Any homeowner or business owner can experience the heartbreaking loss of water damage from a flooding event. Whether or not you live in a flood zone and even after taking sensible precautions, you can sustain flood damage. Business and household flooding can be caused by a number of reasons, including:
- Weather conditions, such as a period of heavy rain
- Plumbing issues, such as a burst or frozen pipe
- Overflowing gutters
- A leaking appliance
- Water used to put out a fire in your building
Flooding can destroy your cherished furniture, your clothing, your carpets and your electric devices. Besides destroying your material goods, water or flood damage takes an emotional toll.
What Do I Do When My House Floods?
No matter what the cause of your flooding, you should know what steps are necessary to ensure you don’t suffer no further damage. After a flooding event, whether it’s weather-related or from a busted pipe, you’re going to need to call on restoration professionals who know how to safely deal with the damage.
Because you can’t know the extent of the water damage, you’re best served by relying on the measures available from the experts at Appalachian Restoration and Cleaning, which offers water damage service that’s not only rapid, but also thorough. When your house or business floods, take steps that include:
- Stop the water, if possible. Unless your flooding was caused by a natural calamity, locate and turn off the water at the source — but only if you can do so without entering the water. Do everything possible to avoid contact with the water, which is potentially dangerous.
- Leave the premises. Water and flood damage make your building unsanitary, leaving you vulnerable to diseases and other problems. Evacuate the area immediately.
- Call for help. Check that everyone —your family members, employees and pets — got out with you. If not, call 911.
- Contact a professional restoration company. Once everyone is safe, call a professional water damage restoration company, such as Appalachian Restoration and Cleaning, to stop further damage to your home or business. These professionals document your entire loss before you contact your insurance carrier for assistance. While you want them to begin working on your property as soon as possible, your insurer may insist on an onsite inspection before the cleanup can begin.
- Inform your insurance company. Contact your insurance carrier or agent to file a claim. Tell them everything you know about the damage. Relate that you’ve contacted a reliable, bonded restoration company. Make a list of any missing cherished belongings.
- Clean up. While making it out of a flood safely requires personal risk, the next step requires that you rely on Appalachian Restoration and Cleaning’s qualified and experienced staff. Cleaning up the damage includes drying the damaged areas and removing everything that came into contact with the water. Carpet cleaning, mold treatments, and hard surface cleaning are among the specialties of restoration services, and all are necessary.
Can My House Go Back to Normal After a Flood?
Seeing your favorite possessions ruined by water and flood damage may leave you feeling physically and mentally exhausted. The right water restoration service, however, not only cleans and restores your flooded home, but also saves whatever items it can. Rugs often can be cleaned and treated. Even artwork may be saved. Some items may be lost from the flood but often replaceable.
Appalachian Restoration and Cleaning assists you in assessing the damage of your possessions. And once the building has been inspected and approved, you can move back in. If you’ve hired a company that provides both skilled and affordable water damage restoration services, you can rest assured that your building is safe.
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