Lawrenceville, GA · Gwinnett County Seat · Open 24 Hours

24/7 Water, Fire & Storm Damage Restoration in Lawrenceville, GA

From the Courthouse Square to Sugarloaf — emergency drying, fire cleanup, mold remediation and rebuild, dispatched from Norcross day or night.

Lawrenceville · Gwinnett County seat · Open 24 hours

Emergency Restoration Services for Lawrenceville’s Historic Square, Subdivisions, Apartments and Businesses

Lawrenceville is the county seat of Gwinnett and the second-oldest city in metro Atlanta — 1880s storefronts on the Square, 1990s subdivisions off Sugarloaf Parkway and new apartments around Georgia Gwinnett College, all calling the same number. When a cast-iron drain backs up under a house on Pike Street, a water heater fails above a finished basement off Collins Hill, or a washer line floods the unit below yours near the college, one team responds 24 hours a day and stays through cleanup, drying, repairs and full reconstruction.

Lawrenceville is one of the 21 markets in our core service area — straight out GA-316 or up Lawrenceville Highway from Norcross. (404) 983-0966, any hour.

Lawrenceville micro-market map Buford Dr / Grayson Hwy (GA-20) Scenic Hwy / GA-124 Sugarloaf Pkwy Lawrenceville Hwy / US-29 I-85 US-29 GA-316 Duluth AtlantaNorcross HQLawrenceville Service area Norcross HQ · 13 mi ← 2 miles Courthouse Square Lawrenceville Lawn Georgia Gwinnett College Northside Hospital Gwinnett Rhodes Jordan Park Coolray Field Sugarloaf Mills Collins Hill Grayson Hwy Scenic Hwy south Gwinnett Justice Center Buford Dr / Grayson Hwy (GA-20) Scenic Hwy / GA-124 Sugarloaf Pkwy Lawrenceville Hwy / US-29 US-29 GA-316 AtlantaNorcross HQLawrenceville Service area Norcross HQ · 13 mi ← 2 miles Courthouse Square Lawrenceville Lawn Georgia Gwinnett College Northside Hospital Gwinnett Rhodes Jordan Park Coolray Field Sugarloaf Mills Collins Hill Grayson Hwy Scenic Hwy south Gwinnett Justice Center

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Where we work in Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville ZIP Codes We Serve

“Lawrenceville, GA” covers four residential ZIPs and a huge stretch of central Gwinnett — the city is 13 square miles, the mailing area many times that. If the address says Lawrenceville, we serve it.

  • 30046Downtown — the Courthouse Square, the historic neighborhoods, Georgia Gwinnett College and Rhodes Jordan Park
  • 30043North Lawrenceville — Collins Hill, the Sugarloaf Parkway corridor, Coolray Field and the subdivisions toward Suwanee
  • 30044South and west Lawrenceville — Five Forks, Sugarloaf Mills, Club Drive and the neighborhoods toward Lilburn and Snellville
  • 30045East Lawrenceville — Grayson Highway, Alcovy Road and the subdivisions toward Dacula and Grayson
Neighborhoods & areas

Lawrenceville Neighborhoods We Restore

Lawrenceville is a courthouse town that became a county of 1 million people’s center of government, health care and higher education — and the subdivisions filled in around it in every direction.

  • Historic Courthouse Square — the 1885 courthouse, the Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville Lawn and the restaurants and lofts around them
  • The historic neighborhoods — Pike Street, Oak Street and the 1900s–1940s homes within a few blocks of the Square
  • Georgia Gwinnett College & Collins Hill — the campus, the new apartments and the subdivisions north along Collins Hill Road
  • Northside Hospital Gwinnett & the medical district — the hospital, medical offices and the neighborhoods off Medical Center Boulevard
  • Sugarloaf Parkway corridor — Coolray Field, Sugarloaf Mills and the 1990s–2000s subdivisions along the parkway
  • Rhodes Jordan Park & Scenic Highway — the 162-acre park and the GA-124 corridor south toward Snellville
  • Grayson Highway & east Lawrenceville — GA-20 east, Alcovy Road and the subdivisions toward Grayson and Dacula
  • Buford Drive & the airport — the Gwinnett County Airport, Freeman’s Mill and the north side
  • Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center — the county government campus and the offices around it
  • Lawrenceville addresses in unincorporated Gwinnett — outside city limits, inside our service area
Why local knowledge matters

What Puts Lawrenceville Properties at Risk

A century-old downtown, a 1990s subdivision boom, a wave of new apartments and a lot of basements: Lawrenceville has every kind of loss, and GA-316 gets us there.

  1. Historic homes and 1990s subdivisions

    The houses near the Square run from the 1890s to the 1940s — galvanized and cast-iron plumbing, old wiring, additions in every decade. The subdivisions that filled in during the 1990s have polybutylene supply lines and water heaters reaching the end of their lives. Two different failure modes, one number. See water damage repair.

  2. Finished basements on sloped lots

    Sugarloaf, Collins Hill and the Grayson Highway subdivisions are basement country. Failed sump pumps, water heaters downstairs, grading that sends storm water to the foundation and burst pipes in the ceiling above all land in the finished lower level. See basement flooding cleanup and mold remediation.

