What is the Best Way to Save My Belongings in a Flood?

6/23/2020 (Permalink)

When this home experienced a water loss event, SERVPRO came to the rescue with the equipment and experience for total restoration.

We Have Efficient Mitigation Solutions for Flooded Arlington Residences and Work to Protect and Salvage Exposed Contents from Irreparable Damage 

Flooding can be a considerable threat to an Arlingtonhome. With how quickly water damage can penetrate the property and spread throughout the residence, in no time at all, the whole house can be affected by the disaster. While this means that many structural elements have become exposed to floodwater, it also means that your personal belongings, furniture, electronics, and clothing have met with the migrating threat. 

Content management is often considered one of the most valuable services we offer in recovering flood damage to Arlington properties. In many ways, your personal belongings, keepsakes, and treasures make your house a home. Protecting and restoring these items amid a crisis is one of the ways that we fixate on helping you through the traumatic experience and keeping the costs and length of restoration to a minimum. 

What Restoration Occurs On-Site?  

With surface cleaning and drying, we have several strategies that we can employ with your belongings encountered in your house after a flood. The goal for these possessions is to relocate them to a safer space in the property to prevent them from becoming overwhelmed by migrating loss effects. If too damaged, we can also choose our pack-out procedure, which moves these items to our SERVPRO facility for focused care. 

What Happens to Your Belongings in Our Care?  

There are many steps to storing and recovering your possessions after a flood loss incident. Our cleaning technicians in our warehouse can employ several strategies to restore these contents' look and function when contaminants or substantial water damage threaten these items. Some of the focal points of the pack-out process include: 

• Cleaning
• Drying
• Deodorizing
• Safe Storage 

Flooding can be destructive to what matters most. Give our SERVPRO of Arlington / Jacksonville East team a call to help protect these items. We are available 24/7 at (904) 721-2230. 

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