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HOW TO SAVE YOUR HOME FROM SUMMER STORM WATER DAMAGE?

6/21/2021 (Permalink)

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Every year, summer storm cause about billion dollars in property damage. High winds, flooding, tornadoes, lightning seems like a fairly benign season compared to the damage potential present during summer months. With summer come rainstorms, hail and flash flooding. While daydreaming about fun in the sun, don’t let your home get caught in the watery aftermath of a summer storm. From the top of the house to the bottom, here are few suggestions to prevent water damage in your home.

  1. Divert Water

Water pooling close to the home during heavy rain may seep into the structure of undermine a slab foundation. Ensure your surrounding landscape is graded so that water flows away from the house and into the yard.

  1. Secure the roof

Your roof takes the brunt of summer storms. Schedule an inspection by a roofing professional to check for split or missing shingles. Dislodged flashing, leaky skylights and other issues that cause indoor water damage from a heavy rain.

  1. Manage trees

Overhanging limbs can become an issue in high winds. If there any tree limbs that are close enough to strike the home are weak, dying or otherwise compromised, consider having these limbs or the whole tree removed.

  1. Seal your home with expert water damage restoration techniques.

If you have basement or sub-floor in your home, it needs to be sealed against water damage. Basement and foundations are often the spots that require water damage restoration, because they are naturally experience more exposure to groundwater and other moisture. Cracked foundations cause all sorts of problems for your home, but they are preventable and repairable with foundation sealing.

  1. Air Conditioner issues

Keeping you cool on hot summer day, a central A/C unit extracts gallons of water vapor form the air. If everything works right, it’s collected in the condensate drip pan, then conveyed down the drain line. If the drip pan or drain line is clogged, the pan overflows every time the system cycles on. Inspect the drip pan under the air handler. If you see standing water, contact an HVAC service technician to troubleshoot the drain system.

If you have any questions about water damage in Ventura County, please do not hesitate to call SERVPRO of Ventura at (805) 656-3911.

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