Water Damage Restoration in Lakewood Village, TX

What does a town that is two-thirds water mean for a leak or a flood?

When 0.95 of 1.44 square miles is lake, almost every property has water on one side, and the lake's level sets the risk. The normal conservation pool is 522 ft and the top of the spillway is 532 ft. On May 31, 2015, the lake reached 537.02 ft, a pool of record that stood five feet above the spillway.

No source we found says whether any Lakewood Village home took lake water that day, and this page will not suggest one did. What the numbers do tell an owner is that the shoreline has a long way to rise, and a house near a dock deserves a plan. Know where the main shut-off is, and know whether your policy has a flood endorsement. The flood damage cleanup page explains how lake and storm water are handled.

Two numbers help an owner plan. The gap between the normal pool and the spillway top is ten feet, and the record pool stood five feet above even that. A boat house or a ground-floor room only a few feet above normal water is closer to trouble than the map suggests, so the useful question is how far above the waterline your lowest finished floor sits.

Who handles the dock and boat house, and who handles the living space?

A dock or boat house is a structure over water, and repairing it is work for a marine or building contractor. The restoration crew's job begins where people live: extracting water from floors, checking walls and ceilings with moisture meters and drying everything that can be saved. If a boat house has finished rooms or a bathroom, the crew can assess that part as well.

Water that comes in off the lake is not clean. It is classed as Category 3, which means carpet pad and some porous materials usually have to be removed rather than dried. Wet drywall near the floor can need a flood cut. Your insurer decides what the policy covers, and flood damage is often excluded from a standard homeowners policy.

If a storm drives water under a door from the lawn side, the crew treats that the same way, as flood water. A pump and a move of valuables to a higher shelf are sensible while you wait, and anyone standing on a wet dock should keep clear of electrical equipment.

How far is a Lakewood Village address from a crew?

The town center is about 10.4 km from Lewisville, a short drive on a map. Dispatch depends on which crew is free that day, not on the map, and we do not promise an arrival time or a window. What a caller can do is give an exact address, the type of water and any hazard such as standing water near an outlet.

Some of the larger lots near the shore are reached by private drives, and a crew that knows about a gate code or a steep driveway saves time. Tell the dispatcher whether the water is still running. If it is, close the main valve first and call second.

Because the town shares ZIP 75068 with Little Elm and Oak Point, a map search or a postal code can point a driver to the wrong town. Give the street name and the town name, and mention a gate or a dock road if there is one.

While you wait, our emergency water removal page lists what to do and what to leave alone.

Does Type A or Type B change anything for a repair permit?

The town moved from a Type B to a Type A general-law municipality on March 13, 2008, a change in how it is organized, and not a rule about water repairs. Plumbing and electrical repairs generally need a city permit and inspection, and in this case the office is the town's. The Lewisville fee waiver after the February 2021 freeze did not apply here, so call the town for current requirements.