Water Damage: What to do?

11/11/2021 (Permalink)

Living room flooded

After your home or business experiences water damage, your prompt action can minimize further damage. It is essential to know the source of the damage at the start of the cleaning process. The safe, timely steps listed below can assist you in your home or businesses’ water damage restoration process so that it can be returned to its pre-crisis state. Incorrect actions can be costly mistakes.

• Call your insurance company.
• Try to contain the water in the affected area.
• Remove as much water as possible by mopping and blotting.
• Wipe furniture dry.
• Place a piece of foil between wet flooring and furniture legs.
• Protect any furniture or pillows.
• Open furniture drawers, closet doors, and luggage to start the drying.
• Move guns, photos, paintings, and art objects to a safe, dry location
• Lift the drapes off the floor, looping them through a coat hanger and hanging them on the curtain rod.
• Remove all area carpets.
• Turn off any electrical items.

If you find water damage on your property, follow some of these helpful tips, and call SERVPRO of Summit Lake, Park & Eagle Counties to start the restoration process right away. We are a 24/7 emergency response.