Handling Water Removal in a Concord Rental Home After Bathtub Flooding

3/3/2020 (Permalink)

"We’re Faster to Any Size Disaster."

SERVPRO’s how to for water damage

For many students, college is a time where they adapt to the responsibilities of adulthood during their studies. However, things may not always go as planned: lapses in memory and judgment are liable to happen, as they are with any home. Students living in a rental house with roommates may not know what to do right away when their second-floor bathroom floods because they left the water on in the bathtub. 

When accidents require water removal in Concord, certified SERVPRO technicians are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to address it. These cleanup specialists use tried-and-true, eco-friendly methods to take care of disasters quickly and efficiently.

Stopping a Bathroom Flood

In the event a water-related mishap occurs in your home, use these guidelines for cleanup:

Turn off the water supply immediately. It may be necessary to hit the shutoff valve on the wall behind the fixture. If this valve is stuck, use the house's water main shutoff valve instead.

Use your circuit breaker. Electrocution is always a potential hazard with indoor flooding, so turn off bathroom electricity safely.

Remove standing water. Use mops, sponges, and towels to clean water. Wet/dry shop vacs can make the job easier. If the disaster is a toilet flood or other disaster involving unclean water, call a professional right away.

Keep the bathroom well-ventilated. Use fans and open windows to keep clean air continuously moving through the area. 

How SERVPRO Can Help

When a SERVPRO team comes to your home, these certified experts are you able to go in with state-of-the-art technologies to address water-related disaster safely and effectively. If walls and carpeting have been affected by water from bathroom flooding, SERVPRO can use commercial wet/dry vacuums, mops, and back-mounted extractors to eliminate water.

Eco-friendly, OSHA-approved, and EPA-registered antimicrobials are used to disinfect while minimizing allergens. Air movers, dehumidifiers, and industrial box fans are utilized to ventilate and dry residual moisture in walls, carpet, and tile. If water has leaked through tile grout and into the subflooring, drying from underneath the subfloor is a possible way to address moisture. 

SERVPRO of Concord is always available for disaster mitigation. The goal is to ensure that your home looks, "Like it never even happened." If you need fast clean up for your disaster, call (603) 225-2825 today.

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