What is storm damage restoration?
Storm damage restoration is the multi-phase process of stabilizing, restoring, and rebuilding properties damaged by wind, hail, fallen trees, lightning, or storm-driven water intrusion. Pacific Northwest storms produce a specific damage profile — wind-driven rain, falling Douglas fir limbs, ice-storm tree failures, occasional hail.
The work usually starts with emergency stabilization: tarping damaged roofs, boarding up broken windows, removing tree limbs that pose ongoing risk. Then water mitigation, since most storm damage involves water intrusion through compromised building envelope. Then assessment and demolition of materials that can't be saved. Then reconstruction — roofing, framing where needed, drywall, paint, flooring.
Storm damage often involves coordination with multiple parties: insurance adjusters, roofers, arborists, utility companies, and sometimes structural engineers for major damage. As a general contractor licensed in both states, TIK coordinates the trades so you don't have to. One company manages the whole project.
Time matters during storm restoration in a specific way: emergency stabilization is the priority. A roof breach left untarped for 24 hours of continued rain produces orders of magnitude more interior damage than the original storm caused. Same-day tarping and board-up is what prevents the secondary damage that drives most insurance claim disputes.
