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What to Do When Your Home Has Water Damage | SERVPRO of Dublin/Vidalia/Claxton
8/15/2023 (Permalink)
If you discover water damage in your home or business, call SERVPRO of Dublin/Vidalia/Claxton right away.
Water is one of the most powerful things we will ever encounter. Even when it is controlled, pumping through our pipes and turning off and on with a flick of our hand, water can surge out at surprising strengths. If you have ever spent time near the ocean, you have seen water and felt the incredibly powerful nature that it is.
We can’t survive without water, but when it starts to seep into all the wrong places it can turn our lives upside down. While Georgia weather is often a mixed bag and certainly comes with its share of flash floods and heavy downpours, we have seen the Oconee River overflow and isolate parts of our town as well. Whether is it a natural disaster that floods your home or a leaky water heater drowning your basement, water can be very destructive and leave your home in utter chaos.
You can take a lot of different steps to prepare and protect your home from potential water damage, but there are some disasters you just can’t stop. With a team of water damage restoration experts right around the corner, no matter what happens you can get dried out and back to living quickly.
When your home takes on water unexpectedly, the quicker you are able to respond, the less damage your home will incur. Water can flow into some of the most hidden areas you would never think to check, so the first step to take after a water disaster will always be to locate the source in order to gain control.
After you have found where the water is coming from, take stock of what you can do to stop it. If the water is from a natural disaster, your only option might be to just wait it out in a safe space. Leaks from your plumbing can be shut off, though, so make sure you know where various valves are located around your home. Take a look at what electrical equipment might be under water as well.
Never step into water with live electrical wiring in it. Shut off your circuits before plunging into the flooded area.
The moment you can safely do so, call SERVPRO® . Our team is available around the clock, so it will never matter when your disaster strikes. The sooner you can call, the sooner we can start drying out your home.
After we have received your call, we will start your restoration process right away over the phone. As we gather your information, you might consider taking pictures of the flooded or damaged area. Part of our restoration process is working directly with your insurance to make for the smoothest recovery possible, and photos are a good way of documenting everything that has happened.
Once we have gathered basic information over the phone, we will get a team to your home with industry-leading equipment designed to dry out as much of your property as possible. We will tackle water removal and soft items immediately in order to salvage as much as we can. It’s our goal to restore everything so you are not left replacing your items. Drying your home means that not a drop of water is left, and your property is sanitized and odor-free.
If water has done enough damage to destroy an area of your home, we can tear it down and rebuild it to your specifications. Your home will be as good or better than new when we are done. It doesn’t matter where the water came from, our team is trained to handle every aspect of restoration.
Any time your home takes on more than an inch of water, you need to call our professionals at SERVPRO. Water from pipe failures and water from floods are handled in different ways in order to keep everyone safe and sanitary, and our team is well-versed in it all. With a crew of professionals in your neighborhood, you can get back to appreciating water and all it does for us without the worry of long-term damage.
Do you have water damage in your home? Call us for fast and complete restoration.