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Top Tips for Addressing Water Damage in Your Home | SERVPRO of Northeast Charlotte
9/19/2023 (Permalink)
If you discover water damage in your home or business, call SERVPRO of Northeast Charlotte right away.
Water impacts our daily lives in an incredible way. Even if we aren’t actively thinking about it every day, we use water to perform almost every task around the house. Doing the dishes, cooking, cleaning and even giving the family dog a bath requires the constant flow of water at our fingertips.
Because of that daily need, the possibility of experiencing water damage is also a constant in your home. Water damage can occur due to an appliance malfunction, house failure like a busted pipe or even during a strong storm from Mother Nature. Strong storms can bring hail, wind and heavy rain through the area at this time of the year and quickly wreak havoc on our homes.
Taking the necessary steps to prepare your home to prevent damage altogether is always ideal, but that’s simply just not possible all of the time. By reacting quickly and calling your friendly SERVPRO® team, you are doing what is needed to take care of your home.
Coming upon a water disaster at your home is often overwhelming and frustrating, but don’t wait too long to take action! Acting quickly can help you avoid lasting damages and a costly repair. Water is notorious for seeping and leaking down walls, under floors and through ceilings in minutes after the problem begins.
Your first goal should be to stop the water at its source. Locate the connecting water valve and shut it off, and then shut off electricity to the surrounding area. If your leak is coming from the ceiling due to some sort of storm damage or roof issue, set out a bucket to catch the water while you wait for the storm to pass.
Remember, if you have standing water in your house, do not walk through it until you are 100% sure the electricity has been turned off. Live electrical wires are a serious danger.
Once the situation has been initially controlled, give us a call! We are trained to respond quickly, and we are available 24⁄7 to help start your recovery process.
Our first phone call will involve a lot of questions as we create a restoration plan tailored to your specific disaster. We will also ask you to take some photos to help us and to help make your insurance claim process go smoother.
Our team of experts will get started as soon as we get to your house. Some of our team will start bringing in air movers, blowers and tubes to remove the excess water, and some of us will get to work saving your possessions and drying out your fragile materials.
We are trained to handle every aspect of your restoration from the initial drying process to the final repairs. We can do everything including replacing carpet, walls or floors, and we can even handle entire reconstructions of your home if your project requires it.
Water has the potential to cause significant issues for you and your family, so calling us is always the most reliable way of achieving a complete restoration. We are ready to take your call!
Do you have water damage in your home? Call us for fast and complete restoration.