Water Damage Restoration in Dunn Loring, VA

We handle water damage restoration in Dunn Loring, ZIP code 22027, for houses, townhomes and condos near the Metro. We answer 24/7, extract the water, dry the home, document the damage for your insurer and rebuild.

Water damage in Dunn Loring homes, and where it starts

Dunn Loring is a small community in Fairfax County, with Vienna to the west, Tysons to the north, the Beltway to the east and I-66 to the south. It has ZIP code 22027, and addresses there may use either Dunn Loring or Vienna as the city name. It is also old. The land was platted in 1886, which makes Dunn Loring one of the earliest platted subdivisions in Fairfax County. The street layout most people know today comes from a 1912 resubdivision.

Growth came in waves. In the late 1940s and 1950s, houses filled in around the old plat. Much of the land between Lee Highway and Gallows Road stayed horse farms until the mid-1990s. Then came townhomes, new single-family homes, and condos and apartments around the Metro station. The result is a place where a 1954 ranch, a 1978 split-level and a house finished last year can share a block.

One street, several decades of plumbing

Recent listings in 22027 show how mixed the housing is: a 1954 ranch on Gallows Road, split-levels from the late 1970s, Dunn Loring Village townhomes from 1979, single-family homes from the late 1980s, townhouses from the mid-1990s, and homes that were rebuilt or newly built in the last 15 years. Each era brings its own weak spots:

• 1950s ranches often have one main level over a basement or crawlspace. A water heater or supply line failure drops water straight down into the lower space, where it can sit unseen.
• 1970s split-levels put the family room, laundry and water heater a few steps below grade. That lower level catches leaks from above and groundwater from outside.
• Townhomes share walls. A leak in the unit next door can show up as a wet baseboard in yours.
• New and rebuilt homes have plumbing on every floor, often an upstairs laundry, and large finished basements. A small leak on the top floor can reach the basement ceiling.

Condos near the Metro

The Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station on the Orange Line sits at the edge of the community, next to the Mosaic District. The Westbriar community across from the station has hundreds of units, and there are multifamily buildings from the early 2000s nearby. In a stacked building, water from a unit above can travel through the ceiling and down inside the walls before it shows. A sprinkler head, a washing machine or a toilet supply line upstairs can damage two or three units at once.

Condo water damage usually involves more than one policy: yours, your neighbor's and the association's. We photograph where the water came in, map the wet areas with moisture readings and put it in writing, so each insurer has what they need. Then we dry your unit and rebuild what had to come out.

Long Branch and the W&OD Trail

Several small streams that feed the Long Branch of Accotink Creek run through Dunn Loring. The W&OD Trail follows the path of the old railroad that the community grew up around. Homes on the lower ground near these streams can take on water through the basement after long rains, and a sump pump that fails in a storm can turn into a flooded basement in a few hours.

How we handle a Dunn Loring job

We stop the water, extract it and set drying equipment. We check moisture readings every visit and keep the equipment running until the readings say dry. We document the damage with photos and readings, write the estimate, send the documentation to your insurer and meet your adjuster on site. The same crew then rebuilds, led by a company owned by Curtis Berg, a Navy Seabees veteran with 42 years as a journeyman builder.