The Colony is really two towns in one when it comes to water damage. There are the original neighborhoods — thousands of Fox & Jacobs slab homes built in the 1970s, with the plumbing and framing of their era — and there are the newer master-planned communities like The Tribute and Stewart Peninsula out on the Lewisville Lake peninsula. The water problems in each are different, and so is the right way to dry them out. Flood Dry Elite has worked both ends of this city since 2013.
If your home dates to the first wave of construction off Main Street, the pipes are the story. Many of these houses still run galvanized steel or cast-iron supply lines, and North Texas hard water — eight to twelve grains per gallon here — corrodes them from the inside out over decades. By the time a line fails, it's often been weakening behind a wall or under the slab for years. That matters during cleanup, because the spot where water appears on your floor is frequently not where the pipe actually gave out.
These homes also tend to have multiple aging shut-off valves that haven't been turned in years and may not fully close. If you can't stop the water at a fixture valve, go straight to the main near the water heater or out by the foundation. Then call us — chasing a slab leak with towels rarely ends well.
Out on the peninsula, the housing is newer but the environment is harder. Proximity to Lewisville Lake means higher ambient humidity year-round, more direct exposure to spring storms rolling across open water, and heavy irrigation running close to foundations on larger lots. A leak that would dry on its own in a dry inland house can linger in a lake-area home, and trapped moisture is exactly what mold needs. We adjust our drying targets and monitoring for that.
Flood Dry Elite is a family-owned, IICRC-certified restoration company. We handle the full range of what The Colony homes throw at us:
We show up fast, we explain what we're seeing before we touch anything, and we give a clear assessment up front. We use moisture meters and thermal imaging to find water inside walls and under flooring — the moisture you can't see is the moisture that grows mold — and we dry to a verified standard, not to "feels dry." We also document everything for your insurance claim, which matters whether you're filing on a sudden burst pipe or a covered storm event. With older homes, that documentation of where the failure started can make or break a claim.
Water doesn't wait, and neither do we. The Colony sits central to our DFW service area, right off the Sam Rayburn Tollway, so we're typically on-site in under an hour any time of day or night. The first hour after a water event decides how much of your home gets saved versus replaced — fast extraction means a smaller footprint, a smaller claim, and less of your house torn out.
Bottom line: whether you're in a 1970s slab home with aging pipes or a newer place out by the lake, water spreads further than it looks and dries slower than you'd hope. Get it mapped and dried before it sets in. Water coming in right now? Call Flood Dry Elite at 469-555-0140 — 24/7 emergency response across The Colony and DFW, crews on-site in under an hour.
It changes the diagnosis. Homes from the 1970s often have galvanized or cast-iron supply lines that corrode from the inside, so the failure point isn't always where the water shows up. We trace the source, then dry to a measured standard rather than guessing — older framing and original subfloors hold moisture longer than people expect.
Yes. We cover all of The Colony, from the established neighborhoods off Main Street to the newer master-planned communities on the peninsula. Lake-area homes have their own water concerns — higher humidity, storm exposure, and irrigation near foundations — and we factor those in when we dry and monitor.
We aim to be on-site in under an hour, 24/7. The Colony sits central to our DFW coverage, just off the Sam Rayburn Tollway, so response times here are typically quick. The sooner extraction starts, the less gets torn out later.
Call our 24/7 line and a local crew is on the way — typically on-site in under an hour across The Colony and the surrounding area.