Travis County Service Area
Water, Fire & Mold Damage Restoration in Lakeway, TX
Lakeway started in 1963 as a resort on Jack Josey's lakeside ranch — the Lakeway Inn opened that first July — and grew into a city of canyon streets and marina coves on the south shore of Lake Travis. Sixty years on, the original resort-era homes have sixty-year-old plumbing, the lake still rises when the Hill Country floods, and the juniper canyons that make the views also carry wildfire. Restoration here is about knowing which of those three is knocking.
Local Risk Profile
What Damages Lakeway Homes
Lake Travis Is Designed to Rise
Lake Travis is the Highland Lakes' flood-control reservoir: full pool is 681 feet, and everything above that is storage the LCRA fills on purpose when the Hill Country floods. In October 2018 the lake peaked at 704.39 feet — 23 feet of rise — putting docks, boat lifts, low roads, and the lowest lakeside lots underwater for weeks. If your property touches the shoreline, know your elevation and check FEMA's Flood Map Service Center; a dock replaced is an inconvenience, a flooded lower level is a restoration job with a clock on it.
Resort-Era Homes With Resort-Era Plumbing
Old Lakeway's original homes date to the 1960s and 70s — the Lakeway Inn era — and many still run some of their original-generation supply lines, drains, and fixtures. Copper pits, galvanized rusts shut, cast iron cracks, and sixty-year-old material does all three quietly inside walls and slabs. If your home predates the city's 1974 incorporation, a slow ceiling stain or a musty closet is worth taking seriously the day you notice it, because the leak behind it has usually been running longer than you think.
Canyon Streets Move Water Fast
Lakeway is built on Edwards Plateau limestone, and its streets drop toward the lake through draws and canyons. In a Flash Flood Alley downpour that terrain becomes a funnel: runoff sheets off thin rocky soil, races down the same slopes the views come from, and finds any garage, lower level, or retaining wall in its path. Homes far above the lake still flood here — from the hillside above them, not the shoreline below.
Fire and Freeze Both Reach the Lake
The juniper-oak hills that wrap Lakeway are wildland-urban interface, and the Labor Day fires of 2011 — which burned homes in nearby Steiner Ranch — showed how fast lake-country canyons carry flame. Smoke and soot travel even where flame does not. On the other end of the thermometer, Winter Storm Uri burst pipes across Lakeway in 2021 like everywhere in Central Texas, with vacation and second homes hit hardest because nobody was there to hear the water running.
Response Logistics
Getting to Lakeway
From our North Austin shop the crew runs US-183 or MoPac south and comes around the lake on RM 2222 and RM 620 — an honest 30–45 minutes to most Lakeway addresses, hill country curves included. Nights and weekends the roads are empty and the low end of that range is realistic; either way, dispatch answers around the clock and gives you a live ETA.
Lakeway Neighborhoods We Serve
- Old Lakeway
- Rough Hollow
- Serene Hills
- Flintrock
- Alta Vista
- The Preserve at Lakeway
- Yaupon Creek
- North Lakeway
Full-Service Restoration
Every Service, Available in Lakeway
Water Damage Restoration
Extraction, structural drying, and mold prevention after floods, leaks, and burst pipes.
Fire & Smoke Damage
Board-up, soot and smoke cleanup, odor removal, and rebuild to pre-loss condition.
Mold Remediation
Containment, removal, and moisture control so the mold does not come back.
Storm & Disaster Response
Emergency tarping, board-up, and restoration after hail, wind, and tornado damage.
Trauma & Biohazard
Discreet, certified cleanup and decontamination, handled with care.
Common Questions
Lakeway FAQ
How long until a crew reaches Lakeway?
From 3310 W Braker Ln in North Austin we come around the lake on RM 2222 and RM 620 — most Lakeway addresses are an honest 30–45 minutes out, 24/7, holidays included. Dispatch gives you a live ETA for your street while the crew loads.
My home is well above the lake — am I safe from flooding?
Safe from the lake, maybe; safe from water, no. Lakeway's canyon streets funnel Hill Country downpours downhill fast, and runoff off the limestone finds garages and lower levels well above the 704-foot flood pool. The 2018 flood was a shoreline event; an ordinary Flash Flood Alley storm is a hillside event. Check both on FEMA's maps.
What should owners of 1960s–70s Lakeway homes watch for?
Original plumbing. Homes from the resort era are on their third generation of owners and often their first generation of pipes. Watch for ceiling stains, warm floor spots, water pressure changes, and musty smells in closets and baths — and get a leak located before it gets opened up. Early detection is a plumbing bill; late is a drying-and-rebuild job.
Do you handle second homes and lake houses?
Yes — including the hard part, which is that damage in an empty house runs unattended. A freeze-burst line or failed supply hose can flood a vacation home for days before anyone notices. We coordinate with owners remotely, document everything for the carrier, and can meet a property manager or neighbor with keys any hour.
Lakeway Emergency? Get a Crew Around the Lake.
Lake flood, hillside runoff, burst pipe or smoke damage — call once and an IICRC-certified crew is on RM 620 toward you, any hour, any day.