SERVPRO Should Be Your First Call When Flood Damage Strikes

10/19/2018 (Permalink)

What Happens when Nashville Flood Damage is Ignored

When flood damage strikes a property in Nashville, the results are typically too much for homeowners to handle on their own. Professional restoration services like those provided by SERVPRO can help bring a home back to the way it was before a flood, but many homeowners are afraid to bear the costs and responsibilities associated with a full-scale restoration project. Unfortunately, few if any symptoms of flood damage go away without appropriate care and attention. Our recommendation is to call for help as soon as damage strikes, or else these long-term effects could begin to develop in your home.

Destabilized Foundations

Long-term exposure to standing water and excess moisture produced during flood damage events in Nashville can cause permanent and expensive damage to the very foundation of your home. All common foundational materials, from masonry to concrete to stone, can absorb small amounts of water through cracks and pores in their material. Unless these pockets of water are removed with specialty drying equipment such as the air movers and dehumidifiers used by SERVPRO, they can create faults in the building foundation that eventually destabilize the entire structure. Fast and thorough drying processes are the only way to protect your home against these threats.

Mold Growth

Mold loves moisture, and without an expedited drying plan, your home is likely to retain much water in the aftermath of a flood. While most residential mold problems remain isolated to a single room or area, floods often create fungal problems that span across the entire home. Preventative treatments can help, but the only definitive solution to developing mold problems is rapid drying and dehumidification.

Materials Degradation

Over time, many materials tend to dissolve, break apart, and otherwise degrade when inundated with water. Again, the best way to mitigate damage is to enact a comprehensive drying plan rapidly, but specialist companies like SERVPRO can also provide vital restorative treatments to most parts of your home even if they are in an advanced state of disrepair.

Locally Owned Company with National Resources

SERVPRO of Madison / Goodlettsville can begin an industrial-scale drying process in your home within hours of your first call. Contact us at (615) 868-5324 for 24/7 help and services.

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