We Act Fast When We Arrive In Hockessin After A Flood

8/22/2019 (Permalink)

We are available 24/7 to offer our equipment, expertise and experience when you are facing flood damage.

Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flood Damage to Hockessin Apartments

Extreme weather patterns expose multi-family residential complexes in Hockessin to flooding risks. Even just a few inches of water collecting on pavement acts like a river, delivering overland floodwaters into the main floor and lower levels of an adjacent townhouse development. If heavy rains saturate the ground around the building, those rushing waters join with seepage. As owner or manager of the residential complex, you have multiple tenants depending on you. We can help.

Flood Water Needs Containment

The water causing flood damage in Hockessin apartments is considered Category 3, the most contaminated. Flowing over pavement, gravel, dirt, and grass, it picks up many landscaping and road maintenance chemicals. Organic debris joins in the mix, which can also contain sewage if the storm drains are overwhelmed. As we plan for flood water removal safety, regulations require we collect and contain the fluids for disposal as hazardous waste.

Powerful Professional Pumps and Extractors

When the SERVPRO team arrives, a quick assessment leads to the immediate implementation of a flood damage remediation plan. Our trucks stock multiple pumps and water extractors, put to work to remove as much liquid water as possible. We use thermal imaging technology to locate any hidden water. If necessary, controlled demolition techniques like flood cuts or weep holes release the water for containment. The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) training mastered by our managers and technicians stresses accurate moisture measurement as the baseline for structural drying. With all visible water captured and on its way to appropriate disposal sites, we develop drying goals.

Monitored Drying Prevents Secondary Damage

We compare the moisture levels of water-damaged structures with those of similar building materials in unaffected areas of the townhome development. SERVPRO Applied Structural Drying (ASD) technicians use the two sets of data when laying out a perimeter of heated air movers to accelerate evaporation. Excess moisture must exit the wet structure for capture and disposal by our evaporative or desiccant dehumidifiers. Over-drying is not appropriate, so we keep a close eye on periodic moisture meter samplings.

SERVPRO of Hockessin / Elsmere has the equipment and highly-skilled work team you can depend on to return your residential complex to pre-flood condition. Call us at (302) 992-0104 when rain showers turn into tributaries that flood your real estate investment.

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