What Needs to Happen to Clean Up After Water Damage?

5/29/2020 (Permalink)

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Our SERVPRO Technicians Can Help with Surface Cleaning and Post-Construction Recovery After Lenoir City Water Damages.

Water damage can occur from dozens of different sources in your Lenoir City  home, each of which can present its own unique challenges and obstacles with cleaning and recovery. Addressing the immediate threats first like migrating water and thorough drying is the ideal place to begin. Our SERVPRO professionals can help in this regard by arriving quickly with the cutting-edge equipment to help.

Regarding water cleanup for Lenoir City homes like yours, our technicians cannot begin these often intricate tasks without first addressing the immediate damaging effects throughout the residence. The best way that we can assess the full measure of the work that must get done and the appropriate personnel to complete these tasks is allowing our project manager and crew chief to scope out the job alongside the customer.

What is Job Scoping after Water Emergencies? 

Job scoping is a crucial element in meeting the needs of your home and its occupants after any disaster takes place. With water losses, we must quickly determine not only what damage has already occurred, but the migration patterns of the moving water to better protect other areas of your home that might not yet get affected. Several vital details can get learned through the scoping process, including:

• Assessing Current Conditions  

You might not be able to recognize how widespread water damage might be or how minimal it could be until the appropriate assessments have gotten made. Through the use of advanced discovery tools like thermal imagery and hygrometers, we can have an understanding of present moisture pockets and where dampness might exist that needs to get dried.

• Cataloging Loss

Losses might not always be apparent, either. With an area-by-area inspection with probing moisture detection tools and other practices, we can determine if certain exposed materials might be structurally compromised and a danger to our responding technicians or the occupants of the house.

• Inspecting Exposed Contents 

The items in your home can be among the first things that become irreparably damaged by pooling water or migrating loss effects. Assessing these belongings on an item-by-item basis gives our technicians a better idea of what must happen with your possessions. From relocating them somewhere else on-site to removing them for safekeeping in our SERVPRO warehouse, we make the choices based on perceived risks.

Does SERVPRO Work with Insurance Providers?

Many homeowners do not always have as great of home insurance as they thought when loss incidents occur, so our responding technicians need to act quickly to minimize the expenses and time restoration takes. Even with coverage for water losses, there are many hurdles to getting a damage claim approved that our professionals can help with, including:

• Documentation

Documenting losses and damage is one of the critical elements in preparing both an estimate for our customers and an accurate assessment of the property for the insurance adjuster.

• Photographic Evidence

Using a combination of our own photographs and shots that our customers might have also taken of both the damage and the conditions of the house after the water loss incident, we can show tangible evidence that damage exists.

• DryBook Software

One of the unique aspects of choosing SERVPRO for restoration is the use of our exclusive DryBook software. This program allows our technicians and management to input real-time data based on environmental testing, content management, and the progress of the drying process.

What Needs to be Cleaned After Water Losses? 

Cleaning up your residence after a water loss incident can be more necessary than many homeowners might initially think. Even with clean water disasters, residues, debris, and color bleeding can occur on surfaces and materials. Cleaning up these areas and contents involves the use of potent products approved by the EPA and advanced restoration techniques. We focus this corrective cleaning on:

• Wall Surfaces
• Contents
• Wood Flooring
• Carpets

Is There Cleaning Necessary After Reconstruction? 

While not every loss situation in your residence might require build back services, we have a team of in-house licensed contractors to help if it does. If reconstruction is a requirement for restoration, certain cleaning practices must take place after this as well. Dust and debris generated from new construction can often get resolved by wiping walls and surfaces throughout the areas where this build back occurred.

We strive to provide every customer with a fast and confident response after a water loss emergency because we recognize how quickly these situations can get out of control. Our SERVPRO of Loudon & Roane Counties team can mobilize quickly to help you make water losses “Like it never even happened.” Give us a call today at (865) 986-3015.