Cleaning Flooring in New London Homes After Flood Damage

9/3/2024 (Permalink)

SERVPRO extracts floodwaters, mitigates damage, and minimizes demolition to restore your New London home. "Like it never even happened."

SERVPRO Mitigates Flooding Damage

Flooding is a pressing threat for many New London homes after extreme weather in all seasons of the year. As rapidly as these conditions can present for homeowners, restoration professionals must meet the water intrusion with the same urgency. Elements like the flooring in your household can suffer greatly without the fast arrival of experienced SERVPRO® technicians.

How Flood-Damaged Flooring Gets Fixed

Flood damage to New London flooring can vary from residence to residence based on the type of flooring impacted. Having experience on your side allows our SERVPRO of New London team to assess the damage and take immediate actions to rectify pressing absorption concerns, contamination, and degradation. Each flooring type requires a different approach, including:

• Carpeting—Carpets are porous and easily overwhelmed by flooding. Often, the upper layer and padding are removed to focus on cleaning and protecting the subflooring.
• Hardwood / Plank – When warping and distortion have not yet occurred, hardwood can often be cleaned on the surface with disinfectants after extraction.
• Non-Porous Tile/Concrete – After extraction, focused cleaning is often required for all these non-porous flooring materials.

When Your Flooring Is Unsalvageable

Even with our fast response and your quick reaction time to get us to your doorstep, some flooring cannot be saved after flood damage. Flooding carries the threat of contaminants and bacteria in many cases, making it a safer and more reliable option to remove and replace exposed floors rather than risk cross-contamination or sickness. We have a team of contracting specialists to complete repairs and replacement work to continue the restoration process and get life back to normal quickly.

Whether we can remove the water and clean the flooring or it must be replaced entirely, you can count on our SERVPRO of New London to help you through it. We have experienced restoration technicians ready 24/7 when you call (860) 443-2222.