Preventing Water Damage In Your Home & Business
10/30/2024 (Permalink)
SERVPRO team stationed outside of a corporate office.
How To Find A Hidden Leak:
Did you know that almost 50% of Non-Catastrophic Homeowner’s Insurance claims are caused by water-related incidents? If that’s the case, how can we best prevent it?
- Cleaning your gutters and downspouts to keep water away from your home’s foundation. This can prevent structural damage, mold, and rot.
- Inspect your roof regularly for missing, cracked, or damaged shingles.
- Insulate your water pipes to prevent water from freezing inside and causing cracks, breaks and water damage.
- Install automatic water shut-off valve in your water line to shut off the water supply if they detect a drop in pressure.
- Check your water bill regularly, it can be your first sign at any leaks.
Next Steps?
But even after all of this, and you find yourself with a leak and water damage… What now? Water Mitigation, or the process of preventing or reducing the damaged caused by water in a building from flooding or leaks, would be the first step in the process in of making it “Like it never even happened.”
Water Damage? What you can expect when you call SERVPRO.
1/3/2023 (Permalink)
Our snack manager, Loki, managing a loaded trailer ready to dispatch to a water damage.
One of the most common calls we get is for Water Restoration Services. It can be very stressful when there is water damage in your home, and you might not know what to expect, especially if this has never happened before.
Here’s what you can expect when you call:
- Our receptionist will take your information and try to help walk you through the process. Once we get all the required information from you, we will dispatch a team to respond to your home.
- When the technician arrives, they will be thorough and quite literally walk you through the process, explaining what they see, what they’re doing and why. Our technicians are experts in this industry and will be more than happy to answer any of your questions and guide you through the process.
- Once the equipment is placed, our technicians will continue to monitor and make sure affected areas are drying properly.
- We work with almost every insurance company in the country, if a claim is filed, the office staff will speak to your adjuster and work directly with your insurance to make the process as streamlined as possible.
We understand the process and want to help you understand it as well. Even though these situations can be overwhelming, we are here to help you.