Truro is the emptiest town on the Cape, with about two thousand year-round residents and a summer population many times that. The Pamet River cuts across the town from the bay almost to the ocean, and the village center sits in its valley. The houses are old Capes from the 1700s and 1800s along the river and on the hills, modest cottages from the 1950s and 1960s in the woods off Route 6, and newer houses on the bluffs. Most are seasonal, and the National Seashore owns much of the rest of the land.
The Pamet valley floods from both ends. The ocean has broken through the dune at Ballston Beach into the upper river more than once in winter storms, and the bay end floods at Corn Hill and the harbor on a northeast tide. The January 4, 2018 nor'easter flooded the harbormaster's office and reached the doors of houses at Cold Storage Beach. Hurricane Bob in 1991 recorded its strongest sustained wind on the Cape here. In winter, the empty houses freeze and run.
We connect Truro homeowners with an independent local water damage provider by phone. You describe the problem, and the provider decides what to look at first.
A frozen line in a house that was closed up in October and opened in April is frozen pipe cleanup, and the crew scopes it around the months the water ran. Salt water in a first floor in the Pamet valley or at the harbor is flood cleanup. A roof stripped by a winter gale is roof leak water damage inside once the roofer has it covered.
Rebuild permits come from the Town of Truro building department, and most of the town is on private wells and Title 5 septic systems, so tell the crew whether the pump breaker has been shut off. Houses inside the National Seashore boundary have their own rebuild rules.
Call (508) 419-9161 now and tell us what you see. A local water damage provider serving Truro takes it from there.
Standing water pumped out of a cottage, ranch, or motel room, then the first meter readings to see how far it traveled.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run by the readings until subfloor, framing, and plaster come back to their dry target in damp salt air.
Bay water, storm surge, and street runoff pumped out after a nor'easter, with soaked material removed and the rest dried.
Cleanup after a supply line froze and split in a second home or an unheated wall, then drying what the thaw soaked for days.
Standing water pumped from under a Cape or cottage on a high water table, then joists and subfloor checked and dried.
Wet insulation, ceilings, and walls dried out after wind-driven rain, an ice dam, or lifted shingles let a storm in.
A Mid-Cape basement pumped out after seepage, a sump failure, or a burst pipe, with finished walls and flooring metered and dried.
Furniture, rugs, papers, and keepsakes from a wet home sorted, dried, cleaned, and listed so you know what was saved.