What Happens to My Interior and Belongings During a Flood?

8/20/2020 (Permalink)

Our water damage experts are trained in a wide variety of restoration needs, even upholstery and fabric cleaning and odor control. Call us today.

Regardless of the Level of Flood Damage, SERVPRO Has a Contents Restoration Team to Bring your Raleigh Home and Belongings Back to Normal.

As a homeowner, it is imperative that you know that storm flooding impacts both the structure of your house at all infiltration points but also the contents within. Our SERVPRO technicians understand that your home has numerous working parts. This is why we have specialized techniques to care for and clean furnishings, picture frames, clothing, and other keepsakes throughout the interior of your Raleigh home. We have IICRC-certified water restoration technicians (WRT) to handle each phase of the cleanup, ensuring that no stone is left unturned.

How Does Contents Restoration Work?

When handling your flood damage in Raleigh, our technicians always work under the promise to restore versus replace whenever possible. This not only helps preserve your belongings but also helps you to save money on your restoration project. We take the time to carefully pre-test all of your contents so we can determine what gets restored and what calls for disposal. 

Some of the methods that we use for content cleaning and restoration include:

• Wet Cleaning – helpful for handling residue from moderate to heavy
• Dry Cleaning – suitable for light residue and pre-cleaning
• Spray and Wipe Cleaning – best for items that can’t handle rigorous cleaning measures
• Foam Cleaning – best used on fabrics and upholstery that could be prone to bleeding or shrinkage with traditional cleaning measures
• Abrasive Cleaning – works by way of agitation
• Immersion Cleaning – involves dipping items in a bath where a cleaning product and tiny bubbles work in unison

What is Pack-Out?

There are some instances when packing up your interior within the area of the flood damage is best. We carefully organize and log all items being packed up and moved to another location for safe storage or off-site Cleaning. This allows us to speed up the project, protect your possessions, and allow for more on-site room for our crew to work.

SERVPRO of South Cary/Apex is the team to call if you have flood damage that calls for prompt, reliable cleanup. Call us at (919) 615-1160, and we will make it “Like it never even happened.”

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