A professional water cleanup team knows how to prevent your house and contents from getting ruined

2/22/2019 (Permalink)

It only takes one of the many storms passing over the Portland area to create problems with your home's roof. After repairs, most homeowners never have a problem again. Sometimes, though, minor gaps that went undetected before now suddenly seem to open up and let rain from even mild showers into the house. Any part of your roof can develop problems like this.

When your home experiences water damage, the team at SERVPRO is ready to help. We can help determine where the leak is coming from so your roofing team can get the repairs made as quickly as possible. We use thermal imaging equipment that shows the presence of moisture in materials, letting us track down both lost and invasive water, revealing their origination points. While the top of your home requires experts in roofing, many times we can repair leaky pipes and slipped water lines.

After we locate the area where rain sneaks in, we can tarp this to eliminate problems until after the completion of the roof's repairs. Now we can begin working on cleaning up the water that came through your ceiling and is threatening your home and your belongings. Preventing as much ruination and damage to your property as possible is our goal in mitigation and cleanup.

Water that comes through your attic can carry debris with each drop and deposit these substances on your belongings. Attic spaces can also contain stored boxes of off-season items, and we can get these cleaned up for you, also. Disposing of things and repurchasing them often costs considerably more than the expense involved in cleaning and restoring those same items.

Furniture that sat under a leak can hold quite a bit of water in its upholstery. We use special vacuums that remove the water while protecting the fabric. Other items, such as solid wood furniture, can often come clean with only a thorough wipe-down to clean it sufficiently. We air dry these in a special chamber to speed drying up and then deodorize with either hydroxyl or ozone machines.

Carpeting in the area affected by an overhead leak often experiences water spread out several feet in each direction. We get carpets in such situations dry by floating them, which allows us to direct air both above and below them, rapidly drying them and the floor on which the carpet rests.

SERVPRO of Cedar Mill / Oak Hills is ready 24/7 to help families protect their property from invasive rain with our water cleanup services. Call us at (503) 619-6198, any time when you find your home's interior drenched.