Fast, Reliable Reconstruction & Cleanup Across Hollywood
If your Hollywood home just took water through a failed roof, smoke from a hillside brush fire, or mud from a post-fire storm channel, you need a contractor who knows what’s behind these walls before a fan ever goes in. Floodline Restoration Co. answers our own phone at any hour, and our crews reach Hollywood 90028 fast because we’re already working these blocks every week. Call (888) 737-2439 and a live dispatcher will get a uniformed, background-checked technician moving toward your neighborhood while you’re still on the line.
Hollywood’s housing stock is mostly 1920s-1940s lath-and-plaster, clay tile, and galvanized pipe, with a dusting of 1950s and ’60s stucco walk-ups. That means a visible crack is rarely just a crack, and a wet ceiling is rarely just a wet ceiling. We’ve rebuilt enough original Spanish Colonial Revival homes below the Hills to know that proper Reconstruction & Cleanup here starts with testing and scoping, not with demolition. That’s the work we do in Hollywood every day.
Why Floodline Restoration Co. of California Is Hollywood’s Preferred Reconstruction & Cleanup Company
Our reputation in Hollywood was built one old house at a time. The homes we work on here were framed when the studios were still handing out paper maps to their location scouts. They carry original stucco texture coats from the Roosevelt era and tile mastic that predates the ban on asbestos. A restoration crew that has never worked 90028 will walk into a 1930s courtyard apartment on Whitley Avenue, start cutting out wet drywall, and spread contaminated dust through three units before lunch. Our technicians have seen that mistake more times than we care to count, and that’s exactly why we test first.
Floodline Restoration Co. was founded in 2010 by Curt Bowman, and we’ve kept the same discipline since: same certified crew from first extraction to finished rebuild, a written moisture log, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise in your hands. If it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing. That’s the Keystone Standard, and we don’t argue it.
Our Reconstruction & Cleanup Services in Hollywood
Full-Service Reconstruction
When a Hollywood hillside brush fire scorches a roofline in October and the February rains push mud into the same foundation, you cannot afford a contractor who stops at mitigation and hands you a list of subcontractors. We carry the job from tarps to trim: framing, roofing, stucco match, electrical, plumbing, flooring, paint. One crew, one scope, one point of accountability. On a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival on North Wilton Place, we found the original clay tile roof’s felt underlayment had failed years ago, letting rainwater rot the ceiling joists and feed mold behind the original lath-and-plaster walls. Before our techs could even set a Dri-Eaz dehumidifier, we had to abate asbestos in the stucco texture coat and floor tile mastic, then rebuild the roofline and match the period tile profile. That’s a normal Tuesday in Hollywood.

Drywall & Flooring Repair
Drywall work in Hollywood is rarely a simple patch. The 1960s ‘dingbat’ stucco walk-ups along Fountain and De Longpre Avenues were built fast, with rock lath and gypsum board over framing that moves as the hillside shifts. We see recurring corner cracks and ceiling delamination that point back to failed galvanized supply lines in the walls, not to bad drywall. We replace the pipe, then the board, then the floor. If you patch a visible crack without replacing the failed galvanized line behind it, the pipe splits again and you’re gutting the room next rainy season. We do it in the right order, and we log every moisture reading as we go.

Contents Restoration & Pack-Out
After a fire in the Hollywood Hills or a ceiling collapse in a 1930s courtyard building, your furniture, rugs, and clothing are covered in a film you cannot just vacuum off. We pack out contents, inventory them, clean or restore them off-site, and store them until the rebuild is done. For a courtyard apartment complex off Franklin Avenue, a pack-out means tagging every item by unit, documenting it for the carrier, and returning it to the right tenant. No piles in the hallway, no missing heirlooms. Our crew handles the photo documentation and the adjuster communication so you don’t have to.

