Repairing Water Damage in a New Orleans Home

2/10/2020 (Permalink)

Our SERVPRO teams are always available. Call us any time for service at (504) 348-7526.

Thorough Water Damage Restoration in Your New Orleans Home Can Prevent Further Damage

As many homeowners are aware, water damage can strike anywhere at any time. All it takes is a single 1/8" pipe leak to pour hundreds of gallons of water a day into your home. Worse still, this damage can even affect water-resistant materials like fiberglass insulation by reducing their effectiveness through long-term moisture exposure.

If your New Orleans residence has suffered water damage, certified SERVPRO technicians are ready to come to your home and mitigate disaster at a moment's notice. This experienced team has handled everything from appliance failures and pipe leaks to storm damage and flooding that has affected homes all across the community. SERVPRO is dedicated to restoring homes when feasible and working closely with homeowners and insurance adjusters to return homes to their preloss conditions. Many insurers have us at the top of their lists as preferred vendors.

SERVPRO's Dedication to Education

SERVPRO provides a wide variety of options for continual education on top of mandatory training and certification programs for staff, technicians, and franchise owners. E-learning modules are designed to be self-paced and comprehensive so that teams can expand their disaster mitigation knowledge more effectively. On top of that, real estate and insurance professionals can benefit from SERVPRO's credit and non-credit courses and seminars on disaster mitigation. By offering CE Continuing Education courses, we take pride in improving the experiences of our local communities.

How SERVPRO Removes Water Damage

If an exterior wall in your home suffered water damage, technicians could get straight to work on evaluating the extent of the damage with moisture assessment and measurement tools like infrared cameras and hygrometers. Once a plan of action is established, these experts can drill holes or make small cutouts to facilitate ventilation. Depending on the placement of the pipe leak, holes may need to be drilled in the ceiling, or ventilation may need to be implemented in the flooring to address saturated subfloors. 

Materials like water affected insulation can be removed with specialized vacuums and dried separately from the structure. Fiberglass can often be restored with careful drying and cleanup, but organic insulation solutions like cellulose and cotton may require disposal due to mold or other contaminants. The economic feasibility of restoring or replacing is of prime consideration.

SERVPRO of New Orleans Westbank wants to keep your home looking, "Like it never even happened." When a spill or a disaster strikes your home, call (504) 348-7526 today.

See more about New Orleans.