How SERVPRO Restores Flood Damaged Knoxville Homes

10/1/2019 (Permalink)

Knoxville gets heavy rainstorms which cause localized flooding. Call SERVPRO to remediate your home quickly..

Proper Finalizing of Flood Damage Restoration in Knoxville is Crucial  

Looking at your Knoxville home after flood damage can leave you devastated because of the disruption the incident causes. Even after cleaning, a great deal of stuff might not be right. Contents strewed all over, and parts of the structure such as walls, floors, and ceiling ripped down. Various renovation steps are necessary to restore the preloss state.  

In mild cases of flood damage affecting your Knoxville, the renovations needed might be minimal such as reinstalling floor coverings such as carpets and resetting contents. Despite being minimal steps, they still require considerable effort to achieve. For example, installing a new carpet and pad can prove challenging because of issues such as tearing or creases. Our SERVPRO teams handle these challenges conveniently by using ergonomic tools such as knee kickers, which help fit the carpet snugly in tight areas. We also have hand trucks and other equipment for moving heavy contents. Other tasks that we handle include:  

• Seaming carpets 

• Installing tack strip 

• Replacing baseboards 

• Replacing door and window trim 

For severe losses, there is considerable repair work necessary to make the home habitable again. Water intrusion and contamination may have led to the demolition of subfloors necessitating repair. Our SERVPRO technicians inspect materials such as wooden floorboards and subfloors to verify their structural integrity before reinstalling them. We can help save hardwood floors from water exposure by using a drying chamber for improved drying. We also replace wall materials such as insulation and drywall affected by flooding.  

It is typical for humidity levels in the house to be higher, or there might be a whiff of bad odor after a flooding incident. Such issues make it uncomfortable to stay in the house. Our SERVPRO technicians can use specialized equipment such as thermo-hygrometers to check humidity levels in different sections of the house and take steps such as setting up a dehumidifier to normalize it. For odors, we check the source and apply deodorization steps. In the case of temporary odors such as the smell of fresh finishes, we use deodorizing agents with masking odors mostly in the form of time-release beads.  

The final steps of renovating a flood-damaged home can be tricky. Call SERVPRO of Rocky Hill / Sequoyah Hills / South Knoxville at (865) 862-8907 to help. We're Faster To Any Size Disaster. 

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