How Flooding Damages Your San Antonio Home

5/16/2022 (Permalink)

Finding the living room flooded is certainly a cause for alarm. Contact our certified team fast for water removal and storm remediation efforts.

Why SERVPRO Helps in Making the Right Decisions after Flood Damage Incidents in San Antonio

Flooding incidents are stressing to everyone they affect since they not only lead to financial losses but also are highly disruptive. Sometimes the urge to find a solution fast enough leads the homeowner to make the wrong decision, worsening the situation.

Calling SERVPRO to handle the mitigation and restoration processes in your San Antonio property can help eliminate mistakes.

Preparation of the site after flood damage loss in San Antonio helps a great deal. As the famous saying goes, failure to plan is planning to fail. Our SERVPRO technicians scope the site to establish the full extent of the loss, thus making the correct restoration plans, including deciding which equipment to use. We then create a staging area where we place all the equipment we bring to the site, which cuts down the trips we make back to the vehicles to get supplies, saving time. Laying a paper or plastic drop on the staging area also helps protect the equipment from soiling, which they can transfer to other areas of the property during cleanup.

The damage caused by flooding varies in many ways. There is a need to establish whether an incident falls under category 1, 2, or 3 of water loss to ensure the correct response. The categories depend on the level of contamination involved. If the flooding is from rainwater intruding through the roof, there is no contamination, so the priority is water extraction. For category 2 loss, the use of light protective gear such as gloves and disinfectants is sufficient since contamination is minimal. However, if it is a category 3 loss, our SERVPRO technicians need to move the people and contents from your house. We also use full PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, including full-face respirators, rubber boots, and full bodysuits.

Extracting all floodwater from the loss site and cleaning up the mess helps restore the property to its preloss state. Our SERVPRO technicians have a wide array of pumps to handle the removal. We also use different types of cleaning equipment, including pressure washers and rotating brushes to remove soils. The use of detergents and other professional cleaning agents also helps.

A properly run flood damage restoration process should help deal with an incident, "Like it never even happened." Call SERVPRO of Braun Station at (210) 267-2159 to help. We are available 24/7.