There is nothing worse than a huge thunderstorm or hurricane coming through your area and finding water in your house. In fact, it is quite devastating as it means you will have to throw out everything that was submerged in water, strip out the carpet, and rip the wall out/down to the sheet rock and basically start over. Even a pipe leak in your home can cause some pretty bad damage to the rooms affected. It is always best to be prepared before the event happens by finding people who will perform disaster cleanup quickly. Water Restoration 911 is a company that promises to be available within 30 minutes of your call to act quickly and resolve your water problems. They are on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week to help make your life easier. I think it would be a great idea to keep their number in your listing of important numbers in the event that water/flooding strikes your home.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Where I live – it always floods. But luckily, I am on a sorta kinda hill, so I don’t get any water damage.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Water damage is serious, so I made a list of what you should do when your in that situation.
What To Do:
* Turn off circuit breakers powering flooded areas
* Unplug any small appliances or electrical devices
* If a camera is handy take pictures of the damage
* Remove and secure fragile and valuable items
What Not To Do:
* Enter any area with standing water
* Vacuum anything
* Walk on wet surfaces if possible
* Try to dry carpeting
* Turn on A/C or heating as it could spread contamination
* Go on the roof or cut any dry wall
Hope this helps for water damage victims.