About Caleb Owens | Kern Water Damage Restoration

Who I Am

Who Is Caleb Owens?

Hi, I'm Caleb Owens! I own Kern Water Damage Restoration, and I run every job myself. It's me that answers the phone. Then I walk the loss, set the equipment and write the report your insurance company pays from. I'm a Bakersfield local (Buck Owens was my great-grandpa). My wife and I live in Tehachapi, and most of my days are spent in Bakersfield. I love this work, and I'd love to help with your job. Shoot me a call at 661-912-6344.

Good Work Taught Me What Great Looks Like.

I got into restoration working for a company that ran solid jobs. I spent four and a half years there learning extraction, structural drying, mold, fire, and the insurance paperwork behind all of it. The biggest mitigation job I ran was $183,000, for NASA. My biggest mold job was about $175,000, and my biggest fire job was over half a million dollars. I started Kern Water Damage Restoration in 2024 with my name on it, my standards, and my relationship with every homeowner. KWDR is built from everything I learned, plus the systems I wished I could give my clients before.

Caleb Owens with the first KWDR equipment purchase

The first equipment purchase, the day KWDR went from idea to real.

How We Work

What You Can Expect From Us

You Talk to the Owner

Every job is run by Caleb directly. The person who answers your call is the person who dries your house, meaning you never re-explain the loss to someone who wasn't there.

Onsite in 60 Minutes

We dispatch immediately. Fast arrival means less damage, shorter dry times, and a smaller claim.

No Surprises on the Bill

The inspection is free, and you decide afterward whether to hire us. We scope the job before we start and tell you exactly what's needed and why.

Records That Hold Up

We build the documentation package with the insurance adjuster in mind: photos, logs, moisture readings, equipment records.

The Team

The People On Your Job

Caleb on a job in Bakersfield.

Caleb Owens, Owner & Operator

On every job, I'm the one on site running it: extraction, drying, and the documentation your insurance adjuster will read.

Credentials & Equipment

Certified and Properly Equipped

IICRC-Certified Technician

Caleb holds an IICRC certification in water damage restoration, the technician course built on the S500, the industry standard that defines how a dry-out is measured and documented. You can check it at iicrc.org.

CIRSx Mold Remediation

Caleb holds a CIRSx certificate in medically important mold remediation, for homes where someone's health depends on the cleanup.

Xactimate Estimating

Every scope is written in Xactimate (the line-item estimating platform insurance carriers use), so your claim is documented in the format adjusters expect.

Commercial Drying Equipment

Commercial air movers and LGR dehumidifiers. Enough capacity to dry a flooded home to a moisture standard, not just to the touch.

Encircle Documentation

Industry-standard photo documentation and field reporting software. Every job ends with the photos, moisture readings and equipment logs your adjuster needs to pay the claim.

The Work

Recent Jobs

Bathroom water damage: flood cuts and vanity demo exposing plumbing, Bakersfield CA

Bathroom loss: 4ft flood cuts, vanity demoed, plumbing exposed and documented prior to dry-out.

Bathroom structural drying, 2 air movers and 1 dehumidifier set after demo, Bakersfield CA

Same job, 2 air movers and 1 LGR dehumidifier placed after demo. Equipment monitored daily to dry standard.

When You Call, You Get Caleb. Not a Call Center.