Protecting your property during restoration with physical barriers, negative air pressure systems, and strict compliance monitoring, for commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
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Portland's trusted contractor
Oregon Licensed & Insured
Skilled, certified field team
1-year workmanship warranty
When water intrudes, mold spreads, or fire damage contaminates a structure, isolating the affected area is the most critical first step in restoration. Lovett Restoration provides containment solutions engineered to prevent cross-contamination, protect occupant safety, and keep hazardous particulates strictly within the damage footprint. A single breach in physical barriers or a poorly configured negative-air system can redistribute mold spores and pathogens through a building’s ductwork in hours, turning a localized incident into a facility-wide problem. We focus exclusively on restoration. We do not perform reconstruction or repair work, which means our containment and cleanup response is never slowed by a rebuild agenda.
Professional systems backed by Lean operational discipline and 28+ years of commercial infrastructure experience.
We deploy heavy-duty, reinforced poly-sheeting to create impenetrable physical barriers between damaged and unaffected areas. For active commercial and multifamily environments, these barriers are designed to route foot traffic safely away from work zones, keeping unaffected wings of the building open and operational throughout restoration.
Our industrial-grade HEPA air scrubbers pull air continuously toward the containment zone and filter the exhaust before venting outside, trapping 99.97% of airborne particulates. This is mandatory for safe mold remediation and fire or water damage restoration, ensuring your HVAC system cannot redistribute hazardous dust through the building.
When mitigating severe mold infestations, biohazards, or Category 2 and Category 3 water intrusions, standard physical barriers are not enough. We implement strict hazardous material containment protocols, including multi-stage decontamination chambers, negative pressure isolation, and specialized PPE requirements, ensuring full compliance with Oregon and Washington environmental and health safety regulations.
A structured 5-step protocol that secures your site fast and prepares your property for repairs.
Our specialized restoration team arrives on-site, conducts a thorough visual analysis and moisture assessment, and immediately designs a custom containment strategy that isolates the damage while respecting your building's operational flow, whether commercial, multifamily, or residential.
Our licensed crews construct airtight physical barriers using heavy-grade poly-sheeting, tension poles, and specialized containment tape. Where required, we install zipper doors or multi-stage decontamination chambers, maintaining an intact hazard seal while allowing safe technician access.
We position industrial-grade HEPA air scrubbers inside the containment zone, exhausting air to the building exterior to establish negative pressure. This ensures that when a barrier door is briefly opened for technician access, air flows inward toward the hazard zone, never outward into your clean spaces.
With the site secured, we execute our core services: water extraction, structural drying, dehumidification, and mold remediation. Throughout this phase, we continuously monitor the containment setup, checking pressure differentials, barrier integrity, and moisture readings daily to maintain full compliance.
Portland’s built environment shapes our containment plans in real ways. Pearl District and Old Town properties with narrow alley access require surgical barrier configurations. Downtown hospitality towers on SW Broadway need operational guest zones kept open while work proceeds. Goose Hollow and Lloyd District multifamily buildings with shared HVAC systems make verified negative-pressure non-negotiable. Swan Island and Rivergate industrial sites call for large-scale barriers across warehouse bays. Our work also meets Oregon OSHA (OAR 437) occupied-building requirements, EPA RRP Class I-IV rules for Portland’s substantial pre-1978 housing stock, IICRC S520 mold-containment standards, DEQ protocols for asbestos, and CCB #125507 licensing. Founded in 1997 by Dale Lovett with one excavator and a dump truck, Lovett has grown into a four-division operation under CEO Gary Cosmer (Partner since 2018). Every project is backed by a 1-year workmanship warranty.
Containment is the first step. These services complete the restoration picture.
Rapid water extraction, structural drying, commercial dehumidification, and full sanitation, stopping water damage before it compounds into costly secondary damage or mold growth.
Moisture testing, indoor air quality analysis, visual inspection, and safe mold removal to restore healthy, habitable environments in commercial and residential properties.
Lean restoration built for multifamily, hospitality, industrial, and municipal portfolios, minimizing tenant disruption with structured processes and full compliance monitoring.
Family-owned since 1997. Trusted by commercial property managers, facility directors, and multifamily owners across the Portland Metro and SW Washington.
“I’m a commercial property manager in downtown Portland and Lovett has bailed me out more times than I can count. I recently had a basement full of sewage and a building full of people. Ken got a plumber out at the last minute and a mitigation team for the clean up. They explain the issue in terms you can understand and help plan so it doesn’t happen again.”
Commercial Property Manager, Downtown Portland
“We had a pipe break in an apartment in N. Portland and Lovett Rapid Response was incredible. Daniel was one of the best plumbers I have ever worked with. Jeremy and Willy with the water removal and drying team were equally stellar. They were informative, compassionate, and educational to the tenants. This organization is my go to.”
Property Manager, North Portland
“We give Lovett’s team a 10++. We had a water main break at one of our rentals. The Lovett team was quick to respond on all levels. We restored water back to the tenants in a record time of 24 hours, along with coordination of Lovett’s mitigation team for the additional cleanup. Top-notch professionalism.”
Property Owner, Portland Metro
Common questions from property managers and facility directors.
No. Lovett Restoration specializes exclusively in restoration. We stop the water, fire, or mold damage, implement strict containment to secure the environment, and thoroughly clean, dry, and sanitize the area. By focusing solely on restoration, we ensure the fastest possible emergency response without the conflict of interest of bidding on the repair work.
We offer 24/7 emergency response for the Portland Metropolitan and Vancouver, WA areas. In crisis situations, such as active water intrusions or hazardous material exposures, our crews mobilize immediately to assess the site and begin erecting physical barriers and negative air systems to halt secondary damage.
Our Lean operational approach is specifically designed to minimize site impact. While restoration inherently requires physical space, our custom containment plans isolate only the strictly necessary areas. With proper dust and debris control, physical barriers, and strategic ventilation, many commercial and multifamily properties can safely remain partially occupied and operational during our work.
A negative air pressure system uses specialized HEPA-filtered machines to pull air out of a containment zone faster than it enters, creating a vacuum effect. It is absolutely necessary during mold remediation or dirty water extraction because it guarantees that airborne spores, dust, and pathogens cannot escape into the clean areas of your building.
Yes. Compliance monitoring is a standard part of our containment solutions. We routinely verify that negative pressure limits are maintained, physical barriers are fully intact, and moisture readings are dropping as expected. Every job is backed by our 1-year workmanship warranty.
Commercial facilities, multifamily complexes, and homeowners across Portland Metro and SW Washington trust our containment crews to respond 24/7. We stop the damage, secure the site, and prepare it for repairs.
