Tarpon Springs Commercial Flood Damage

10/14/2020 (Permalink)

Water Damage In Your Tarpon Business

During certain times of the year, thunderstorms strike Tarpon on a regular basis. If excessive rain comes down quickly enough, it is possible that your business will have commercial flood damage. Whether you're doing business during the storm or not, it is essential to make the building safe for your employees and customers. Excessive moisture entering a structure can cause many different issues inside your Tarpon business.

When water saturates materials they can lose their structural integrity can create dangerous hazards.

The first step our SERVPRO of Tarpon technicians always taken when mitigating commercial flood damage to secure the work area. Before any work begins, it is essential that the affected areas are safe for all building occupants. For example, if drywall or other building materials are hanging down and could fall and hurt someone we remove the material and prevent the accident from occurring. If there are electrical hazards, we can call in a certified electrician to fix the problem by making the building safe.

If moisture levels do not get reduced inside your business quickly, it is possible that elevated humidity levels will cause secondary damage. High humidity levels can cause inactive microbes in the building to activate once they get enough moisture. Fungal growth can cause health problems for some people and must be mitigated properly. Excessive moisture can also cause air quality issues which can make your charter school unsafe for your students.

Before beginning any work, we talk with your employees and figure out the proper chain of command to follow for work authorization. We will contact everyone we need to get authorization as quickly as possible so that we can begin the mitigation procedures. In some cases, our team will work directly with your maintenance or janitorial contractors so that we do not affect any of their job functions.

After moisture levels of contents and building materials get reduced to what they were before the loss took place we remove our equipment and put your building back together. After all reconstruction work gets completed, we then take measures to clean the building so that it was just as clean as it was before the storm. During the last cleaning stage, we use antimicrobial chemicals that inhibit future mold growth and kill other harmful bacteria. If a severe thunderstorm ever ruins your commercial building, call SERVPRO of Tarpon at (727) 934-5555.