Storm rebuild work across Slidell
Slidell has been through the surge cycle more than once, and the low ground along Bayou Bonfouca and the lakefront still carries repair work years after a bad season. A Slidell rebuild job is roofs, flooring, drywall and sometimes a whole house going up on piers. One standard unit at the drive end covers a Slidell crew of four, on plank, for as long as the repair takes.
Insurance timing drives the schedule. A Slidell homeowner gets the unit the morning work actually starts, not the day the contract was signed.
Commuter subdivisions and Slidell new builds
North of the interstate the Slidell subdivisions keep expanding onto higher, sandier ground toward the pine flats. A Slidell builder takes one unit per pod, moved forward as slabs go in and framing follows behind. Gravel site roads are normal across Slidell for months. A Slidell site road will carry our truck fine, but a new Slidell driveway culvert will not, so we stage from the street until the apron has cured.
Bayous, surge and the Slidell calendar
Slidell drains into Bayou Bonfouca and the Fritchie marsh, and the lower Slidell streets hold water after a hard rain long before any storm is involved. We keep Slidell units on the pad side and off that low ground. Anybody who has pumped out a Slidell slab once builds the next house higher.
Hurricane season shortens the notice. A Slidell unit gets strapped or pulled ahead of a named system, because surge from the lake reaches parts of Slidell that look nowhere near the water. Summer takes any Slidell crew job to twice weekly service, and the trailer water lines get checked on every Slidell visit.