A severe hail storm swept through Northern California yesterday, flooding emergency cleaning and restoration company Cleanrite-Buildrite with over 25 emergency response calls for broken sky lights, roof leaks, damaged car ports, as well as other extreme commercial and residential damage. One of those calls was from local Chico business Courtesy Motors. Their roof drains were plugged due to extreme hail which resulted in the 50,000 sq. foot roof of Courtesy Motors becoming a swimming pool, with the weight impact of the water itself causing further damages. Water also entered the building and the structure was compromised.

The call came in at 7:45pm, and in under 15 minutes, Field Supervisors from Cleanrite-Buildrite were on scene to assess the damages. A half hour later at 8:30pm, a full crew of 40 personnel and two drying service trailers arrived on scene. The water mitigation process began immediately and will be followed in the upcoming days with the structural repairs after the water extraction and drying stage is complete. Cleanrite-Buildrite owns the only large-scale drying unit in the North State, which was used successfully during the flood restoration of the Garden Walk Mall in late 2010 and is currently being used at Courtesy Motors. Representatives from Courtesy Motors knew that Cleanrite-Buildrite was the only company to call in such a situation for immediate emergency response.

Due to dramatic geography, Northern California has a long history of extreme weather. Cleanrite-Buildrite has been dedicated to assisting those in need from storm damage since 1959, and has thereby evolved into the North State's premier full-service cleaning and disaster restoration company. Cleanrite-Buildrite will work with all insurance companies to restore any commercial or residential property back to its original state following any level of wind, water, fire, or mold damage. Cleanrite-Buildrite’s home office is in Chico with three other satellite office located in Redding, Yuba City, and Sacramento.

During yesterday's storm, Cleanrite-Buildrite's Chico office received more than 25 calls which were addressed with the assistance of their satellite offices. Cleanrite-Buildrite predicts that a total of 35-50 emergency storm claims will be received due to last night’s storm alone.