Repairing Flood Damage In Nashville

10/27/2017 (Permalink)

Repairing Damage After A Flood

Storm flooding costs Nashville homeowners millions in damages each year. Restoring a home to its original condition usually means removing standing water and moisture trapped in the walls and floors along with furniture and other personal property.

Some Nashville flood damage can be much worse, however. If the water remains too long, it can penetrate through the floors and cause the sub-floor and other support structure to buckle. With more than 20 years in the restoration business, SERVPRO knows how to find, remove, and replace damaged property when fixing your home means rebuilding from the ground up.

We start by inspecting where the customer tells us the floor had a little give even before the flood. Technicians remove one or two floorboards and examine the crawlspace underneath. If we find evidence of warping or rot, then we continue removing floorboards until we expose all of the problem areas.

If more than half of the supporting structure compromised, we strongly recommend to the homeowner to let us replace all of it. Depending on the amount damaged and the size of the room, most demolition and replacement takes anywhere from one to two weeks.

Before starting replacement, SERVPRO technicians check the level underneath. Extreme flooding can cause foundations to shift and drop several inches. Our response team is trained with commercial grade jacks and other specialized equipment to handle this situation and put the concrete pad back into its correct position. Once finished, it makes installation of a new sub-floor much simpler.

Now we install the new floor. Our response team works closely with the homeowner and the insurance company to use the best materials available, so it matches the original flooring if that is what the homeowner wants. Our goal is that the owner cannot tell where the old floor ends and our new one begins.

Rebuilding from a flood is not a quick process, but a professional restoration service makes it easier to deal with when it happens. SERVPRO of South Nashville has assisted our neighbors for almost three decades and is ready to help you. Call today at (615) 331-0200.

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