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Your Commercial Property has Storm Damage. Now What? | SERVPRO of East Greenville County
5/27/2020 (Permalink)
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There are numerous situations where a commercial property might suffer extensive storm or water damage. For example, a burst/leaky pipe causing water to collect in the spaces between walls or floors in a structure that can lead to mold growth or a flood from a storm or overflowing river bank might deposit massive amounts of dirty water all over the first floor of a structure.
Whether it’s flood water damage or some other form of moisture intrusion, here are guidelines to follow if you’re inspecting your building for water damage.
Confirm the Extent of the Damage
One of the first things you’ll want to do if you discover signs of water or storm damage is verify the extent of the damage. A simple visual check probably won’t be enough to reliably establish the full scope of the problem.
Unfortunately, water can soak into many building materials far from the source of the moisture intrusion without causing any obvious signs for quite a long time. To accurately measure how far the water has spread, you need a specialized tool such as a moisture meter for building inspection.
When using a moisture meter, you can measure the moisture content of the materials where you noticed the water damage. While continuing to make checks progressively farther away from the original site of damage, you can establish how widespread the damage is as well as determine the severity of the moisture intrusion.
With this information gathered, you can determine whether you need to focus on drying out the affected areas, or simply tear them out so they can be replaced with undamaged material.
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