Water Damage, Mold and Restoration Companies in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Area

What Makes Williamsport, Pennsylvania Different

Williamsport sits on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, where Lycoming Creek and Loyalsock Creek come down from the mountains. A levee protects much of the city, but homes outside it and along the creeks can flood when heavy rain or melting snow raises the water. Floodwater from outside is always contaminated, and a standard homeowners policy does not cover it.

The creeks rise fast in a mountain downpour, sometimes hours before the river peaks. Winters bring snow, ice and many freeze and thaw cycles, and ice dams form along the eaves of homes with little attic insulation. Pipes in exterior walls and unheated basements freeze and split, and the leak often shows up only when things warm up.

Williamsport has many large Victorian homes from the lumber boom, along with older rowhouses and frame homes built long before 1978. Lead paint is common, and old plaster, boiler pipe wrap and floor tile may contain asbestos, so test before you tear anything out. Never run a generator in a garage or near a window, because carbon monoxide kills quietly.