Are you worried about storm damage to your home or commercial building and unsure what to do if you experience it? Storm damage can include hail and wind damage as well as flooding, and the truth is that you’ll need help from a professional storm damage restoration company, like Global Restoration. This article will teach you what to do after a storm has damaged your property to get the repairs performed promptly and avoid further damage.
What is storm damage?
Storm damage occurs due to high winds, heavy rain, and falling or flying objects, like hail and debris. This damage usually happens during severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical storms, and hurricanes. For example, high winds can cause the shingles to blow off your roof and loosen the siding. Hail can dent your roof, gutters, and siding, and heavy rains can cause water to enter your home or commercial building through a damaged roof or the overflowing of lakes, rivers, and streams.
It’s always best to have this damage repaired as soon as possible after the storm. It’s crucial to have the damages repaired because the structure of your home or commercial building has been compromised and could accrue more damage from additional storms. Not to mention, if water is left to stand in your home or business, it can lead to mold, mildew growth, and the rotting of structural components.
How to determine if you have storm damage?
Once the storm has passed, you should walk around and through your property to determine if you have any residential or commercial storm damage. When you walk around the exterior, you are looking for damaged or missing shingles and damage to the siding or the facing of your building. Also, look for downed trees and debris that need removal.
When walking through your home or commercial building, look for signs of water damage. These signs may include mysterious puddles on the floor, broken windows where rain entered your building, and water spots or active leaking on your ceilings. Also, take notice of any wet flooring, furnishings, and drywall, which can indicate the presence of severe storm damage.
When should you hire a professional for storm damage remediation?
When it comes to storm damage remediation, it’s almost always best to call a water extraction professional. We recommend calling Global Restoration because our storm remediation professionals know the proper ways to remove all the water, including water and moisture inside your walls, and how to prevent mold and mildew growth that could lead to bad indoor air quality. They also know how to safely and effectively repair roofs, drywall, flooring, and siding. Not to mention, our experienced professionals can complete the job faster than if you were to try and do it on your own.
What is professional residential and commercial water damage restoration?
If you see a lot of water damage, especially soaked carpets and furniture, it’s time to call a storm damage remediation company to help remove the water and repair the damaged components. Once you hire the company, their first task is often preventing further damage, which could mean securing a tarp over your roof and sealing broken windows. Next, they will remove the water, often called water damage mitigation. Water Mitigation
is the process of extracting water from your home or business. The mitigation process allows our mitigation team to dry the wet structural components of your building, like the beams and posts inside your walls.
Salvageable furniture is also dried during the process. If mold has begun to grow in wet areas, we take the proper steps to remove the mold and prevent regrowth.
Lastly, the damaged sections of your home or commercial building are rebuilt., which may include:
- Repairing or replacing your roof
- Replacing siding or exterior brick and stone
- Replacing gutters and downspouts
- Removing and replacing broken windows
- Installing new carpet or hard-surface flooring
- Replacing drywall and painting
How can Global Restoration help with residential and commercial water damage and storm restoration?
Global Restoration, serving North Georgia, can help with your storm damage remediation needs. The first step always involves preventing further damage to your home or business. This can include putting a tarp over damaged sections of your roof and sealing broken windows with plywood until accurate storm remediation can begin.
Storm and Wind Damage Restoration Services
Our storm damage restoration services are designed to restore your home or business to its pre-storm state, whether you’ve experienced flooding or wind damage. Our restoration services may include replacing all damaged exterior components, roofing, windows, and siding. We’ll replace damaged electrical parts, plumbing, flooring, and drywall if the interior is damaged.
Water Damage Restoration Services
In addition to storm and wind damage services, we also offer water damage restoration services for homes and commercial properties. This service aims to remove all the water from the interior of your building, take care of any mold problems and rebuild the damaged interior components.
We accomplish this by:
- Removing items that cannot be salvaged, including furniture, carpet, and drywall.
- Drying all salvageable furniture and personal property.
- Extracting water from hard-surface floors, walls, and structural components.
- Removing water from crawlspaces and basements.
- Removing sewage and decontaminating those areas.
- Eliminating mold following all OSHA and EPA recommendations.
- Preventing regrowth of mold via an application of antimicrobial solutions.
- Eradicating mold and mildew odors with an application of Odorox Technology.
- Rebuilding damaged areas to their pre-storm condition.
If you need complete storm damage remediation and restoration services, you can count on our highly trained staff to get the job done. To get help restoring your home or business after a severe storm, contact us today.