage extends far beyond what burned. Soot is acidic and will etch metal, glass, and finishes within days if left untreated. Our fire restoration crews HEPA-vacuum every surface, chemically sponge walls and ceilings, thermal-fog or hydroxyl-treat for odor, and pack out salvageable contents to our facility for ultrasonic and ozone cleaning. We coordinate with Raleigh Fire investigators when needed and provide the itemized content inventories insurance carriers require for personal property claims.
North Carolina sits in a corridor that catches both Atlantic hurricanes pushing inland and the tail end of severe spring tornado systems. We handle emergency tarping and board-up the same day, then move into permanent repair: roof decking and shingle replacement, siding, soffit and fascia, broken windows, and tree-impact damage to framing. For the Raleigh microbursts that snap 80-foot loblollies onto rooflines, we coordinate licensed tree removal as part of the restoration scope so nothing stalls.
Any water event that goes unaddressed for more than 48 to 72 hours in Raleigh's humid climate will grow mold — it is not a question of if. We contain affected areas under negative-pressure plastic, remove contaminated drywall and insulation under HEPA filtration, treat framing with EPA-registered antimicrobials, and clear the space with third-party post-remediation verification when the claim or building department requires it. Mold remediation is often a hidden second phase of a water or storm claim.
Once the property is dry, clean, and decontaminated, the rebuild begins. Remtech is licensed for full general construction: framing, drywall hang and finish, insulation, hardwood and LVP installation, tile, cabinetry, painting, trim carpentry, and exterior envelope work. You do not hand the project off to a separate contractor at the halfway point. The same project manager who walked the loss with the adjuster on day one signs off on the final punch list.
Every major loss follows the same five phases. The difference between a smooth six-week restoration and a nine-month nightmare is how disciplined the contractor is at the front end.
Disasters do not wait for business hours, and neither do we. Our dispatch line is staffed around the clock; a Raleigh-based crew is typically on site within 60 to 90 minutes of your call inside the I-440 beltline, and within two hours anywhere in Wake County. The first crew on the truck has authority to begin emergency mitigation — water extraction, board-up, tarping — without waiting for an adjuster, because the IICRC and most policies require prompt action to prevent secondary damage.
Before a single piece of material is removed, we document the loss to insurance-grade standards: wide and detail photos of every affected room, moisture readings on walls, flooring, and ceilings logged on a moisture map, thermal imaging where hidden water is suspected, and a content inventory for personal property claims. This package is what the adjuster wants to see. Properties documented this way settle for what they should settle for; properties that are not documented properly leave money on the table.
Stabilization is about stopping the loss from getting worse. Roofs get tarped with synthetic underlayment and 2x4 anchors. Broken windows and doors get boarded with plywood. Standing water is extracted to the last gallon. Temporary power is run if utilities are off. Affected building materials are inspected to determine what dries in place and what has to come out. By the end of the stabilization phase, the property is no longer actively losing — and the controlled drying environment can begin.
Demolition of unsalvageable materials is performed under containment with HEPA-filtered air scrubbers running. All structural surfaces — framing, subfloor, masonry — are cleaned and treated with EPA-registered antimicrobials per IICRC S500 (water) and S520 (mold) standards. Fire jobs add soot removal, thermal fogging, and odor neutralization. Every step is logged. We do not move into reconstruction until moisture readings hit dry standard and microbial conditions are verified.
The rebuild puts your property back to pre-loss condition or better. Drywall is hung, taped, and finished to match existing texture. Flooring is replaced with like materials or upgraded if you choose. Cabinets, trim, paint, fixtures, and final detail work follow. We pull permits with the City of Raleigh or Wake County when required, schedule inspections, and deliver a final walkthrough with a written warranty. You sign one completion certificate, not five.
Raleigh's disaster history is more active than many residents realize. The April 16, 2011 tornado outbreak produced an EF-3 that traveled from Holly Springs through downtown Raleigh and into North Raleigh, killing four people in Wake County and damaging more than 1,500 structures. Roofs were torn off, brick veneer was peeled from walls, and rain poured into homes for hours afterward — a textbook example of why storm damage and water damage are almost always the same claim. Hurricane Florence in September 2018 dumped historic rainfall on eastern North Carolina; while Raleigh avoided the worst flooding, hundreds of Wake County homes saw basement flooding, sewer backups, and roof leaks from sustained 40-plus mph winds. The December 2018 ice storm coated the Triangle in three-quarters of an inch of ice, dropping pine trees onto rooftops across Cary, Apex, and North Raleigh — we ran storm-damage crews for nearly a month afterward. More recently, severe thunderstorm events in 2020, 2022, and 2023 have produced damaging straight-line winds, hail, and microbursts inside the I-540 loop. Add ordinary disasters — kitchen fires, washing-machine supply-line failures, water-heater ruptures, dishwasher leaks, sewer backups, and HVAC condensate floods — and Remtech responds to multiple major losses across Raleigh every single week.
