Problems Created By Flood Damage in Reading

4/18/2022 (Permalink)

Afraid your wood floors have been damaged by a Storm? No need to stress it, Let SERVPRO fix it.

SERVPRO Offers Flood Damage Restoration in the Reading Area

Now that spring has arrived, rainstorms will start plaguing the Reading region. During or after a thunderstorm, several occurrences can take place that causes moisture to enter your house. For example, old bottom door seals can leak, letting the rainwater get onto your floors. Wind could also cause items like branches or rocks to become airborne and fly into your roof shingles or windows and cause leaks.

Our SERVPRO technicians take extra steps to prevent contaminants from spreading when dealing with flood damage in Reading. Any time moisture from the outdoors gets inside your house, there is a possibility that the water contains harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. To prevent the contaminated "grey water" from spreading throughout your house and causing harm to your building's occupants, we can start by removing any porous materials that got wet, like your carpet and pad. We can then use products like Vanquish to decontaminate your hard, non-porous building materials like your subflooring and wall studs. 

Services We Can Provide After You Suffer From Storm Damage:

• Water Extraction Services
• Water Damage Repairs
• Cleaning Up After a Sewage Backup
• Structural Decontamination
• Applied Structural Drying (ASD)

If building materials in your home, such as your drywall and subflooring, get wet, our SERVPRO technicians can take steps to remove the moisture and lower the relative humidity level. We can set up a combination of dehumidifiers and air movers to speed up the natural drying process. The air movers push air away from your wet walls to speed up evaporation. The dehumidifiers then pull moisture from the air and dispense it into liquid form. 

If moisture ever enters your house during a severe thunderstorm from your lower door or window seals, call SERVPRO of Reading at (610) 779-8189.