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Post-fire smoke, storm mud, and plain old decades of Hollywood dust settle into carpet fibers and upholstery in ways that normal rental machines won’t touch. We run Phoenix air movers and B-Air scrubbers during the cleaning process, and we use professional-grade extraction that pulls the fine ash and silt out instead of grinding it deeper. For older Hollywood homes with original hardwood under the carpet, we’re careful about moisture levels, because a saturated pad over a 90-year-old oak floor is a recipe for cupping that no sanding will fully fix.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Common Reconstruction & Cleanup Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Asbestos hiding in original finishes. Popcorn ceilings, stucco texture coats, floor tile mastic, and pipe insulation from the 1920s-1940s era routinely test positive for asbestos in Hollywood’s older buildings. Skipping testing before drying or demolition means an abatement shutdown after contaminated dust has already spread through the living quarters.
- The fire-then-flood double hit. A hillside property scorched by an October Santa Ana brush fire returns as a mud and water intrusion call the following February, when the same denuded slope channels storm runoff straight into the foundation. Pre-existing fire damage voids standard water mitigation protocols and forces a full scope-of-loss renegotiation with the carrier.
- Failed galvanized supply lines behind finished walls. The original galvanized pipes in 1920s-1960s Hollywood construction pit and corrode from the inside, so a homeowner patches a visible drywall crack without replacing the failed pipe, and the wall is torn open again next season.
- Failed clay tile roof underlayment. The felt underlayment beneath original clay tile roofs has long since dried out and cracked in most 1920s-1940s homes, letting water rot the ceiling joists and feed mold behind lath-and-plaster walls before anyone sees a stain on the ceiling.
Pricing for Reconstruction & Cleanup in Hollywood, CA
A typical drywall and flooring repair in a Hollywood home runs $1,800-$4,500 depending on how much framing and plumbing is exposed once we open the wall. Full-service reconstruction after a mid-size water or fire loss in 90028 generally lands between $18,000 and $65,000, with the biggest swings coming from asbestos abatement requirements, period tile matching, and hillside access. Contents pack-out and restoration for a one-bedroom apartment typically runs $2,200-$5,800, including inventory documentation for your carrier. Carpet and upholstery cleaning alone starts around $250-$650 for a standard Hollywood living room and hallway set. We give you a written scope before work starts, not after. No surprises on the bill. Call (888) 737-2439 for an exact quote; estimates are free.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
Hollywood homes throw curveballs that newer construction never does, and we keep our trucks stocked for the old stuff. Our techs repair and install with professional-grade extraction and drying equipment from Dri-Eaz and Phoenix, and our team holds training and certification through IICRC, RIA, and IFA standards. That matters when you’re three stories up on a hillside stucco building and the adjuster is on the phone asking for the moisture map. We send daily readings, not guesses.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Floodline Restoration Co. of California runs reconstruction and cleanup crews into Universal City, West Hollywood, Koreatown, and Echo Park the same way we serve Hollywood: fast, tested, and backed in writing. If your property sits on the edge of 90028 or just outside it, we’ll cross the line and treat it the same. Call (888) 737-2439 and we’ll get a live body on the phone, not a recording.
Serving Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Reconstruction & Cleanup in Hollywood
Because the 1920s-1940s buildings that dominate Hollywood’s 90028 flatlands routinely test positive for asbestos in original stucco texture coats, floor tile mastic, popcorn ceilings, and pipe insulation, and running air movers or demo tools through those materials spreads contaminated dust through the entire living quarters. Our crews test before they dry, every single time.
When an October Santa Ana brush fire scorches a hillside property, the soil above it becomes hydrophobic, and the following February’s storms send debris-laden runoff straight into the foundation, which means the same structure returns as a mud and water intrusion call with pre-existing fire damage that voids standard water mitigation protocols. The estimate becomes a full scope-of-loss negotiation, not a standard drying bill. Call (888) 737-2439 and we’ll walk you through what your carrier needs to see.
Yes. We match the period tile profile, the clay color, and the lay pattern on Spanish Colonial Revival roofs in Hollywood, because a mismatched patch on a 1930s roofline drops the property’s value and looks wrong from every angle. We keep relationships with local salvage and custom tile yards for exactly this work.
Because 1960s ‘dingbat’ walk-ups in Hollywood were framed fast, with thinner gypsum board over framing that moves as the hillside and the building settle, and the recurring corner cracks and ceiling delamination we see in them usually trace back to pipe leaks behind the wall, not to the drywall itself. You patch the crack without fixing the pipe, and you’re doing the job again next year. We address the cause first.
Pack-out means we remove, inventory, clean or restore, and store every salvageable item from the affected unit, using photo documentation that your insurance carrier can accept without argument. In an older Hollywood courtyard building, we tag everything by unit, return it to the right tenant, and keep a chain-of-custody log so nothing goes missing. Call (888) 737-2439 and we’ll arrange the pack-out before more damage sets in.
If you’re holding a damage report on a Hollywood property, don’t wait for the wet wall to become a mold problem or the smoke smell to settle into the plaster for good. Call Floodline Restoration Co. at (888) 737-2439. A live dispatcher answers at any hour. A uniformed, background-checked tech will be on the way. You’ll get a written scope before work starts, a moisture log while it runs, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise when it’s finished. We stand behind it.
Written by Curt Bowman, Owner at Floodline Restoration Co., serving Hollywood since 2010.