A $4,000 water claim and a $140,000 fire-and-rebuild claim are not handled the same way, and the contractor you hire matters more on the big one. Remtech writes every estimate in Xactimate, the industry-standard estimating software that virtually every insurance carrier in North Carolina uses to scope and settle claims. When our line items match the adjuster's line items, the claim moves; when they do not, we negotiate scope and pricing directly with the carrier so you do not have to. We provide complete insurance-ready documentation packages — moisture maps, photo logs, drying records, content inventories, daily progress notes — and on approved claims we bill the carrier directly so you only pay your deductible. We work regularly with State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Nationwide, NC Farm Bureau, Erie, Liberty Mutual, Travelers, and the National Flood Insurance Program. When initial estimates fall short of actual scope — which happens routinely on large losses — we file supplements with the documentation to support them. North Carolina General Statute 58-33A regulates public adjusters; we are restoration contractors, not public adjusters, but we know where that line is and how to advocate for accurate claim valuation within it.
Our 24/7 dispatch line is answered live, not by voicemail. For losses inside the I-440 beltline a crew is typically on site within 60 to 90 minutes; for the rest of Wake County, within two hours. Emergency mitigation — water extraction, tarping, board-up — begins as soon as the crew arrives, before any adjuster involvement, because almost every homeowners policy requires prompt action to prevent additional damage. If you are calling at 3 a.m. on a Sunday during a hurricane, you will get the same response time as a Tuesday afternoon. That is the entire point of a 24/7 restoration company.
Every category of major property loss: water damage from supply lines, sewer backups, appliance failures, and storm-driven flooding; fire and smoke damage including soot removal, content cleaning, and odor neutralization; storm damage from hurricanes, tornados, hail, and fallen trees; mold contamination from any source; and full reconstruction following any of the above. We handle residential single-family, townhomes and condos, multi-family apartments, commercial offices, retail, restaurants, medical, and light industrial. If it is a building and it has been damaged, we restore it.
It depends on the cause of loss. Hurricane wind damage, lightning, fire, and most sudden internal water events are covered under standard NC homeowners policies. Flooding from rising surface water is excluded from homeowners and requires a separate National Flood Insurance Program policy. Fire damage including smoke is covered. Mold is often covered under a sublimit — typically $5,000 to $10,000 — when it results from a covered water loss, but not when it results from long-term seepage. We review your declarations page with you before any out-of-pocket commitment so there are no surprises.
Yes — that is exactly what comprehensive disaster restoration means. The same Remtech project manager handles your loss from the first emergency call through final reconstruction punch list. Water mitigation, demolition, drying, mold treatment, framing, drywall, flooring, paint, cabinetry, and trim are all in-house or under our direct subcontract management. You do not hire one company for water cleanup, fire your insurance to find a general contractor for the rebuild, and try to coordinate them. One contract, one schedule, one final invoice, one warranty.
It varies enormously by scope. A small kitchen water loss with no significant demolition can be dry and reconstructed in 7 to 14 days. A Cat 3 water loss with sewage involvement and partial demolition typically runs 4 to 6 weeks. A major house fire with structural damage and full interior rebuild can take 4 to 8 months. Hurricane and tornado losses with roof and envelope reconstruction often run 3 to 6 months depending on materials lead times. We provide a written schedule at the start and update it weekly so you always know where the project stands.
Remtech serves all of Raleigh and Wake County, including downtown Raleigh, North Hills, Five Points, Brier Creek, North Raleigh, Wakefield, Falls of Neuse, Midtown, Cameron Village, Boylan Heights, Mordecai, Oakwood, Hayes Barton, Glenwood South, ITB neighborhoods inside the I-440 beltline, and the broader I-540 corridor. We also respond throughout Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, Rolesville, Wake Forest, and Morrisville. Call 24/7 — every disaster gets the same urgency regardless of address.
Contact us today to schedule an inspection or receive a free quote for our services.
Get a Free QuoteReady to get started? Fill out the form below and we'll get back to you right away.
We believe that a job done right is the only way to sleep well at night.
Contact Us Today