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What to Know About Home Damage | SERVPRO of East Lansing/Haslett
11/17/2023 (Permalink)
If you discover damage in your residence, call SERVPRO of East Lansing/Haslett right away.
When you are a homeowner, there is a lot that you need to be prepared for and consider. We may not love thinking about it, but some of what you need to be prepared for is the possibility of damage to your home. It could be from severe weather, aging, fires or even just a neighbor who loves to practice teeing off while facing your windows.
Even though there are a lot of potential ways our homes are at risk, we can’t spend our days worrying. You can’t always predict or control a natural disaster, but with preparation, you can weather just about anything with as little damage as possible.
The best place to start when it comes to preparing for potential damage to our homes is getting to know the top threats. The more you know about what could happen, the more clearly you can see how simple preparing before and completing restoration after can be, especially with SERVPRO of East Lansing/Haslett right around the corner.
From tornadoes in the summer to snowy winter days, East Lansing has its share of potential weather risks that could leave your home damaged. On average, we can see nearly 15 tornadoes in a year. While they primarily are in the warmer months, they really can’t be ruled out early in the winter. In the cold months, snow and ice can put pressure on roofs and lead to flooding when it melts.
While our risks shift slightly seasonally, there are three kinds of threats that everyone should always be prepared for. Damage to your roof, the threat of fire and water damage are common ways homes are damaged all around the nation.
Water damage can come from internal sources like an appliance failure or external sources, including flooding from the Great Lakes or just a heavy rain. Fire, like water, can come from outside or inside your home, although the vast majority of house fires are caused by human error. Your roof is also vulnerable in a variety of ways, including strong winds, heavy snow loads or even just the random occurrence where a loose limb falls from the sky.
Dealing with a threat heading toward your house or suddenly occurring is a scary enough situation that can become a lot scarier when you consider the kinds of damage you might be left with. When the Great Lakes rise, your home might not only be left wet, but also at risk for rapid mold growth that could damage your structure.
When a fire starts inside or outside, your home is at risk for damage not just where the flames are, but even into rooms that saw no flames as the odor, smoke and soot spread rapidly. The firefighting efforts also leave your home facing water and mold damage, or damage left behind from the chemicals in a fire extinguisher.
Whether a disaster was manmade or naturally occurring, your recovery process will require several steps. Working with SERVPRO® means you only need one contractor since we are trained and have the equipment to handle every part of your restoration process. We have experience in handling every kind of water and fire damage, and we can even tear down badly damaged parts of your home and rebuild them.
If your home has a basement flood or a roof leak, our first priority will be drying everything we can while we secure your home to prevent additional damages. This might include replacing your roof beams or removing odors in your furniture. We will also make sure everything is sealed and sanitized to ensure mold can’t return.
A fire that strikes your home will likely mean that we start by removing the most burned areas of your home, sealing off any open spaces to stop the weather from coming in and addressing smoke and soot damage anywhere it has spread. We will also address any damage left behind from the water used to put the flames out. When your home has more damage then can be repaired, we can tear it down and rebuild it.
SERVPRO works directly with your insurance company and coordinates every step of the process. We want to make the recovery process as simple as possible in order to ease as much of your worries as we can. With 24⁄7 availability and industry-leading training and equipment, we are here when you need us so that you can get back to living quickly.
Does your home need restoration and you don’t want to make more than one call? Contact us to get everything handled by one team.