Can Heavy Rainfall in Denville Require Professional Water Removal?

2/16/2022 (Permalink)

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SERVPRO Water Removal Experts in Denville Can Help Restore and Protect your Home Against Heavy Rainfall

Persistent rainfall over several weeks can result in the flooding of your crawlspace. The crawlspace is a recess that exists underneath the first-floor and subfloor of your home. Sometimes crawlspaces are used to run electrical wiring through into the house, while most properties have little to zero protection between the crawlspace cavity and upper insulation of the subfloor. When water intrudes into a subfloor space, it can stay there for several weeks due to a lack of air circulation, sunlight, and further rainfall. We recommend that you reach out to a professional for immediate assistance with:

• Crawlspace water removal
• Subfloor flooding
• Water mitigation

Performing standing water removal from your Denville crawlspace is a relatively quick task usually undertaken immediately upon arriving onsite. SERVPRO technicians can help protect your home from future crawlspace flooding by installing a crawlspace sump pump, a dehumidifier, and sealing the area with a twelve-millimeter crawl guard. Encapsulating a crawlspace protects the area from exterior openings while also preventing humidity, or vapor damage, from affecting the subfloor above. Our technicians can create a controlled and isolated environment atmospherically by successfully sealing the crawlspace. A controlled environment not only prevents future flooding but can also ensure that less damage occurs should equipment become overloaded or malfunction in the future.

• Installing a crawl guard in your home alongside a dehumidifier can reduce heating bills by up to 18% over a year.
• Sump pumps are designed to transport rainwater, and plumbing breaks out and away from the property during periods of heavy rainfall.
• Crawlspace liners can further reduce humidity or vapor damages to subfloor insulation in your home. As an added benefit, it may improve the indoor air quality of the living space.

For a comprehensive solution to crawlspace flooding, contact SERVPRO of North Morris County for water removal at (973) 983-5657.