Commercial Water Damage Newington

6/4/2020 (Permalink)

Don't let your business in Newington take a hit from a storm. Call the professionals in SERVPRO to mitigate all of your storm needs.

How Much Does Commercial Restoration Cost to Businesses?

Costings Can Vary Dramatically for Water Damage Depending on How Quickly Mitigative Procedure Begins.

Use a Newington Restorer to Ensure your Business Makes a Full Recovery.

Who is liable for commercial property damage?

There is a wide range of policies available for commercial premises, but coverage can differ significantly between properties. Your insurance may cover plumbing issues, for example, but not flood incidents or heavy rainfall. Checking your coverage for accidental damages is a prudent move, and you should arrange a policy to cover drainage issues, sprinkler malfunctions, or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units, which are all familiar sources of water emergency for Newington businesses. Equally important is to ensure you engage with professional restorers as early as possible to limit potential losses. Sometimes, water issues can force a temporary closure with lost revenue coverage available from business interruption insurance. SERVPRO endeavors to complete restoration at your commercial property on time and budget. 

What categories of water damage are there for business premises?

• Category one water emergencies represent the least amount of water intrusion, with less than five percent of building materials absorbing moisture. These may be the result of a slow leak, sewer backup or other confined plumbing issue
• Category two is for water intrusion that affects between five and forty percent of the building. These may include ceilings, floors, drywall, and baseboard. Category two covers water migration throughout a building rather than in one contained area
• Class three represents the most considerable amount of water absorption into materials. It usually covers long-term water damage that may have lasted several hours or days, for example, a burst pipe that is not noticed over the weekend.
• Class four water impact is when water intrusion penetrates all levels of building construction, for example, in a flood situation where there are significant amounts of standing water and migration.

How do you know how much equipment to use for water restoration?

Equipment calculations are a precise science with each piece of equipment used concerning the levels of water saturation in materials and the amount of air per cubic feet in the building. Most restoration involves using a combination of air-moving equipment and dehumidifiers in a closed environment. Closed environments allow technicians to have more robust control of indoor conditions, which can aid in setting up a drying zone. When calculating equipment, technicians need to balance the number of air-movers with the number of dehumidifiers to ensure drying is as efficient as possible.

Do restoration services need to use mains electricity?

Powering equipment is usually sourced from the premises mains to ensure that devices can run overnight and reduce the overall time of restoration. However, in some cases with water intrusion, it can be unsafe to rely entirely on infrastructure electricity. SERVPRO can bring industrial generators to a commercial site as an alternative power source. Temperature is an essential component of the drying procedure. Our technicians can use portable heaters to raise the temperature of larger spaces or create smaller drying zones by using plastic sheeting held with sandbags and inflated using an air mover.

What methods are there to control odor in wet premises?

• Direct deodorization could include fogging equipment, misters as well as pressure sprays and odor neutralizing pellets
• Air scrubbing equipment can be an effective way of removing unpleasant odors while restoring indoor air quality. Air-scrubbers use high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to remove odor and contamination from an indoor environment
• If the building is evacuated, we may use an ozone generator. Ozone generators use unstable o3 gases which permanently alter an indoor atmosphere and eliminate odors

When do I receive an estimate for insurers?

It is not uncommon for restoration to begin before the property manager receives an estimate. However, a written authorization to begin the service must be signed off. Usually, the drying process is well underway by the time an estimate is produced. The reason why estimates are given after work begins is that certain mitigation procedures need to be undertaken straight away to reduce harm. The other reason is that it can be challenging to assess the true damages that water causes to a building using visual inspection. Often there is a thorough measuring process to understand how far the water has migrated into surfaces. SERVPRO record outcomes in a digital dry book. The Dry Book provides a precise record of the work and extent of damage that can be accessed by both the policyholder as well as an adjuster. At the end of service, our crew chiefs or project manager can conduct a walkthrough with you referencing the dry book to explain work completed.

When your business suffers water intrusion uses an experienced commercial provider to restore the damages. Contact SERVPRO of Newington / Central Hartford at (860) 337-2043.