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13854 Lakeside Circle, Suite 558
Sterling Heights, MI 48313
Michigan storms hit fast — a typical summer front drops inches of rain, 60+ mph wind gusts, and pea-to-golf-ball hail in under an hour. The damage that homeowners see first (a missing shingle, a downed limb) is usually not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is the water that has already made it into the wall and ceiling cavity.
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Clawson’s older housing stock sits on compact city lots — restoration crews here frequently work in tight access scenarios where equipment staging is a real constraint.
Housing here is predominantly 1930s–1950s brick bungalow housing on small lots. The most common restoration-related issues in Clawson are aging plumbing, basement flooding, ice dams. Our crews treat each property as its own project — scope, drying time, and rebuild needs are written based on what we measure on site, not a generic playbook.
Clawson's older housing stock sits on compact city lots where equipment staging is a real constraint. Restoration crews working here have to plan access for drying equipment, dehumidifiers, and air scrubbers carefully — there is often no driveway access from multiple sides of the home, and neighboring property respect matters for a project that may take a week or two to complete. Smaller, lower-profile equipment is often preferred to minimize disruption.
Storm damage in Clawson frequently combines with the same vulnerabilities that drive aging plumbing — wind-driven rain and compromised building envelopes often trigger the same drying and mitigation scopes as a plumbing failure would.
Seasonal pattern — Clawson
Year-round historic plumbing work on compact lots; winter freeze events and summer storms drive the concentrated annual spikes.
Soil & Water Table
Clawson's compact 1930s-1950s bungalow neighborhoods sit on small city lots with aging drainage infrastructure. The tight spacing creates access constraints that affect every restoration project — equipment staging, hose routing, and truck parking all need advance planning more than in newer subdivisions.
Building Stock
Clawson's 1930s-1950s brick bungalows on small lots feature compact floor plans, full basements, lath-and-plaster walls in older homes and early drywall in newer ones, and original cast-iron drain stacks that are typically 70+ years old.
Dispatch & Access
Small city lots mean tight access and equipment staging from the street in most neighborhoods. Dispatches from Rochester reach Clawson in 15-30 minutes.
Clawson covers approximately 2.2 square miles in the inner-ring suburbs along the 14 Mile Road corridor, with housing stock concentrated in the 1940s-1960s range and a smaller share of pre-war bungalows. The Downtown Clawson district along 14 Mile Road between Crooks and Main Street carries mixed-use commercial buildings alongside the Main Street residential area, where smaller lot footprints and slab-on-grade or shallow-basement construction predominate. Streets north of 14 Mile toward the Royal Oak border and south toward Troy include modest single-family Cape Cods and ranches with finished basements that drive water-loss frequency. The North Main Street corridor and the streets near Hunter Boulevard show comparable era and construction. Clawson's tight street grid and older sanitary infrastructure occasionally produces sewer-backup events relevant to Category-3 black-water scoping under industry-standard practice.
Clawson tracks the same southeast Oakland County weather pattern that affected surrounding inner-ring suburbs. The August 11, 2014 flood event produced widespread basement losses across the city, with the older sanitary system contributing to sewer-backup exposure on multiple streets. The June-July 2021 Metro Detroit flooding repeated the pattern with another wave of basement intrusion and Category-3 sewer-backup losses. The December 2013 Michigan ice storm delivered multi-day DTE outages across Clawson, frozen-pipe events tied to extended heat loss, and substantial tree-fall damage given the city's mature street trees. The April 15, 2026 Metro Detroit windstorm caused widespread tree-impact roof damage, fence failures, and tarp-and-board exposure across the city's tightly platted residential streets. Sewer-backup endorsements have become a routine scoping consideration on Clawson basement losses given the recurring pattern.
Clawson's carrier mix is mainstream Oakland County standard. State Farm, Allstate, Auto-Owners, AAA, Citizens, Frankenmuth, and Hastings Mutual carry the bulk of residential exposure, with Liberty Mutual, Progressive, and Farmers also active. HO-3 forms predominate, and Water Backup or Sewer and Drain endorsements are commonly attached given the city's older sanitary infrastructure and frequency of basement losses. Replacement-cost dwelling coverage is widely carried but extended-replacement endorsements vary. Xactimate is the standard estimating platform across all carriers writing in the city, and adjusters expect industry-standard documentation including initial moisture readings, daily drying logs, and psychrometric data supporting equipment placement decisions on Category-2 and Category-3 claims.
Prime Restoration is a licensed Michigan restoration contractor. We document project scope in Xactimate so homeowners have clear line-item paperwork to submit to their carrier.
Restoration permits in Clawson are issued through the Clawson Building Department, which administers the 2015 Michigan Building Code along with the Michigan Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical codes. Standard permits are required for structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and reroof work, while like-for-like restoration drying and finish replacement under industry-standard mitigation protocols generally does not trigger permitting. Pre-1978 housing stock across portions of the city is subject to federal RRP-rule lead-paint considerations on restoration work disturbing painted surfaces above threshold areas. Asbestos-suspect materials are occasionally encountered in mid-century stock and may require survey under EGLE Air Quality Division rules before demolition. The city's older sanitary infrastructure makes Category-3 sewer-backup scoping a recurring permitting and documentation consideration.
Storm events in Southeast Michigan routinely combine wind, hail, and heavy rain — often all in the same afternoon. Our crews respond 24/7 to tarp roof damage, extract water intrusion, dry affected areas, and rebuild. Every project is documented in Xactimate so you have detailed paperwork for your insurance carrier.
The same documented process on every project.
Roof penetrations, broken windows, and compromised openings are secured with tarps and plywood within hours.
Any water that has entered the structure is extracted immediately. Affected carpet, pad, and drywall are addressed following industry-standard mitigation protocol.
Exterior and interior damage is documented with photos, video, and Xactimate scope. Hidden water migration is mapped with thermal imaging.
Air movers and dehumidifiers dry affected framing, subfloor, and cavities until moisture meters confirm dry standard.
Roof, siding, windows, drywall, paint, and flooring are rebuilt. We coordinate with licensed roofers for the roof repair itself.
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Common questions from Clawson homeowners before they call.
Clawson's 1930s-1950s bungalows sit on compact city lots with narrow driveways and limited access. Full-size equipment trucks often can't pull fully onto the property, so crews stage from the street and plan hose routing through yards and side paths. This affects project timelines because equipment placement, not drying time, is often the limiting factor on the first day of a project. We plan staging in advance to minimize disruption.
We coordinate roofing work with licensed roofing contractors and include the full scope in the Xactimate paperwork. Prime Restoration's direct scope is water damage mitigation, drying, interior rebuild, and project coordination.
Emergency tarping is typically completed same-day after dispatch. Tarping is weather-dependent — for safety reasons, tarping is not performed during active storms or on ice-covered roofs.
Prime Restoration is a licensed restoration contractor. We document the full project scope in Xactimate so you have clear line-item paperwork to submit to your carrier.
Storm Damage
Wind damage assessment, emergency tarping, and water intrusion cleanup.
Water Damage
Industry-standard water extraction, structural drying, and full restoration with Xactimate documentation.
Water Damage
Ceiling leak diagnosis, dry-out, drywall replacement, and painted finish restoration.
We also serve these nearby Macomb and Oakland County communities.
24/7 emergency dispatch. trained restoration crews. Typical response within 60 minutes across our core service area.