Flood Damage Incidents in your Knoxville Home

1/31/2020 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO of Rocky Hill / Sequoyah Hills / South Knoxville at (865) 862-8907 to help.

Typical Constraints We Tackle When Resolving Flood Damage Incidents in Knoxville

Flooding incidents cause great inconvenience since most strike when you least expect and cause significant financial losses. As expected, the process of restoring flood damage is complicated, but some constraints worsen the situation. Over the years, SERVPRO has tackled several incidents gaining considerable experience in restoration procedures and also identifying common constraints, including:

    •    Safety hazards
    •    Limited work hours
    •    Tight deadlines
    •    Working with third parties

When there is an incident of flood damage in your Knoxville home, you probably want to resolve it as soon as possible so that you can continue using the property. A faster resolution also limits secondary costs the incident creates, such as seeking alternative accommodation. However, it is not always easy for a restorer to meet such expectations. Our SERVPRO crews use different approaches to meet tight deadlines. Before we start the restoration processes, we do a thorough scope of the loss site to establish what resources we need for the restoration. Scoping helps ensure we have enough crew members and equipment. We also ascertain whether there is a need for specialized equipment or technical skill so that we make the necessary arrangements. Such preparation ensures that the restoration process runs from start to finish without stopping.

Flooding incidents can create safety hazards in your property, including contamination, exposure of hazardous materials, and in some cases, structural integrity issues. These hazards can cause injuries to the restoration crew or pose a risk to your family later on. Our SERVPRO technicians take steps to identify and deal with all hazards. For example, we have electrical testing kits to identify electrical hazards. We also have advanced moisture detection equipment to check moisture migration since it can affect structural stability. Depending on what we find out, we can take remedial steps, including controlled demolition to remove affected materials.

Some aspects of flood damage restoration require help from specialists. Industrial hygienists, in case of contamination, or hazardous material specialists, are typical examples. Some aspects of the restoration work have to stop until such specialists are available. SERVPRO works with such specialists regularly, making it easier to find them when we need one.

Flooding poses different challenges. 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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