SERVPRO Can Mitigate the Storm Loss to Your Property with Rapid Cleanup and Restoration Services

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This Germantown House Will Start Smiling When SERVPRO Arrives for Floodwater Removal and Restoration

Why Hire Professionals to Handle Flood Damage in Your Germantown

No homeowner wants to deal with flood damage, but the inevitable can happen. A substantial and slow-moving rainstorm can dump multiple inches of rain in your area and turn streams into raging rivers and roads into streams. If this water finds its way into your residence, it can destroy building materials and contents.

Dealing immediately with flood damage in your Germantown home is crucial. However, it is difficult to do so on your own. Therefore, you should seek professional help. A remediation company like SERVPRO can help you clean up, dry, and disinfect your property. You can gain the following benefits after hiring our technicians:

Immediate action
It is essential to act when dealing with water damage quickly. If you do not take immediate action, the water can penetrate deeper into the walls, floors, and furnishings, causing more damage. Our crew can take the necessary steps to prevent any further damage.

Professional advice
Our crew can inspect the flooded areas properly and advise you where restoration is needed. We can tell you which items are salvageable and which ones are not. Our technicians can also inform you how easy or difficult it is to remove moisture from a material based on how the moisture is contained within it. We describe moisture in materials in three forms.

* Surface water – This is the liquid moisture on the surface of a material. We deal with surface water first during the drying process. We can extract it, pump it out, or wipe it out.
 * Free water – This is the liquid moisture a material has absorbed, either through exposure to humid air or through contact with the water. Free water starts to evaporate when restorers direct airflow across wet surfaces.
 * Bound water – This is the moisture that a material such as wood has absorbed and is now bound in within its cells. It takes longer for absorbed water to evaporate when compared to free or surface water. We can increase the rate of evaporating bound water by heating the damp material if desired. In the case of hardwood floorboards, it is often a slower moisture extraction that does not splinter and ruin the wood.

We use the right equipment
We have several advanced water restoration equipment and products at our disposal. For instance, our SERVPRO technicians can use thermal imaging cameras to detect water intrusion without removing building materials like drywall. With the help of such cameras, assessments are precise, and repairs are less costly and take less time. We also have different types of pumps, deep extraction tools, air movers, and dehumidifiers that can remove all the water and moisture from the affected areas. Advanced equipment like drying mats and injectidry systems can salvage many materials and limit losses.

If you are dealing with a flood damage disaster, you can trust SERVPRO of Gaithersburg / Germantown to restore your home to a preloss state. Contact us at (301) 963-8474 for a fast and smooth recovery. We’re Faster To Any Size Disaster.