Lexington Homeowners Concentrate Efforts On Preparations To Battle Storm Damages!

1/18/2017 (Permalink)

SERVPRO Helps Prepare and Prevent Storm Damage to Your Lexington Home

SERVPRO Offers Advise and a Software Program--ERP--to Mitigate Storm Damage

A series of torrential downpours, followed by hurricane-force winds, swept through the surrounding area over the last week. Homes of all shapes and sizes succumb to flooding, leaving homeowners stranded, seeking assistance with repairs to their homes.

Prepare yourselves and your homes in Lexington, to battle possible storm damage. It can be the most valuable thing you do, but hardly the most expensive. Ensure that you have the mindset of preparing for the worst, yet, hoping for the best.
 
At SERVPRO we would like to recommend you checking a few things off ahead of time, take a relatively proactive approach to protecting your family home this hurricane season. Start by investing in a proper insurance policy to cover the full cost of rebuilding, storm damages and especially, flooding. Have a professional survey performed on your home, tally the value of your possessions each year, so that you have a complete list of your valuables and know exactly how much your home is worth. Ask SERVPRO to visit your property and set up our ERP mobile app to provide contact information, relevant infrastructure information, and an immediate action plan to mitigate losses from fire, water, or storms.
 
Invest in the item with the largest potential of causing terrible damage to your home, your roof. Have your roof properly inspected, add water sealing where possible and even check into the installation of roof straps, if you can access your roof through your attic. When you have missing or damaged tiles or shingles, you offer wind and water a rather large opening to wreak havoc on your home. Contact your insurance company to see if you qualify for wind mitigation premium reduction.
 
Take the time to have a qualified professional inspect various areas of your home for integrity, if you have a porch, carport, or other structure hanging off the side of your house that looks like a wing, that is what it will act like during a storm. Potentially ripping the side of your house off, it is better to have these structures firmly anchored to the ground.
 
Have a qualified professional, like those offered at SERVPRO, inspect all door and window seals; this can help prevent side-winds from blowing rain directly into your home. While also looking into having sump pumps and any necessary drainage installed to assist with avoiding flooding where possible.
 
When you know, winds are approaching gale-force strength, check the areas around your home of any potential projectiles. The grill, lawn furniture, and even garden gnomes qualify here, store them indoors or secure them to the ground until the crisis has passed. If you have a garage, these doors are rather flimsy. Reinforce your existing door by installing a vertical garage door brace and horizontal wooden beams to protect it against high winds.
 
Contact our offices at SERVPRO of Lexington / Thomasville today for additional insight and information on available services. (336) 224-2565