When Flooding Invades Your Kansas City Home

4/2/2020 (Permalink)

Keep the family in and the water out of your living room!

Eliminating Living Room Flood Damage from a Kansas City Home 

While there are many preparations Missouri homeowners can make before flooding occurs, it can be challenging to take care of everything necessary to protect your home during the United States's most common natural disaster. From 2005 to 2014 alone, the usual flood claim was a staggering $42,000, and premiums were $700 per year. The costs these disasters impose on homeowners in both insurance filings and property loss are high compared to other water-related emergencies. 

If your Kansas City residence has endured flood damage, the IICRC-certified techs at SERVPRO are ready to extract the damage and return your home to its previous condition. These professionals use cutting-edge cleanup technologies and precise calculations to clean and dry your home. In the event of large-scale damages, your local mitigation crew can deploy a CAT (Catastrophic) loss team to move your belongings to a safe location for restoration. 

Flooding Brings More Than Just Water

•   Bacteria. Microbes that can cause gastrointestinal illness, like shigella and E. coli, or skin conditions, like Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, are among the most common ones found in floodwaters. 
•   Chemicals.Whenever flooding occurs in an industrial area, it carries the risk of spreading commercial chemicals that are not safe for regular exposure. Common industrial chemical risks include butadiene and benzene. Gaseous materials like methane and sulfur dioxide can also affect air quality. Lead from flood-damaged homes built before 1978 can also pose a risk.
•   Insects. Flooding can push insects and common pests out of their nests and into homes, as well as create an environment that is suitable for increasing mosquito populations. 

SERVPRO Preserves Your Belongings

SERVPRO technicians can pack the contents of your home and take careful inventory room by room. We use specialized content management software to catalog each item, its condition, and take pictures. Specific details, such as make, model, serial number, and whether the contents in question can be cleaned or replaced, are also recorded. Cleanup for items moved off-site is performed while maintaining active communication with both property owners and insurance adjusters. 

SERVPRO of Kansas City Midtown offers a mitigation service that leaves your home looking, "Like it never even happened." When you need an all-in-one disaster cleanup for your residence, you can call (816) 895-8890. 

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