Some Ways to Avoid Storm Damage in Laconia

9/12/2021 (Permalink)

When a storm hits home, SERVPRO techs are here to help. Storm damage restoration is a job for us.

Restoring the Flooring in a Laconia Residence After Flood Damage

The floors inside your Laconia house take a lot of wear and tear under normal, everyday use. Disasters like flooding can ruin them. SERVPRO uses highly effective methods to mitigate damage and make restoration work possible. We return things to preloss condition, so your home becomes dry and free of hazards again.

Not only do the floors in your house become filthy when homes in Laconia sustain flood damage, but they can also become weak. Weak spots in the floor can collapse under any added weight. We use machines to dry out the structure, as well as smaller devices to measure and track how quickly your property becomes dry. Our devices show us areas that fail to respond as expected so we can make adjustments.

Many floors covering types, particularly carpet, become too dirty and inundated with pathogens, silt, and odors for even the most intensive efforts. The increased expense of cleaning, repairing, and drying these items too often becomes more expensive than available replacement flooring options. Many coverings on your floor can trap floodwater underneath and cause mold and rot to set in and begin deteriorating damage. Such damage can cause weakness as well as uneven floors (a serious tripping hazard) and also generate pungent odors.

When SERVPRO has all of the damaged floor coverings removed, we rinse the area with clean running water. We use this to push any small-sized debris out and also strip the area of silt and pathogens. When saltwater is involved, this needs to be done to remove as much salt as possible. Salt and other minerals can eat away at the lignin, the natural ‘glue’ that binds wood cells together. Clean water effectively rinses these deposits out of the affected area.

Restoring Your Floors After Storm Flooding

Restoring floors to a clean condition includes spraying them with a topical disinfectant. We often reapply this after the floor becomes completely dry again, but before we reinstall new flooring. For those in areas likely to experience flood damage in the future, we can explain which types of flooring perform best under such conditions. This can help reduce overall restoration costs in the future, often without adding any significant expense to the current restoration costs.

SERVPRO of The Lakes Region also serves Belmont, NH, Franklin, NH, and Tilton, NH, when flood damage and other disastrous situations affect residential and commercial properties. Call (603) 527-2518 to reach experts who can protect and restore your floors.