Our Trained Professionals Are Ready To Restore Your Chicago Home After A Flood

9/26/2019 (Permalink)

We have the equipment to remove the residual flood damage and moisture trapped in your walls and floors after a flood.

Enhanced Moisture Detection Equipment and Skills Needed to Map Out and Manage Flood Damage Perimeters in Chicago

Out of sight, out of mind is not a phrase that bears repeating when coping with flooding in Chicago. If you own one of the Arts and Crafts or Prairie Style homes our area is known for, be prepared for the possibility of significant water migration inside your home after a flood. An incredible amount of water can seep through and hide in, between, and under the hardwood floors and built-in cabinets, bookcases, and buffets these dwellings feature.

Water Sources

Chicago residents see flood damage during extreme late summer and early autumn weather patterns dumping many inches of rain over a short time. Significant water incursion occurs because of overland flash flooding, damage to your home exterior, and seepage that follows supersaturation of the ground around your home.

Obtaining Water Metering and Other Locating Skills

Our managers and technicians develop and hone their skills during the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) training. We know that substantial quantities of water hide in building cavities after flooding. Skill in using moisture meters and probes help us “see” water on the other side of building structures. Infrared imaging cameras use temperature fluctuations to locate larger caches of water. We map out the places where excess flood waters hide.

Considering Controlled Demolition Techniques to Reach Trapped Water

Water that flowed under your built-in kitchen cabinets or dining room buffet can release for extraction by removing kick plates. Drilling holes inside a set of drawers or through the faux floor of an under-counter pantry or corner lazy-susan are strategies. Our technicians might use negative pressure to suction the flood waters out and then switch to directing warm, moving air into a series of drilled holes to complete drying.

Negative Air Pressure Floor Drying Mats

Extracting flood water that drained below to the subfloor accomplishes by sealing mats to spaces identified as lying just above areas of subfloor saturation. Hoses attach to the mats, and the water pulls out after the conduits are connected to an extractor.

SERVPRO of West Loop / Bucktown / Greektown employes trained employees and stocks sensitive detection tools to find hidden flood water before it damages structures and encourage mold growth. Call us at (773) 434-9100 to schedule an extraction evaluation and plan.

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