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Your First Steps When You Find Water in Your Business | SERVPRO of Spring Valley/Jamul
12/1/2023 (Permalink)
Has water damage infiltrated your business? Give SERVPRO of Spring Valley/Jamul a call to get that resolved!
It’s time to get the day started. You head into the office, open the doors and reach for the lights. But what is that musty odor completely overwhelming your senses? Has your building sprung a leak somewhere?
This scenario is not one any business owner or manager wants to handle, but when you step through the door and find yourself standing in a puddle of water, now you have any actual nightmare on your hands!
Whether it comes from a natural source or a failure somewhere in your plumbing system, water in your business requires fast action. You need to know how to respond when disaster strikes so that you can get back to business.
Even when a predicted natural disaster strikes and you have ample time to prepare, finding your business flooded is a lot to handle. Give yourself a moment to take a breath and think through a few simple steps you can take to avoid deep damage and potential mold growth.
1.Keep things safe. Any time a disaster strikes, safety should be your No. 1 priority. Move to somewhere that is dry in order to better assess exactly what you are dealing with. Call SERVPRO® as soon as you can so we can start taking your information over the phone and preparing a crew to head to your property. While you wait for the professionals to arrive, snap some photos of the flooding and any subsequent damage.
2. Gain control. Moving quickly is the best way to avoid major losses in your building. If you can, find the source of the water and shut it off. This is also the best way to identify exactly what kind of water you are dealing with. If you can’t find the exact source of the water, shut the water off to the entire building.
3. Start drying things out. Floodwaters can become contaminated quickly, so the more you can keep yourself dry, the safer you will stay. Open windows or turn on fans if you can safely do so in order to start the drying process, and remove anything in the water’s path.
When our professionals reach your property, they will immediately go to work removing standing water. They will assess everything that will need to be done, and make sure you understand exactly what recovery is going to look like as they proceed. We also work directly with your insurance agency in order to ensure the smoothest process possible.
While your restoration proceeds with our professionals, you can turn your attention back to getting business up and running again. If it is safe to do so, our team can close off the flooded part of your building so that you can open back up.
Throughout the drying process, we will make sure you are a part of any decisions that need to be made about your property. It is our goal to restore as much as possible so that you have less to replace in the end.
Finding water in your business doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Call SERVPRO, take a few quick action steps and you won’t miss a moment of work.
Do you need repairs after a water disaster in your commercial building? Contact us to get dried out quickly.