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What Is This Edmonds, WA Water Damage Resource?

Edmonds permit, utility, flood, and housing facts, each tied to a public record and the date it was checked.

Firdale Water Removal / Edmonds, WA

This site explains water damage decisions for Edmonds, WA, from the first call to the permit for the repair. Each fact comes from a published record: a city, county, state, or federal source, the IICRC standards, insurance research, or a manufacturer guide.

The sections below answer 5 questions people ask about a site like this, starting with what it is.

What Is Firdale Water Removal?

Firdale Water Removal is an Edmonds, WA water damage resource with one phone number, (425) 592-3323. A call reaches a local water damage restoration company, and that company inspects, prices, and performs the work.

The pages cover extraction and drying, cleanup by water source, nearby places, and insurance questions. Each page names the Edmonds office, utility, or housing record that changes the job.

What Does a Complete Water Damage Cleanup Include?

A complete cleanup follows the ANSI/IICRC S500 water damage standard, Fifth Edition (2021), and ends with permitted repairs. These 6 parts appear on a well-documented job:

  • An inspection that records the water source, the affected materials, the structure's age, and the people living there.
  • A water category decision, since S500 treats sewage and outside flood water as Category 3.
  • Extraction of standing water and removal of soaked porous materials that cannot be cleaned and dried.
  • Drying to written dry standards and drying goals, checked with moisture readings.
  • Cleaning and contamination controls before drying when the water is Category 2 or 3.
  • Repairs under a City of Edmonds permit when the drywall work goes beyond minor like-for-like repair.

Where Do the Facts on These Pages Come From?

Each fact comes from the agency, standards body, insurance research group, or manufacturer that publishes it, read on its own page. No marketplace, directory, or company blog counts as a source here.

Every record carries a check date and a recheck date. The recheck falls 6 months out for permit handouts, claim rules, and standard editions, and 12 months out for the rest.

  • City of Edmonds permit handouts, such as E71 for side sewers and the list of work exempt from a permit.
  • Snohomish County Assessor improvement records and county flood map layers.
  • US Census Bureau ACS 2020 to 2024 estimates for housing age, tenure, and building size.
  • NOAA NCEI 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Paine Field and OpenFEMA disaster declarations.
  • Washington L&I, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, and the Department of Health.
  • US EPA, CDC, and FEMA safety guidance, and IICRC standards pages.
  • Insurance Information Institute claim data and manufacturer guides from Teledyne FLIR, GE Appliances, and Shaw Industries.

Which Offices and Utilities Serve Edmonds Addresses?

Inside city limits, the City of Edmonds Building Division at 121 5th Ave N issues permits through MyBuildingPermit. Washington L&I issues electrical permits in Edmonds, since the city is not on L&I's list of self-permitting cities.

The City of Edmonds water utility buys its water from Alderwood Water and Wastewater District, and the city runs its own sewer system. Olympic View Water and Sewer District serves parts of Edmonds, Woodway, and Esperance.

Snohomish County PUD supplies power and takes calls at (425) 783-1000. Unincorporated Esperance and Meadowdale get permits from Snohomish County Planning and Development Services in Everett.

  • City after-hours utility line: (425) 407-3999.
  • Olympic View Water and Sewer District: (425) 774-7769.
  • FEMA flood zones: about 8.9% of city area, at Lake Ballinger, the Edmonds Marsh, and the Puget Sound shoreline.
  • Housing: crawl spaces under 68.5% of houses and a median build year of 1974.

What Do I Check Before Hiring a Restoration Company in Washington?

You check its Washington L&I registration, its bond and insurance, its IICRC standing, and its written estimate. This site names no company as pre-screened, so each check below is yours to run.

  • Contractor Registration With Washington L&I

    Washington requires all construction contractors to register with L&I. The L&I registration form lists "SE Construction, fire or water damage clean-up" as a specialty.

    A general contractor can do most work, and a specialty contractor works only in its registered specialty.

  • Bond and Insurance Amounts

    Since July 1, 2024, L&I sets the bond at $30,000 for a general contractor and $15,000 for a specialty contractor. Registration also needs $200,000 in public liability and $50,000 in property damage insurance, or $250,000 combined.

  • The L&I Verify a Contractor Lookup

    L&I's "Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson or Business" lookup searches by name, license number, workers' comp account, or UBI. It shows whether the registration, bond, and insurance are active.

    L&I also advises getting at least 3 written bids and a written contract. Plumbing work a company does on your property takes a plumber holding an L&I plumbing certificate.

  • IICRC Firms and the Global Locator

    The IICRC Global Locator finds firms and technicians that hold IICRC certification, and IICRC verifies a firm by phone at (844) 464-4272. IICRC publishes the S500 water damage standard, Fifth Edition (2021), and the S520 mold standard, Fourth Edition (2024).

    Per the Department of Health, Washington sets no specific certification rule for mold or water damage restoration work. DOH notes that anyone can call themselves a mold remediation specialist.

  • What the Estimate and Drying Records Show

    The Washington Attorney General says a contract lists the work, the total price, the materials, the dates, and the payment schedule. Its storm repair alert calls a deposit of 10 to 15 percent of the bid sufficient.

    Drying records list the moisture readings for each wet material against its drying goal, as ANSI/IICRC S500 directs.

  • Warning Signs After a Storm

    The Attorney General reports that unregistered contractors charging high fees are more common after storms. Red flags include door-to-door offers, cash-only terms, no written contract, and a request that you pull the permits.

    The Attorney General also advises against signing a contract on the day a contractor first pitches it.

32 public documents back this page, with records from IICRC, US EPA, and Washington State Department of Health among them. Each is listed with the date it was checked on the source records and check dates page.

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