How to Safely Remove Floodwater From Your Jamestown Home

3/12/2019 (Permalink)

Floodwater brings contaminants into your home. SERVPRO has the kmow-how to safely remove the water and restore your home.

Dealing with Contaminated Floodwater in Your Jamestown Home

Natural flooding exposes your Jamestown home to many potential hazards and health risks that make it unsafe for your family to remain in the property until restoration work has completed. With the unknown paths that floodwaters can take to reach your home, many potential contaminants could exist in this invading water that spreads bacteria and other harmful substances throughout the structure and contents of the house. Our professionals can help with fast response and effective cleanup practices.

As much as you might want to handle the assessment of the flood damage to your Jamestown home on your own, the risk for contamination is considerable with natural flooding, and it is inadvisable to do so. Our SERVPRO professionals arrive with the full measure of our personal protective equipment to wear as we set up the machines for extraction. This step is a vital component to preparing your home for the debris removal and cleanup efforts that it requires.

Once extraction has completed throughout the exposed areas of your property, our estimator and project manager can begin an assessment of the damage and what exposed elements must get removed. With black water flooding, nearly all of the exposed materials and construction elements must get removed to eliminate the potential for continued spread of bacteria, chemicals, and other harmful contaminants to the occupants of the household.

We prepare your home for the reconstruction it requires following a disaster like this with effective debris removal. When we reach structural elements like studs and beams, we can work to disinfect and clean these components to prevent further demolition. We can also spray these areas with an antimicrobial solution to make them uninhabitable to mold growth, which can happen quickly in this moist environment.

While you cannot predict when flooding can occur to your home, you have options regarding the best choice to help you clean up the mess and restore your property. Our SERVPRO of Jamestown / Olean rapid response team can make flooding “Like it never even happened.” Give us a call today at (716) 338-4901.

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