Drying Out Important Documents After Flood Damage In Your Dallas Home

11/8/2017 (Permalink)

Flooding and surges affect not just areas along the coastline but also can cause quite a bit of devastation inland.

Document Restoration After A Flood

Some of the most damaging effects of hurricanes in Dallas involve flooding and storm surge. Flooding and surges affect not just areas along the coastline but also can cause quite a bit of devastation inland. Storm surges are created by a combination of intense winds and high-water levels. Flooding can happen anywhere and at any time. It is not required that you live close to the inland waterway or coast to be affected.

If your Dallas home has experienced flood damage for any reason, you want to get the water out of your home as quickly as possible to prevent further damage. SERVPRO can help you do this, as we have the training and tools needed for a thorough and timely job. Plus, we can help to restore any items that are salvageable and leave your home sanitized and clean again.

When it comes to drying out your relevant documents and books, we keep in communication with you. Decisions need to be made fast to minimize the extent of the damage. We can prevent further damage; however, the existing damage cannot be reversed. Saving these critical documents from being lost altogether is a very valuable service we strive to bring our customers.

Five methods SERVPRO techs use in document drying include air-drying, freezer drying, dehumidification, vacuum thermal-drying, and vacuum freeze-drying. Often, drying documents relies on a process of sublimation, or changing a solid into a vapor without going through the liquid state. Choosing the right method for dying involves many considerations include the kind of water involved, the value of the documents, time of exposure to moisture, the extent of damage, resources, and funds available for recovery. We go over with you the cost of each method since it can be expensive to dry documents. It is also time-consuming.

We store any wet documents and books in a freezer facility, which stops damage from continuing to get worse and gives us time to decide on the right method of drying. We also take a thorough inventory of documents which are being removed from your home, so nothing is lost or misplaced. When the pack-out and inventory phase starts, we ensure you are there to identify what is essential to dry. We keep a log of the location of stored items in case you need to retrieve a document.

SERVPRO of Southeast Dallas County works with you after a flood emergency to ensure that any significant documents and books are dried out the best way possible to lessen your loss. Residents in the areas of Hutchins, Lancaster, or Dallas can reach out to us whenever you find yourself in need at (972) 227-0800.

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