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Flooded Basement Nightmares Leaving You Sleepless?

Here’s how to cope with the disaster of flooded basement cleanup

  1. Take Action Quickly. The longer water sits in your flooded basement, the more damage is done and the more it costs to for basement flood cleanup. Go to step 2 immediately!
  1. Call a Pro. You can try to clean up water and sewage yourself, but why? Call a professional. It’s much easier on the nose to use an expert and you can rest assured the water won’t come back or grow nasty mold.
  1. Don’t Step Into Standing Water! If you can safely access the power, turn it off or call a professional to be safe. Never walk into a flooded basement that can potentially carry an electrical charge. Walking into standing water with hot wires could shock you or worse electrocute! Once the water is pumped out, protect yourself with gloves, rubber boots, eye protection, and masks if you choose to survey the damage.
  1. Don’t Assume Your Covered. All home insurance does not cover flood repairs. Play it safe and check before you experience a flooded basement, or call your insurance carrier and discuss your flood coverage.
  1. Take Photos. If you can safely navigate the water in your flooded basement knowing the power is off, take videos and photos of the damage and back them up so that you can present them to your cleanup professional for insurance purposes. Most professionals will take a full range of photos themselves but it’s always good to get some before water recedes.
  1. Hire the Right Pro. There are a lot of restoration services out there, most do a great job but a guy with a truck and a fan is not good enough. Using the proper techniques, drying the home long enough, thoroughly enough, or failing to properly handle drywall with the correct treatment method can put your property at risk for nasty mold and mildew adding to your damage and bottom line. Do your homework and hire a professional with water damage experience that is certified by IICRC.

How we can help

Advance Restoration serves clients for water damage cleanup throughout Oakland and Macomb County. We provide 24/7 emergency services for sewage backups, roof leaks, wet basements, washing machine floods, refrigerator line leaks, flood from storm damage, burst pipes, and more. Our technicians have unmatched technical excellence in IICRC standards, the gold standard developed to provide the highest quality concepts, and procedures recognized in the cleaning and restoration industry. For free estimate call 877-363-7462.