The Best Advice You Could Ever Get About Delta Flood Damage

4/14/2019 (Permalink)

Flooding is often a situation that you cannot control. But reacting to flood damage by calling SERVPRO is definitely something you can do right away.

Why Homeowners Need Professional Restoration of Flood Damage in Delta

The Gunnison River is a common culprit of flooding in this area of Colorado. When flood waters enter a residence, whether it is a little or a large amount of water, you need professional assistance to remove and restore the damage to your home and contents.

SERVPRO knows when we get called for mitigation of flood damage to a Delta home, the faster we can get the excess water extracted and the property dry, the higher the chance for more items to be restored. Our 24-hour response teams are ready when our community needs us.

SERVPRO technicians are certified IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification), and your remediation for water loss begins during the initial call. We ask questions to determine what to bring to the site. Has the power been shut off for safety concerns? No problem, we have generators. Is there standing water in the property? No problem, we have portable and a truck-mounted pump to handle any amount of water in the home.

Flood water is considered category three black water and may contain a myriad of contaminants. SERVPRO uses EPA-registered solutions for disinfecting the water. Our technicians are trained to access each affected item, and our goal is to mitigate water loss damage by restoring rather than replacing whenever possible. Porous items such as carpet and padding, upholstered furniture and beds and bedding are often difficult to restore to sanitary conditions for use, and our technicians can suggest the restorability prospects for each item and discard only with the permission of the property owner.

After the initial water extraction, SERVPRO technicians set up drying configurations carefully to draw out moisture using air movers with dehumidifiers that can eliminate up to 25 gallons of water vapor per day. Hardwood baseboards can be restored through drying and cleaning but the sheetrock they cover can wick moisture upwards and may be too damaged to restore. Flood cuts are made six inches above where the last moisture was detected in the material and drying assistants such as Injecti-dry, a setup of many hoses that connect to an air mover to force the air into wall cavities for thorough drying. Afterward, restorable items are disinfected and returned to their preloss condition.

SERVPRO of Montrose / Telluride knows flood damage never takes time off and neither do we. Our emergency response teams are available 24/7 at (970) 240-6970 to handle your water loss situation with compassion and our expertise.

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