SERVPRO Strives to Preserve and Restore Storm-Damaged Contents in a Manayunk Home

9/10/2019 (Permalink)

Whether Your Home in Manayunk or a Nearby Bridege--We've Got You Covered for Storm Damage Restoration

Is Flood Damage to a Manayunk Home Salvageable?

When flood damage happens to a home, the cleanup efforts must begin quickly. The destruction that water leaves behind looks devastating, but often there are restorable items that need not be a loss with the application of the correct cleaning methods.

Controlled demolition techniques are often a large part of flood damage cleanup in a Manayunk home. Once groundwater enters a residence, it runs behind baseboards, soaks flooring and penetrates wall cavities quickly. The longer it remains, the more damage it leaves behind. The cutting away of damaged walls and flooring to allow sufficient airflow for complete drying is a common practice. Lifting away of flooring for adequate airflow into the subfloor is also standard.

Specialized Equipment Ensures the Best Outcome

A consumer-grade wet-dry vacuum does not have the pulling power to clean a water-damaged floor efficiently. It is excellent for cleaning surface water, but embedded moisture needs a combination of a powerful suction pump and strong airflow during drying to cause the water vapor to rise. Inadequate cleanup of water leads to the weakening of flooring or sheetrock as well as encourages mold growth.

What Items Have Restoration Potential?

Nonporous items that have exposure to groundwater usually respond well to sanitizing and disinfection methods such as thorough hand-cleaning or immersion washing. In this way, technicians save many things in the home, and the homeowner is not out the cost for replacement.

What Items are a Loss?

In the course of cleaning up a flood loss in a home, SERVPRO technicians inspect each item for restoration potential. Discarding of items does not occur without the permission of the homeowner or adjuster, but porous items contaminated with groundwater such as carpet and padding generally have zero possibility of a return to safe, sanitary standards for use and must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations for hazardous waste material.

As soon as flood damage happens, contact SERVPRO of Manayunk and Chestnut Hill at (215) 482-0800. Our technicians are available 24/7 to handle any size water loss in your home and restore the property to its preloss condition whenever possible, "Like it never even happened."