Flood Damage Control
24 HOUR SERVICE - CALL US AT 1-800-222-6815
Since 1991, we have serviced Ridgewood with water damage restoration, mold removal, sewage extraction, smoke & fire damage restoration and flood clean up services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With rapid response, prompt action, many years of experience and a highly trained staff, we are specialized to help recover and restore your property.
As professional restorers, our job is to minimize the damage by prompt and thorough action that will bring your contents and structure as close to pre-flooding condition as is humanly possible. With our ultra-modern techniques, it is possible to restore water damaged carpets, contents and structural materials to pre-flood appearance or better, because our professional restorer will be leaving the area freshly cleaned as well as dry.
Upon entering your home or business, we will use professional moisture detection equipment to evaluate and document the conditions inside and outside the building and the moisture content of materials in affected and unaffected areas. We will evaluate and document the source and the time of the water intrusion, visible deterioration, pre-existing damage and microbial growth. We will establish drying goals for affected building materials and any contents near the beginning of the restoration process.
You can reach us at 1-800 222-6815 if you are having any water, fire, smoke, sewage or mold problems!
Flood Damage: Special Considerations for Those in Mobile Homes
The old cliché is that mobile homes are destroyed by tornadoes. While that may certainly happen frequently enough, it is not the only way that your mobile home may become damaged. Flood damage may strike your mobile home and because of its very design, there may be other issues to consider if it does.
Where your mobile home is located, and how much water is involved will be a consideration to how much flood damage will be incurred and how hard or expensive it will be to restore your home. The first thing that you need to consider is whether there are structural damages to your foundation. If your mobile home is set on a permanent foundation, make sure that it is not cracked. If your home is not permanently affixed, say for instance on blocks, you might need to have your home re-leveled or even re-blocked. In some cases, there is enough land slippage that fill dirt will need to be brought in to reestablish level and safe ground. Do not attempt to enter your mobile home for any reason before the safety of its foundation is established.
Once your mobile home is secured and is once again level, you can go inside and see how bad the flood damage to the interior is. Mobile home walls are often constructed of drywall covered in faux paneling, or paper to look that way, so be especially vigilant for mold growth and decaying walls as these usually manifest the early stages of flood damage. Do not just assume that the damage will be at the exact water level- the water could have seeped up as far as several feet above what is showing as the water line. Start checking at that level and continue checking all the way down to the floor. Any crumbling, moist or obviously molded drywall must be cut out and replaced as quickly as possible. The longer that you let this problem go unchecked, the more likely the problem will grow out of hand. Once mold is found in one place, you will likely find it in several others as well.
If your floors are still the standard pre-fab mobile home grade, there might be some problem with buckling, warping or other signs of flood damage that must be taken cared of before you can install new carpeting or lay new flooring. If you try to save your carpeting, make sure that not only the top, but the backing, and padding are dry as well. Any hint of dampness that remains may cause a musty odor, mold or mildew.
Some mobile homes (older models, usually) have a unique hook up for the electricity. Although there are probably not many of them around, some receive power through a “pig tail” which is essentially a large plug that hooks the electric pole to the mobile home with the basic concept of plugging in a lamp. In the case of these hook ups, an electrician should have a look at both the plug and the receptacle both to insure that neither sustained flood damage. In the case of mobile homes, electrical safety is of particular importance. It is alarming, but mobile homes burn much faster than regular homes do.
