Steps Taken After Flood Damage to Your Saugus Home

4/22/2022 (Permalink)

SERVPRO techs rapidly remove floodwaters and dry the Saugus property to mitigate storm damage

Approaches to Mitigate Flood Damage in Saugus Properties

When your Saugus house floods during a storm, the water can wreak havoc on your belongings and the structure of the home if immediate measures are not taken. Your high-value items like carpeting, appliances, and furniture can get ruined even with just an inch of floodwater. However, with rapid mitigation, you can prevent further damage from occurring.

When dealing with flood damage in your Saugus home, the best option is to contact professionals. Usually, restoration involves interaction with wastewater, electricity, and other hidden hazards. Also, better handling of floodwaters ensures proper drying, decontamination, and dehumidification. SERVPROs technicians can offer guidance and assistance to help you make the best decisions through such difficult times.

Steps to facilitate flood repairs

• Water extraction
• Debris removal and disposal
• Structural and content drying

Removing flood residues

Removal of standing water, solid waste, debris, and silt from the house is necessary to expose structural surfaces or assemblies for further assessment. This also helps decrease the time needed to dry a structure. If the water is two or more inches deep, we use a submersible pump to extract standing water. We may have to treat contaminated water with a disinfectant in some areas before pumping out. We take caution when removing water from crawl spaces and basements as highly saturated soils next to the foundation could collapse the wall due to hydrostatic pressure.

SERVPRO evaluates whether structure and contents can be decontaminated and restored or if a replacement is required. The decision depends on the porosity of materials and the nature of contamination. It may be difficult to discard water-damaged items, particularly if they hold sentimental value. Nonetheless, keeping certain things that may have been soaked with water could cause persistent microbial growth and exposure to contaminants.

Areas that require special attention

• Stairwells
• HVAC systems
• Wall spaces

SERVPRO of Saugus, West Lynn, provides rapid measures towards flood damage “Like it never even happened.” call us at (978) 744-0409.