Broward County
In a Sunrise soaking, storm drains and the sewer can both run full. Tell us what backed up or came in, and we'll get a crew out to you.
ZIP codes in the area
Some of these ZIP codes also include neighboring communities.
Sunrise water damage restoration, for the condo buildings, Springtree and the streets around Sawgrass Mills, starts with a call to South Florida Restoration Co. The city began in 1961 as Sunrise Golf Village, under 2 square miles, and annexed its way west to the Everglades edge, so storm water and sewer trouble look different depending on where the call comes from.
The west side has a flooding record that’s easy to check. In June 2017, after nearly a week of heavy rain, the worst flooding in Broward was in Sunrise, Weston and Davie. The mall closed for several days with its lot and entrances flooded, low streets nearby had 6 to 8 inches of water, and most swales and lakes went over their banks into the yards next to them. The same lot flooded during Eta in 2020, again in May 2022 and again on April 12, 2023.
A city stormwater pump station protects thousands of acres of homes and businesses, the mall included, and in 2021 the city asked for federal money to replace it as it neared the end of its useful life. A lake over its bank carries yard runoff and street grit. If it reached the slab, that’s flood cleanup: soaked carpet comes up, the bottom of the walls gets cut out, and the slab gets washed down before the air movers go in.
Eta dropped about 11 inches on Sunrise in a day and a night. The city said its storm and sanitary sewer systems were taking two to three times their normal flow, with many facilities overloaded by 6 to 12 inches of extra water, and that drainage depended on canal levels set downstream by the South Florida Water Management District and the drainage districts.
A sewer line that full has nowhere to send what goes down your drains. In a ground-floor condo or a slab house, what you notice first is a tub, shower or floor drain gurgling or filling with dirty water. That’s Category 3 water, not a leak. What to do in the first hour of a sewage backup covers keeping people clear and stopping water use until the line drains.
Roughly 6 in 10 homes in Sunrise went up in the 1970s and 1980s, and about a third are in complexes of 20-plus units. In a building that age, the leak usually starts at a water heater in a utility closet, a supply line under a sink or an air handler whose drain pan overflowed. Water follows the slab and the plumbing walls, so the unit below often sees it first as a ceiling stain. If the water is coming down from upstairs, start with a leak from the condo above, and if the AC closet is the source, AC leak water damage shows where it travels.
Sunrise homes and condos in 33313, 33322, 33323, 33325 and 33351 are covered, and the strip of the city in 33326 is covered on our Weston page. Don’t see your ZIP? Call anyway and we’ll check your address.
On the phone, tell us if it came up a drain, in off the yard or through a ceiling, and what floor you’re on. A drain backup and a pipe leak are two different jobs.
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Federal storm records show the Sawgrass Mills parking lot flooding in June 2017, when the mall closed for several days, again in May 2022 with water to the tops of car tires, and in April 2023, when a driver had to be pulled from deep water.
In November 2020, as Eta's rain kept falling, the city reported taking in two to three times its normal storm and sanitary sewer flow, with many of its facilities overloaded by 6 to 12 inches of extra water.
The city's own Eta updates say its streets and canals depend on downstream levels managed by the drainage districts, including Central and South Broward, and that the city does not control those systems.
About 62 percent of the housing went up from 1970 through 1989, with 1983 as the median build year, and close to a third is in complexes of 20-plus units, by 2024 Census estimates.
FAQ
Assume it is. When heavy rain overloads the sewer, water can push up through the lowest drain in a home or unit. Stop running water, keep kids and pets off the wet floor, and call. Porous things it soaked, like carpet and the lower drywall, usually come out.
Yes. Every Sunrise ZIP code on this page is covered, condos included. Give us the building and the unit number when you call, and mention whether the neighbor below or next door has water too, so both can be read on the same visit.
Yes. Water runs into grout lines and under baseboards, and the drywall beside the door can wick it up a foot or more. A moisture meter along the wall and the floor shows whether anything needs drying before it starts to smell.
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Shut off the water if you can reach the valve safely, then call. Describe where it came from and which rooms are wet.
When you call, have ready