What Water Damage Restoration Costs in Lewisville and Denton County

What does water damage restoration cost in Lewisville in 2026?

A national cost guide reports that most restoration jobs run between about $1,400 and $6,400, with an average near $3,900. Regional restoration-company figures for Dallas-Fort Worth run from about $1,200 to $5,000. A small job in one room costs less, and a severe job costs more.

If water is on the floor right now, shut off the supply at the main valve and keep clear of standing water near outlets. The numbers below can wait until everyone is safe.

We do not publish a rate card, because no honest one exists for water. Two houses with the same burst pipe can cost very different amounts to dry, depending on how long the water ran, what it soaked and what the floors are made of. The table below shows how published figures and our own working estimates fit together, and it marks which is which.

Read the third column carefully. Rows that cite a cost guide are numbers other people reported. Rows marked as our working estimate are not from any published source and are here only so a written quote makes sense when you read it.

How does the water category change the price per square foot?

Cleaner water is cheaper to handle. A national cost guide reports about $3 to $4 per square foot for clean water (Category 1) and $4 to $6.50 for gray water (Category 2). Black water (Category 3) starts near $7, and a regional source cites up to $10 per square foot.

The categories come from the ANSI/IICRC S500 standard. Category 1 is clean water from a source like a broken supply line. Category 2 is significantly contaminated water, such as washing machine or dishwasher discharge. Category 3 is grossly contaminated water, including sewage and rising floodwater from lakes, rivers and creeks.

Water can get worse as it sits. Clean water in warm, damp materials can degrade into a higher category, which is one reason a fast call matters. We do not quote an hour count, because conditions vary.

Higher categories cost more because more material is removed instead of dried, crews wear more protective equipment, and cleanup adds steps. Around Lewisville Lake and the creeks, flooding from outside the home is Category 3 by definition, which matters when you look at the numbers.

What else is on a restoration quote, and where do those numbers come from?

Line items such as extraction, equipment days, flood cuts and drywall replacement are our own working estimates, not published figures. They are included so you can read a written quote line by line. Your final price depends on how much area is wet, the materials and how many drying days are needed.

These are the rows a technician fills in after taking readings. None carries an outside source, so none should be read as what other companies charge, or as a rate you are owed.

Equipment rows work by the unit per day. A job that needs six air movers for four days is billed differently from one that needs two for three. The count comes from the meter map, which is why the first visit is mostly measuring.

What drives the price of a job on a slab home?

Four things move the price most: how much area is wet, the water category, the materials involved and how many days of drying the structure needs. On a slab home in Lewisville, flooring and the concrete under it add drying time, and attic insulation and ceilings add removal.

Most newer homes around Lewisville sit on slabs, so water spreads across floors and into walls and cabinet bases instead of draining down. Concrete is slow to give up what it absorbs, so more drying days may be needed under hard flooring than the surface suggests.

Materials matter as much as area. Carpet and pad, laminate, engineered wood, luxury vinyl plank and tile each respond differently, and the dry-or-replace decision for each changes the bill. See wet flooring water damage for how that decision is made.

Time is the last driver. Water that sits longer wets more material and can move into a higher category, so the same leak caught early costs less to dry than one found after a weekend away.

• Area: how many square feet of floor, wall and ceiling read wet
• Category: clean, gray or black water
• Materials: pad, laminate, wood, tile, drywall, insulation, cabinets
• Duration: hours or days before drying began
• Access: attics and wall cavities that must be opened to dry

What does a restoration quote leave out?

A restoration quote leaves out the repair of whatever leaked. A plumber fixes pipes and replaces water heaters, a roofer repairs roofs, an HVAC technician services air conditioners and a foundation contractor handles slab movement. Each bills separately, and none of those costs appear in the restoration table.

Lewisville Water Damage Restoration does not offer plumbing, leak detection under a slab, water heater replacement, foundation repair, air conditioning repair or roof replacement. We do not price them, because we do not do them and have no basis for a figure.

Repairs after drying are also separate. Once the structure reads dry, drywall, texture, paint, trim, flooring and cabinets are quoted as a second stage, so you can compare that quote with others.

Mold is its own line. In Texas, a licensed assessor and a licensed remediator are separate companies on a project, and each is priced on its own. The next section covers it, and the mold guide covers the law.

How is mold priced when it follows water damage?

Texas separates mold assessment from mold removal, so you pay two companies. Typical Texas figures run about $150 to $600 for an assessor's inspection and $75 to $450 per lab sample. Removal runs from about $500 to $1,500 for a small contained area to $3,000 to $6,000 or more for large jobs.

These figures come from cost pages written for Texas markets, and the sources disagree with one another, so treat them as a rough guide. Lab and sample type change the sample price a great deal.

Texas law bars one license holder from doing both the assessment and the remediation on the same project, and a person may not own an interest in both companies. At 25 contiguous square feet or more, a license is required for the remediation work. The assessor is not the company that removes the mold.

How should I read a restoration quote?

Ask for the emergency stage and the repair stage as separate numbers, with equipment counts, days and square footage on each line. The emergency price should be explained and approved before work starts. A quote that gives one lump figure for everything, or promises what your insurer will pay, is a reason to ask more questions.

Texas Insurance Code Chapter 707, effective September 1, 2019, requires a policyholder to pay the deductible. It is illegal for a contractor to offer to waive, rebate, absorb, credit or offset it. Contracts of $1,000 or more that involve an insurance settlement must carry a notice to that effect.

So any promise of no out-of-pocket cost or a free job after insurance should raise a flag. The Texas Department of Insurance publishes consumer information on this, and violations can be reported to the Texas Attorney General. This page cannot tell you what your insurer will pay, and the insurance guide explains how to ask your agent.

• Is the emergency stage priced separately from repairs?
• How many air movers and dehumidifiers, and for how many days?
• How many square feet and which water category?
• Which materials are being removed and which dried?
• Will I receive moisture readings, photographs and a list of removed materials?
• Who fixes the source, and is that cost excluded?