How Long Do I Have Before Flooding Ruins My Buffalo Grove Home?

4/3/2020 (Permalink)

“Like it never even happened.”

SERVPRO Works Fast to Save Your Home in Buffalo Grove from Extensive Flood Damage

Any level of water infiltration in your home poses a threat to your belongings as well as structural materials. The faster that you have a team onsite to address flood water removal, the fast you can get your home back to normal. Our team at SERVPRO is always Faster to Any Size Disaster!

What Do Flood Restoration Technicians Do to Help?
When a massive rainstorm or local flooding leaves your home with flood damage in Buffalo Grove, skilled technicians arrive on the scene with all of the techniques and equipment to get it cleared up quickly. Water left to fester for too long becomes harmful to the structural integrity of your home while posing a threat from dangerous mold and mildew growth. SERVPRO features water removal technicians (WRT) with specialized technology to remove large amounts of standing water to bring your home back to like-new condition, including:

    •    Truck-mounted pumps and vacuums that allow for the quick removal of hundreds or thousands of gallons of water.
    •    Gas-powered and submersible pumps for effective, continuous pumping of high-level water.
    •    Hygrometers and moisture detection tools that help to measure the amount of moisture saturation throughout the home.
    •    Infrared camera technology allows our technicians to located any hidden pockets of moisture that lurk in ceilings and behind walls.

Why Are Flood Cuts Necessary?
A flood cut is when technicians remove sheetrock about a foot above the water level to safely remove any black water, also known as Category 3 water, that has seeped up throughout the materials. Impacted drywall is cut, then bagged up and carefully disposed of while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) for safe-handling purposes.

Call SERVPRO of Buffalo Grove / Lake Zurich today at (847) 279-1940, and we can send out a team as soon as possible to help with flood damage restoration.

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