Marietta · Cobb County · GA
Emergency Water Damage Restoration in Marietta, GA
Water in the house in Marietta? Call (864) 806-2818. The line is answered 24/7, and an IICRC-certified restoration company covering your ZIP gives you an arrival window for your address on the call. Most Marietta jobs run $1,400–$7,500 and dry in 3–5 days. Mold starts on wet material in 24–48 hours, so what happens today decides whether it stays a drying job.
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Water Damage Restoration
Call (864) 806-2818Toll-free · no obligation · no charge for the referral
- 1Call the number on this page
- 2Enter your 5-digit ZIP when asked, then stay on while it connects
- 3A company covering your address picks up and gives you an arrival window
Have ready
- • Address and ZIP
- • When it started
- • What is wet now
- • Claim opened yet?
Covers Marietta & Cobb County · 30060 · 30062 · 30064 · 30066 +2
60-Second Emergency Checklist — Marietta
Shut off the main water supply — know your shutoff location now
⚠ If water is near the electrical panel, cut power first
Cut electricity to all wet areas at the breaker panel
⚠ Never touch outlets or appliances in standing water
Photograph and video ALL damage before moving anything
⚠ This is critical for your insurance claim — don't skip
Move documents, medications, and irreplaceable items to dry area
Call a certified restoration company — not just a plumber
⚠ A plumber fixes the source; restoration extracts water and dries structure
Call your insurance company to open a claim — get a claim number
⚠ Do NOT let any contractor start without a claim number
What happens next
What a certified company does in Marietta — and what each stage costs
Most Marietta jobs run $1,400–$7,500 in total. The ranges below are our estimate of how that splits by stage; how we calculate them.
1 · Day 1Water out, readings in
Standing water is extracted and every wet surface is mapped with a moisture meter. That map is what the insurer and the drying plan are built on.
$392–$1,200
2 · 3–5 daysStructural drying
Air movers and dehumidifiers dry the framing and subfloor, checked daily until the readings reach dry standard. Carpet can look dry long before the floor under it is.
$616–$1,950
3 · If neededRemove what cannot be dried
Swollen drywall, soaked insulation and carpet pad come out. Anything touched by sewage is removed, not dried, and this is where mold is stopped before it starts.
$308–$975
4 · After dryingPut back
Drywall, flooring and paint go back only after the readings are logged. The rebuild is quoted from the moisture map, so ask for it in writing.
Quoted from the moisture map
What sets the price
Where the water came from matters more than how much
Clean water from a supply line is dried in place. Water from a washing machine or dishwasher needs cleaning as well. Sewage is removed, not dried, which is why the same room can cost three times as much.
Water Category Cost Table — Marietta, GA
Extraction & drying cost per square foot by IICRC water category
| Water Category | $/sq ft |
|---|---|
| Category 1 — Clean Burst supply line, clean appliance overflow | $2.72–$7.22 |
| Category 2 — Gray Dishwasher, washing machine, toilet bowl (no feces) | $7.22–$8.74 |
| Category 3 — Black Sewage backup, floodwater, toilet overflow with feces | $10.26–$13.2 |
Estimates exclude reconstruction (drywall, flooring replacement). National benchmarks: Cat 1 $3.75–$4.25, Cat 2 $4.10–$6.50, Cat 3 $7–$7.50/sq ft — adjusted for Marietta market (3.2–12/sq ft range).
Before work starts
Check the company before it starts
Extraction can start the day you call. These five checks take ten minutes and belong before anything is signed or rebuilt.
- 1
IICRC certification
Ask for the firm's certification and check it.
iicrc.org - 2
State licence
Where Georgia requires one, ask for the number and look it up.
GA License Verification - 3
Insurance certificate
Liability and workers' comp, in writing, before anyone works in the house.
- 4
Written scope
Drying can start first; nothing is rebuilt without a written scope and price.
