Restore Your Warehouse From Flood Damage with The Help of SERVPRO!

4/29/2019 (Permalink)

If flooding does strike your warehouse, call SERVPRO of Montrose/Telluride. We have the tools and expertise to clean and restore the damage.

Protecting Your Business in Montrose from Flood Damage

Your warehouse and its stock in Montrose are extremely valuable, so making every effort to protect it against different hazards and threats is essential. When it comes to flooding, the interruption, it makes to your business while the insurance claim is filed, and restoration is done can be crippling. You won’t be able to work at full capacity, if you can remain open at all, and could even lose staff and trade because of it.

It is crucial, therefore, that you take steps in installing protective measures to make sure your assets are safe in case of flooding in your Montrose business building. When flooding does happen, call upon SERVPRO for help cleaning up the mess. Our staff are professionally trained and have experienced in all kinds of flood damage restoration scenarios. Plus, we understand that time is of the essence in an emergency like this, so we’re faster to any size disaster.

If your structure is in a high-risk area, you should first sign up to receive flood warnings. Raise any sockets, electrical installations, wiring, and fuse boxes from ground level to avoid water damaging them. You can also invest in guards which fit your external doors and covers which can be fit to ventilation bricks, which stop water from seeping in. Avoid water backing up into your building by installing non-return valves to the drainage pipes.

When returning your building and the air inside back to its typical dryness and humidity, one important tool SERVPRO techs use are dehumidifiers. There are three types that we use, including log rain refrigerant, refrigerant, and desiccant. The most common dehumidifiers are refrigerant dehumidifiers and work efficiently to lower the relative humidity in a building to about 40 gpp. Low grain refrigerants are also refrigerant dehumidifiers, but they work below 40 gpp. Desiccant dehumidifiers can lower relative humidity to a much lower point when needed.

We work quickly to help prevent damage to your important papers and more delicate merchandise. If needed, we can remove individual items offsite to a safe, dry, location while we work. Keeping certain items away from the higher humidity is essential to keep them from being damaged.

Various things you can do to protect your warehouse include storing paper records higher up or sealed in filing cabinets. Installing heavy duty high-rise racking is also a good idea so that even your more massive stock can be stored at a higher level when flooding is imminent. When possible, park any warehouse vehicles such as forklifts on a loading bay that is elevated so they won’t be sitting in pools of water.

SERVPRO of Montrose / Telluride understands that floodwaters invading your warehouse in Delta, Gunnison, or Hotchkiss can put a huge damper in your daily operations and your income. When you call us for help at (970) 240-6970, we won’t hesitate to get to you quickly so we can get the water out and allow you to carry on with your regular business as soon as possible.

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