Flood Safety & CleanUp Tips

12/18/2017 (Permalink)

Make sure you are wearing the proper protective gear before heading into a flood damaged building. This includes boots, gloves and respirator gear. 

You will want to check for electrical hazards and structural damage, check for common hazardous materials like lead paint, asbestos, which may lead for help from professional contractors like us here at SERVPRO of Metro Pittsburgh East.

Make sure that you take these following steps when dealing with a flood damaged building or home:

• Act quickly, the severity of damage to the building and contents escalates after 48-72 hours.
• Ventilate affected areas to prevent mold growth. It is important to keep the air moving, if you call the professionals we can set proper air movers to make sure we decrease chances of mold growth.
• Assess the damage to items and materials, whether it be all of your belongings or furniture we can make sure to pack out and inventory all of your personal items.
• Expose pockets of saturation
• Conduct a thorough cleaning
• Confirm drying before reconstruction

These are all based on IICRC standards, which is what we here at SERVPRO of Metro Pittsburgh East, follow.