Heavy Rainfall Has Caused Flooding in My Somerset Home. Whom Should I Call for Help?

6/19/2020 (Permalink)

We know how scary storm damage to your Somerset home can be, let us walk through the damage with you.

Seek Professional Help from SERVPRO to Restore Your Somerset Home after Storm Flood Damage

The heavy rainfall that accompanies stormy weather can lead to flooding in your home, which can cause significant damage to your drywall, appliances, furniture, and other valuable items. It can also cause contamination. Thankfully, professional restorers can prevent secondary damage and restore your Somerset property to its preloss state.

When should I contact professionals?

You need to contact restorers soon after the flooding incident because flood water can continue causing damage in your home. By calling SERVPRO technicians to handle the storm flood damage in your Somerset property, you can avoid costly repairs. We respond fast to our customers’ emergency since we understand how destructive flood water can be. Our response team is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

What can happen in my home after flooding?

The secondary damage resulting from flooding can take place after a few hours. The water can sip in your drywall and flooring shortly after it gets into your property. After some time, the water’s color can change, and a foul smell may fill the home. Mold can grow on the affected surfaces within 24 to 48 hours and cause health hazards to the residents.

What does flood damage restoration involve?

Flood damage restoration involves a few essential steps, including:

• Inspection
• Water removal
• Structural drying
• Anti-microbial application
• Odor removal

Water removal is the primary step in flood damage restoration. It speeds up the drying process and minimizes odors. SERVPRO has hi-tech equipment and tools that help us restore our customers’ properties within a brief period. Floodwater tags, along with debris, dead animals, tree leaves, and stones, among other debris. Our technicians can use a self-priming trash pump to extract water in your home.

How do you deal with the contamination?

Apart from equipment, we have water restoration products that help us to disinfect a property. We can use germicides and disinfectants to achieve this. These products are antimicrobials, which destroy about ninety-nine percent of organisms on the surfaces where our restorers apply them. The common disinfectants we use are chlorines, alcohols, formaldehydes, phenols, and quaternaries. We can use electric sprayers to apply the products. The equipment helps us spray the product directly onto the contaminated areas effectively.

Do not let flood damage distort your daily way of life for long. Contact SERVPRO of Southeast Somerset County at (908) 251-9097 for professional restoration services. We’re Faster To Any Size Disaster.