Damage Restoration Built for a Town Surrounded by Water
Hull is a peninsula. From Pemberton Point back through Hull Village, Allerton, and Kenberma to Nantasket Beach, nearly every street sits within a few blocks of the Atlantic on one side or the bay on the other. That geography makes Hull one of the most storm-exposed towns in Massachusetts, and it shapes every loss we work here. Studio 24 Restoration Group provides complete damage restoration in Hull: storm surge and flood cleanup, structural drying, fire and smoke restoration, mold remediation, and the rebuild that follows, handled by one owner-led team.
The housing stock raises the stakes. A large share of Hull’s homes began as summer cottages that were later winterized into year-round houses. Many still sit on crawl spaces, piers, and shallow block foundations a few feet above grade, with plumbing runs and ductwork hanging in the salt air beneath the floor. When a February wind finds those crawl spaces, pipes freeze. When a storm tide runs over the seawalls, the same crawl spaces flood first and get inspected last, because nobody wants to look under the house in January.
Therefore our crews treat the underside of a Hull home as part of the loss by default. We meter subfloors from below, dry crawl spaces with directed air and dehumidification, and check hangers, straps, and wiring for salt corrosion before closing anything up. A water damage restoration job in Hull that skips the crawl space is a mold job waiting for July. The extra hour under the house is how a repaired home stays repaired, and it is standard on every Hull loss we run.
Flooded right now, or just allowed back after an evacuation? Do not turn power back on in a flooded home until it is inspected, and stay out of standing water. Call (781) 390-9855. We answer live, 24 hours a day, and dispatch to Hull around the clock.
Storm Surge Cleanup When the Seawalls Are Not Enough
Hull’s seawalls take a beating every winter, and some winters the ocean wins. The January 2018 storm drove a record tide into Boston Harbor and flooded Hull streets badly enough to force evacuations along the peninsula, and the back-to-back nor’easters that March put parts of town under water again before the first repairs were finished. Those events were extreme, but the pattern behind them repeats every year: a nor’easter parks offshore, stacks surge on two or three high tide cycles, and sends green water and spray over the walls into basements and first floors.
Ocean floodwater is Category 3 water under the IICRC S500 standard, the same classification as sewage. It carries salt, fuel residue, marine debris, and whatever the streets were holding, so porous materials it soaks, such as carpet, pad, insulation, and the lower portion of drywall, come out rather than dry in place. Salt is the part homeowners underestimate. It stays behind after the water is gone, drawing moisture from the air and corroding outlets, panel lugs, and framing fasteners for months. Consequently, our surge protocol always includes a fresh-water flush and corrosion inspection, not just extraction and fans.
Wind and water usually arrive together here, so our storm damage restoration crews handle the whole event: emergency board-up, roof tarping, flood pump-out, contaminated material removal, and documented drying. Afterward, one team carries the loss straight through repairs, which matters in a town where finding a second contractor mid-winter is its own disaster.
24/7Live answer, storm or calm
60minTypical emergency dispatch
Cat 3Full S500 salt flood protocol
$0Upfront on covered claims
Freeze Losses in Winterized Cottages
Between storms, winter works on Hull homes from the inside. Houses that were framed for July were retrofitted with heat, insulation, and plumbing over the decades, and the retrofits vary street by street. Supply lines routed through unconditioned crawl spaces, kitchens added onto uninsulated porches, and baseboard loops running along ocean-facing walls all freeze in a hard northeast blow, because wind-driven cold finds every gap the conversion left behind. A split pipe under the floor can run for hours before anyone notices the water meter spinning.
Seasonal and rental properties compound the problem. When an owner is away for the winter, a freeze loss discovered in March has often been feeding mold since January, and the claim gets harder with every unreported week. As a result, we urge Hull owners to have someone check the house after each cold snap, and to call the moment anything looks wet. Early mitigation is the cheapest thing we sell, and on covered losses it costs nothing out of pocket anyway.
When the call does come, the response is the same owner-led crew every time: extraction, crawl-space drying, documented moisture readings, and a scope your adjuster can verify line by line. That documentation habit is why our winter claims in Hull get paid without the usual carrier back-and-forth.
Fire, Smoke, and Mold Restoration in Hull’s Cottage Stock
Fire moves fast through converted cottages. Balloon-era framing, tight lot lines, and decades of renovation layers give flames and smoke easy paths, and suppression water finishes what the fire started. Our Hull fire damage restoration crews secure the structure, remove soot before it sets into finishes, and dry out the hose water, because a fire loss in Hull is nearly always a water loss too.
Mold is the peninsula’s slow-motion problem. Salt air, crawl-space moisture, and long stretches of shut-up winter humidity give growth everything it needs, and homes used seasonally can incubate a colony for months before anyone smells it. Our mold remediation work in Hull follows the IICRC S520 standard: containment, negative air, HEPA filtration, and source correction, so the fix outlasts the season instead of returning with the next damp spell.
In addition, every loss here gets insurance handled in-house. Flood, wind, and water claims each follow different rules, and coastal claims draw more scrutiny than most. We photograph, meter, and scope in Xactimate before the adjuster visits, then bill the carrier directly. For losses that cannot wait for business hours, our emergency restoration line runs all night, every night.
Last updated August 2026.
Restoration Services From Pemberton Point to Nantasket
One road in and out means response planning matters. Our crews stage ahead of forecast storm tides and cover the full length of the peninsula, from Hull Village and Allerton through Kenberma to the Nantasket Beach end of town. When coastal flooding closes low sections of the road, we coordinate timing with the tide chart the same way residents do, so equipment arrives when it can actually reach you.
Hull sits at the end of our home territory, not the edge of it. The same 24/7 dispatch covers the neighboring South Shore communities:
Restoration Services We Handle in Hull
Every service below runs with its own crew, its own equipment, and its own Hull page. Start where your loss is, or call and we will scope the whole thing on one visit.
Water Damage Restoration in Hull
Extraction, structural drying, and documented moisture targets to IICRC S500.
Fire & Smoke Damage in Hull
Board-up, soot and residue removal, odor neutralization, and the rebuild.
Mold Remediation in Hull
Containment, HEPA removal, and post-remediation verification under IICRC S520.
When the Tide Drops, the Clock Starts. Call Us First.
Salt water damages homes for weeks after it drains. Free inspection, direct billing to every carrier, and a crew that knows the peninsula.