What is in the Floodwater in Your Newington Home?

5/3/2022 (Permalink)

Floodwater can be contaminated with biohazards. Don't come into contact with floodwater unless you are wearing protective clothing.

The Risks of Natural Flooding in Your Newington Home

Natural flooding is a grim situation for Newington homes, especially considering that these disasters can affect multiple properties simultaneously. With the combined resources of our whole Large Loss Recovery Team, our crew can handle all of these loss incidents spread throughout the Greater Hartford area with efficiency. There are many hazards associated with natural flooding and its effects on a property, and these concerns must also get addressed by the competent restoration specialists that you choose to help. 

Around your Newington home with groundwater flood damage from rising creeks and streams or flash flooding scenarios, the risk for contamination is high. High volumes of water necessary to facilitate the powerful waves of flooding spreading throughout the community must take many paths to converge together eventually. These routes allow the water to pick up contaminants, including dead animals, mud, sewage, chemicals, and bacteria. 

With a risk of contamination, our biohazard cleanup team is part of the flood mitigation and recovery process for your house. We can work to assess what potential risks exist and the best approach to containing the spread of the effects to prevent further contamination of new areas of your property. This containment begins with effective extraction approaches with the array of water removal equipment available to our SERVPRO professionals. 

In many situations, construction materials like drywall become exposed to potentially contaminated water and must get removed. This response is the same for flooring materials like carpets and vinyl planking. Controlled demolition techniques can expose dampened structural elements beneath drywall and flooring materials so that our SERVPRO technicians can address bacteria with our green antimicrobial and disinfection agents. 

Many problems exist when natural flooding finds its way into your home. You can count on our fast response SERVPRO of Newington / Central Hartford team to make these flood effects “Like it never even happened.” When disaster strikes, you can contact our qualified professionals 24/7 at (860) 667-9191.