- 5
Read before you sign
An Assignment of Benefits hands your claim to the contractor. Read it, or do not sign it.
Mold work in Georgia is licensed: look up licensed mold companies in Marietta.
Local causes
Why water damage happens in Marietta
- Noonday Creek and its tributaries drain a large swath of northeast Marietta and Kennesaw; the creek has a documented history of overbank flooding that translates to damaging flows through eastern Cobb County subdivisions during the subtropical rain events common from June through September.
- Noses Creek drains western Marietta, crossing beneath Barrett Parkway and Bells Ferry Road before joining the Etowah River system; it has flooded industrial and residential areas in northwest Cobb County during major storm systems, including significant events in 2009 and 2020.
- Sope Creek flows through the East Cobb corridor near Sewell Mill Road and Johnson Ferry Road and is a designated FEMA floodway that inundates adjacent parkland and nearby residential lots during heavy rainfall; the historic Sope Creek Paper Mill ruins area is within the 100-year floodplain.
- Willeo Creek drains the Roswell Road and East Cobb corridors before joining the Chattahoochee near Powers Island; subdivisions built along Willeo Creek in the 1970s and 1980s experience periodic flood damage when the creek reaches minor flood stage, typically after two or more inches of rain in 24 hours.
- Marietta's position on the Piedmont Plateau places it frequently in the path of slow-moving frontal systems interacting with Gulf moisture; events like Tropical Storm Alberto in 1994 and the historic September 2009 floods brought record rainfall that overwhelmed every creek system in Cobb County simultaneously, causing widespread residential water damage across the city.
East Cobb neighborhoods along Sope Creek and Willeo Creek—particularly in the Sewell Mill and Johnson Ferry Road corridors—carry the highest flood risk in Marietta outside of the Chattahoochee River main stem, with numerous Zone AE properties and repetitive flood loss structures identified in FEMA's records. Downtown Marietta and the older neighborhoods near Noonday Creek's upper tributaries also experience basement seepage and street flooding during the region's peak storm season from April through September.
Water damage questions from Marietta homeowners
How fast can a water damage company respond in Marietta?
Most certified restoration companies serving Marietta answer 24/7 and confirm a real arrival window for your address on the call — how long that is depends on where you are, what time it is, and how many jobs are already running.
Call early either way: every hour that water sits widens the damage, and mold starts on wet material within 24–48 hours.
How long does water damage restoration take in Marietta?
Drying usually takes 3–5 days with professional equipment, and it is finished when moisture readings reach dry standard, not on a date. Anything that has to be removed and rebuilt comes after that, which is why a job with drywall or flooring replacement runs longer than the drying alone.
How much does water damage restoration cost in Marietta?
Most Marietta jobs run $1,400–$7,500, about $3.2–$12 per square foot for extraction and drying. Contaminated water (a sewage backup) costs more because the wet material is removed rather than dried, and rebuilding is priced separately once the structure is dry.
How do I verify a restoration contractor in Georgia?
Ask for three things before work starts: the IICRC certification (check it at iicrc.org), a certificate of liability insurance, and the Georgia licence number where the work needs one (Georgia Secretary of State; mold remediation practitioners must follow GA Department of Community Health guidelines; no specific mold contractor license but EPA guidelines apply).
Get a written scope before any rebuild, and do not sign an Assignment of Benefits you have not read.
Who do I call right now for water damage?
Call (864) 806-2818. The line is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and connects you with an IICRC-certified water damage restoration company that serves your area. A recorded prompt picks up first: key in your 5-digit ZIP code, and hold through the short silence while the call is passed to the company.
Describe what you can see — where the water is coming from, how long it has been there, and whether it smells — the more specific you are, the faster the right company is on the line. If the source is a pipe or an appliance, shut the main water valve first. Have four things ready and the call goes quickly: the address, when the water started, what is wet now, and whether you have filed an insurance claim.
Still not sure which of these is your situation? (864) 806-2818 · toll-free · answered 24/7
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