  3. Apartments, the college and the hospital district

    New apartment communities around Georgia Gwinnett College and along Sugarloaf Parkway, plus the hospital, the county government campus and hundreds of medical and professional offices. Stacked-unit losses and commercial water damage need a fast, documented response. See multifamily & commercial restoration.

  4. Storms, trees and the Yellow River headwaters

    Lawrenceville sits on the ridge where the Yellow River and the Alcovy begin, so the low lots along the creeks flood fast. The hardwoods in the historic neighborhoods and the pines in the subdivisions come down in spring storms; kitchen and dryer fires round out the year. See storm damage and fire & smoke damage.

Did you know?

A Few Things About Lawrenceville

  • Second-oldest in the metro

    Lawrenceville was incorporated on December 15, 1821 — older than Atlanta — and named for Commodore James Lawrence of the War of 1812 (“Don’t give up the ship”). Only Decatur is older in metro Atlanta.

  • The Square

    The courthouse on the Square dates to 1885. Gwinnett voted against secession in 1861, but Union troops burned the town’s cotton mill anyway, taking about half of Lawrenceville’s wealth with it.

  • The county’s center

    The Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center opened here in 1988, and the city has been home to Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Georgia Gwinnett College and the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in America ever since.

  • Stripers and pierogi

    The Gwinnett Stripers, the Braves’ Triple-A club, play at Coolray Field on Buford Drive. The Aurora Theatre draws 80,000 visitors a year, and the city hosts a Polish Pierogi Festival every August.

  • The CDC’s freezer

    The CDC’s CASPIR biorepository in Lawrenceville holds more than 6.5 million biological samples — one of the largest collections of its kind in the world.

  • A diverse county seat

    Lawrenceville is 35% Black, 30% White, 28% Hispanic and 8% Asian, with a median age of 33 — one of the youngest and most diverse cities in the metro.

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Property damage in Lawrenceville right now?

Burst pipe, flooded basement, tree on the roof, kitchen fire, mold, a leak from the unit upstairs — call or text and we’ll tell you what to do this minute, then get a crew moving out GA-316 from Norcross. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.

(404) 983-0966 Or text “HELP” to the same number
What to expect

When a Lawrenceville Homeowner or Business Calls Verus

  1. You reach a person

    Any hour. We’ll ask what happened, tell you what to do right now, and give you an honest arrival window.

  2. A crew leaves Norcross

    Out GA-316 or up US-29, equipped for the loss you described — pumps and dryers, board-up and tarping, or containment and air filtration.

  3. Damage is stopped and documented

    Source stopped, moisture mapped, photos taken, materials listed — everything your insurance claim (and your HOA or property manager) will need, from the first visit.

  4. One team through the rebuild

    Cleanup, drying, remediation, repairs and reconstruction by the same crew, with one point of contact until the final walkthrough.

Questions

Lawrenceville Restoration FAQs

Do you serve Lawrenceville addresses outside the city limits?

Yes. The Lawrenceville ZIPs (30043, 30044, 30045, 30046) cover a big piece of central Gwinnett, from Five Forks to Dacula, and most of those homes are in unincorporated Gwinnett. If the address says Lawrenceville, we respond, 24 hours a day.

How quickly can Verus get to Lawrenceville?

Lawrenceville is straight out GA-316 from I-85, or up Lawrenceville Highway (US-29) from our Norcross base. We’re open around the clock; call or text (404) 983-0966 and we’ll give you an honest arrival window and tell you what to do in the meantime. Typical drive time from our Norcross headquarters is about 25–30 minutes in light traffic and 40–55 in rush hour.

My house near the Square is over 100 years old. Can you dry it without tearing it apart?

Yes. Plaster, heart-pine floors and old-growth framing dry differently than drywall, and a crew that demos everything wet will take the house with it. We dry in place wherever the moisture readings allow, remove only what has to go, and rebuild to match.

I manage an apartment community near Georgia Gwinnett College. Can you handle a multi-unit water loss?

Yes. We dry and restore each affected unit, document every unit separately for the property’s claim and the residents’ renter’s policies, coordinate access and communication with your office, and handle the repairs so residents can get back in. One point of contact for the whole loss.

My finished basement flooded. Is the carpet and drywall salvageable?

It depends on the water. Clean water from a supply line, caught within a day or two, can often be dried in place with the pad replaced. Groundwater, sewer backup or anything that sat for days usually means removing carpet, pad and the bottom of the drywall. We test the moisture, tell you honestly what can be saved, and document it for your claim either way.

What should I do first if I find water or fire damage in Lawrenceville?

Make sure everyone is safe, stop the source if you can do so safely (shut off the main water valve; after a fire, don’t touch soot or run the HVAC), photograph the damage, and call (404) 983-0966. We’re on the way.

Lawrenceville has been the center of Gwinnett since 1821. When something goes wrong at your property, you shouldn’t have to explain the neighborhood — or the century it was built in — to the people fixing it.

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