Staying Safe After A Flood Damages Your Concord Home

6/29/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of Marlboro / Concord is ready to come to your home 24/7 and handle flood damage.

How To Stay Safe After Flood Damage To Your Concord Home Until SERVPRO Arrives

Flood damage in a home is a dire situation as it can cause a host of safety issues before our technicians arrive on-scene to extract the water and perform restoration services on the property. First and foremost, we're concerned with the health and safety of homeowners before our emergency response team gets there.

When flood damage happens to Concord properties, there are some actions you can take before our technicians arrive that can help save property and keep you safe. If the storm damage to the home is from rainwater, it is considered a clean water category one water intrusion and does not pose a health threat to mop or use rags to blot up the water. If the water from the home is from groundwater, that is a category three biohazard, and you should avoid coming into contact with the water until it is tested to determine what, if any, contaminants are in it.

Common flood water dangers in the home include:
    •    Slip and fall hazards from wet flooring
    •    Electrical shock from water reaching wall plugs, if there is danger of shock, turn off the electricity to the home at the panel
    •    Move furniture off wet carpeting only if it is absolutely safe to do so if unable to move furniture, place a barrier between the furniture legs or base and wet carpeting to avoid stain bleeding
    •    Remove items unaffected directly by flood water from tabletops to a dry location
    •    Do not move saturated area rugs or attempt to remove carpeting as they can be an injury risk due to their weight
    •    Upholstered chair and sofa cushions may be removed and propped to prep for drying

Because SERVPRO technicians are local, we arrive quickly to mitigate the storm damage in your home soon after your initial call. Our professional equipment makes the extraction of the water and drying in your home go quickly so the necessary repairs can happen to bring your home to its preloss condition.

SERVPRO of Marlboro / Concord is ready to come to your home 24/7 and handle flood damage. Reach our certified technicians by calling (978) 486-9868, and we can be onsite within hours to make the water damage in your home, “Like it never even happened.”

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