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Your Commercial Property has Storm Damage. Now What? Part 4 | SERVPRO of East Greenville County
11/11/2020 (Permalink)
Storm Damage can make way for Water Damage & Mold Damage, and even Fire Damage if not dealt with properly & swiftly. Give our team a call today!
There are numerous situations where a commercial property might suffer extensive storm or water damage. Throughout the year, our team has been putting together steps for you to take to prevent storm damage at your commercial property. This is the last step we recommend, so give it a read and let us know if you applied any of these steps throughout the year!
Document Everything
Be sure to document as much as possible about the damage, its cause, and the steps needed to fix it while you’re busy inspecting and trying to repair the damage to your commercial property. It’s a good practice to do this because you may find you need to file an insurance claim for the cost of the repairs, and doing so without good documentation could result in the claim being denied.
Having a moisture meter that can store readings with a date and time stamp, then transfer the stored data into an easily-presentable report on your computer can be incredibly helpful. This provides documentation about the extent of the water damage and when it was first inspected – making it a little easier to help prove an insurance claim.
Additionally, taking photographs of the damage is helpful to further establish proof of the water damage.
If furniture pieces or building materials have to be thrown out, keep track of what is being disposed of as well. This may probe useful for determining the extent of your losses on an insurance claim. Water damage restoration experts recommend that you collect thorough documentation as well, since it helps them get paid by the insurance company.
These are just some of the basic actions to take if your commercial property suffers a water damage loss. While contacting a water damage restoration specialist is the best thing to do, following these helpful tips should help you mitigate the damage somewhat. As a basic rule of thumb, if the damage is severe enough to warrant filing an insurance claim, then you should probably hire an expert to handle the water damage cleanup.
There’s never a convenient time for water damage to strike your business. Every hour spent cleaning up is an hour of lost revenue and productivity. So when an emergency situation arises in your business, give SERVPRO of East Greenville County a call and we’ll be there fast with the help you need!
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