When It Rains, It Pours

3/16/2021 (Permalink)

A property loss to your home is a stressful event, and it can seem like the end of the world.

It has been raining for three days straight and you feel like you should have webbed toes by now.  By the end of the third day, you come home from a long day at work and all you want to do is relax in your newly finished basement.  That’s when you walk down the stairs and step on the carpet.  You feel a squish between your toes. It's not that normal warm and fuzzy feeling, but rather that cold and wet feeling.  The saturation of water outside from the rain found a way into your basement, soaking your drywall and carpet.  You ask yourself, ugh, what to do now?

You have a few options:

1. Try to run fans and dehumidifiers and try to manage the water yourself. Saves money up front, but could lead to major problems later in the year with potential mold issues or degrading of the building materials.
2. You could bring a contractor into the project. Contractors do fabulous work, however, they may tend to demo more of the area than is needed, as water restoration work is not their area of expertise. 
3. Call a Mitigation company like SERVPRO of The Saint Croix Valley to evaluate the loss. Once mitigation begins, materials that can be saved are salvaged and dried.  Portions that cannot be salvaged are removed, and instead of replacing whole sheets of drywall, you have a cost savings of only replacing what was damaged. 

A property loss to your home is a stressful event, and it can seem like the end of the world.  SERVPRO understands these feelings and is able to mobilize quickly to start mitigation work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  The faster stabilization work begins on the loss, the likelihood of saving materials is increased.