About Swept Away Restoration

Swept Away Restoration opened its doors in Ashland in 2018, built around a simple idea: when water, fire, or storm damage hits a home or business, the property owner needs a crew that shows up knowing exactly what they’re doing, not one that’s figuring it out on the job. Restoration rewards that kind of focus. The difference between a house that dries out clean and one that grows a mold problem three weeks later often comes down to equipment, moisture readings, and knowing when a wall needs to come out versus when it doesn’t.

What we do

Most calls start the same way: a homeowner who didn’t expect to be dealing with this, a business owner trying to figure out what happens to their lease and their inventory, a property manager juggling three units at once. We answer 24/7 because water and fire don’t wait for business hours, and the first few hours after a pipe bursts or a pan fire gets out of hand usually decide how much of the structure and the contents can actually be saved.

A lot of the job happens before a single piece of equipment gets plugged in: documenting the loss, photographing what’s damaged, and working directly with insurance adjusters so the homeowner isn’t stuck translating technical findings into claims language on their own. Then it’s moisture mapping, extraction, drying logs, and the slower, less visible work of making sure a structure is actually dry, not just dry-looking. No two losses behave the same way, which is part of why this work doesn’t get easier with repetition so much as it gets more precise.

Our certifications and licensure

Swept Away Restoration is an IICRC Certified Firm, which means our processes are built around the same drying, cleaning, and restoration standards used across the industry, not shortcuts specific to us. Within that, our technicians hold IICRC Water Damage Restoration Technician (WRT) and Applied Structural Drying (ASD) credentials for water losses, and IICRC Applied Microbial Remediation Technician (AMRT) training for mold work, covering containment, remediation protocol, and post-remediation verification.

We also carry EPA Lead-Safe Certification, which is a federal requirement for any work disturbing painted surfaces in homes built before 1978, a category that covers a meaningful share of the older housing stock around the Rogue Valley. We’re licensed under #242626. None of these credentials are decorative; they dictate how we assess a loss and the specific steps we’re required to follow on-site.

Where we work

We’re based in Ashland and work throughout the surrounding Rogue Valley. The region’s mix of older homes in town, newer construction out toward the edges, and properties tucked into wooded or rural lots means we see a wide range of building ages and layouts, which matters when you’re tracing a leak through plaster-and-lath versus modern drywall, or assessing wildfire smoke infiltration in a home with older ductwork. If you’re outside our direct service area, give us a call and we can tell you whether we cover your location.