Structure Damage Can Lead to Flooding in Dover Homes

2/25/2022 (Permalink)

Storms can often bring floodwaters into your home. Contact SERVPRO for water removal and flood damage remediation services. We are available 24/7.

Experienced professionals can repair structural damage and restore flood damage in Dover properties

When flooding occurs on your property, you have little time to waste to get the situation resolved. While there might be many catalysts to allow these disasters, our SERVPRO team arrives fast to help with:

• Extraction
• Content removal
• Emergency repairs
• Board-up

Hail and Wind Damage

One of the larger contributors of flood damage in Dover homes is torrential rainfall and harsh weather elements that compromise the structural integrity of construction elements like the roof or siding. The result can be attic flooding and water penetration into many rooms of your home simultaneously.

Fallen Trees and Debris

A tree falling into a part of your house is a traumatic event and rarely occurs under calm weather conditions outside. The result is structural damage from the falling trunk or branch, and then runoff or direct rainfall and precipitation into the house until the tree gets cut up and removed, and the structure is at least temporarily sealed.

Ice Damming and Attic Flooding

Like cold snaps after a snowfall, turns in the weather can create the conditions necessary to form ice barricades along the roof eaves. As snowmelt looks to reach the gutter system, it is thwarted by this dam. The result is that water gets pushed back against the roof's shingles and works its way against the installation design to enter the attic through underlayment materials.

Foundation Damage

Groundwater can also be a concern for area homes. With many of the flood cleanup projects our SERVPRO team is dispatched to help primarily in the basement of residences, structural damages like masonry vulnerability in the foundation are real possibilities. We carefully inspect water penetration points for solutions, including reinstalling foundation materials or patching with durable hydraulic cement.

Specific damage to homes and businesses can welcome flood damage. When these emergencies occur, homeowners look to our experienced SERVPRO of Dover / Stillwater team to help. We have extraction, drying, and cleaning equipment to fully restore after we help with needed repairs. Give us a call today at (973) 810-2825.