Storm Damage Restoration in Salt Lake City, Utah

Spring in Salt Lake City is defined by snowmelt rather than by severe thunderstorms, and a heavy winter on the Wasatch sends runoff downhill through City Creek and the aging storm drainage grid faster than the century-old system was designed to move it, producing seasonal flooding on the lower bench.

Summer brings occasional intense downpours and gusty outflow winds off the Wasatch that can strip shingles and drive rain into attic spaces on older Avenues and Capitol Hill roofs, particularly where flashing has not been updated in decades.

Winter temperature inversions and heavy snow loads stress older flat and low-slope roofs on commercial buildings and multi-unit properties near downtown, and ice damming on steep residential roofs in the upper Avenues pushes meltwater under shingles during freeze and thaw cycles.

Snowmelt-driven basement flooding on the lower bench below Federal Heights and the upper Avenues, extracted and dried with monitored equipment rather than left to evaporate.

Wind-driven rain through aging flashing on historic Avenues and Capitol Hill roofs, requiring the affected ceiling and wall assembly to be opened and dried rather than just patched.

Ice dam meltwater intrusion on steep upper Avenues rooflines every winter, addressed alongside the roof repair so ceilings and wall cavities are dried to a documented standard.

Emergency board-up and tarping after wind or snow load events on older commercial and multi-unit roofs near downtown, staged so the next storm does not compound the loss.