Drying Unfinished Flooded Basements in Great Neck Homes

4/17/2022 (Permalink)

Flooded basements can quickly cause damage to the contents and structure of your family home. Contact SERVPRO for a fast response 24/7.

Drying Flood Damage in Great Neck Basements Requires Direct Action

Effectively drying flooding from the lowest levels of your property is a considerable undertaking. Even without substantial standing water concerns, the exposure to potential contaminants requires a delicate approach to protect the structure and its occupants as much as possible.

Scoping the Water Damage

Flood damage in Great Neck homes can be overwhelming and threatening to the household if not rapidly managed. Management works fast to determine the extent of the flooding and what specific efforts are necessary to restore and mitigate loss. Inspections determine:

• Depth of water penetration
• Size of work area
• Needed tools and approaches

Centrifugal Air Movers

One of the fundamental tools of effective drying and restoration is the air mover. Centrifugal air movers, specifically, target moist surface materials and penetrate the cooling barrier created by the drying process. Blasting warm, dry air at materials continues to eliminate trapped water in porous elements like drywall.

Low-Grain Refrigerant Dehumidifiers

Several drying units are necessary to achieve full evaporation and moisture removal of the affected basement after flood damage. While air movers play a significant role in the elevations of relative humidity for this room of the house, the application of dehumidifiers regulates the successes of air movers by extracting the moisture from the environment and exhausting it outside.

Fixing the Structural Damages

Yet another consideration is the structural repairs necessary after flood damage exposures. Unfinished basements often feature exposed subflooring for the main level of the house and framing for rooms that were never installed or intended to be further structural support for the residence. After direct contaminant exposure, our licensed contractors must remove and replace these.

Flooding in the basement of your residence requires many powerful processes to restore. As trusted restoration and recovery professionals for Nassau County, we can arrive fast to help clean up and dry impacted basements after flooding situations of all types. Our SERVPRO of Great Neck / Port Washington team is ready to help 24/7 at (516) 767-9600.