24/7 Emergency ServiceThreats to Your Home | SERVPRO of Tri-County
5/1/2024 (Permalink)
If you discover damage in your residence, call SERVPRO of Tri-County right away.
There are many threats to your home on a regular basis—extreme weather, fires, aging or even a neighborhood football game with one bad throw that ends up in your living room instead of the end zone.
Even with a multitude of ways our homes could be damaged, we can’t spend our days worrying about them. Instead, we can prepare for them and rest easy knowing that even the most unpredicted natural disaster won’t be able to keep us down for long.
In order to prepare for them, we must first come to understand all the threats to our homes. The more understanding we gain, the more we will also understand how simple the restoration process can be, especially with the SERVPRO of Tri-County team right around the corner.
Have you heard the saying “if you don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes”? We are pretty sure that it was written about Georgia! The temperatures can swing wildly, strong thunderstorms are possible year-round, and tornado season keeps getting longer and longer. We can also experience some hard freezes periodically that leave our pipes vulnerable to freezing.
Even with the number of threats the weather can bring us throughout the year, there are three main kinds of damage everyone should focus on. Water, fire and roof damage are the top threats to houses everywhere.
All three of those kinds of damage can come from a number of sources. Water damage could start from a flash flood, or it could be the result of an appliance failure. Your roof could experience a leak during a torrential downpour, or it could gain a hole when a limb you didn’t know was weak comes falling down. Fire can come from external sources like wildfires, but more often, fires start inside from human error.
Dealing with a disaster is incredibly difficult, but when you start to take a look at the compounding damage that is left behind, it can be easy to get quickly overwhelmed. No matter what the disaster was, one kind of damage almost always leads to another.
Flooding will soak everything in its path completely through, but it will also create the perfect environment for mold to grow and spread all the way to your foundation. Fire not only burns everything the flames touch, it also spreads soot and smoke damage throughout your home. The firefighting efforts can cause damage as well, as the water or chemicals used leave your belongings stained and wet.
If your home was damaged, it doesn’t really matter how the disaster started. Any kind of disaster will require a multi-step recovery process. With training in fire, wind, mold, water and construction, SERVPRO® is ready to handle everything.
When a flood happens, our first step will be to start drying everything that got wet. Our crew will make sure everything is structurally sound, and we can replace roof beams or parts of your foundation. During the recovery process, we will also sanitize your home, removing any odors and sealing out the possibility of mold regrowing.
After a fire, we will tackle your recovery in much the same way, starting with the most damaged places and removing anything burned while we secure your home. Our professionals will also address water damage left behind by firefighting as needed, and we will make sure smoke, soot and odors are all gone. If part of your home was burned beyond repair, we can tear it down and rebuild it.
SERVPRO works directly with your insurance company and coordinates with any other necessary contractors. It’s our goal to make the process smooth and easy—and with our availability, tools and experience, we are always ready to do just that.
Does your home need restoration and you don’t want to make more than one call? Contact us to get everything handled by one team.