Accidents of all sorts happen each and every day. Car accidents, fires, broken bones, and more happen to people on a regular basis. When accidents happen it can be hard to stay calm and collected. One thing that can help you stay calm and deal with whatever arises is prior planning. If you know what steps you need to take ahead of time it is easier to know what to do when the time comes. Many people know what to do if they are in a car accident but if their house floods they have literally no idea what to do. Today Safe Clean Carpet, Upholstery & Tile wants to go over the steps that you should take if your house floods.

Stop Source of Water Leak or Flood

If you come home to a flooded house the first thing that you want to do is turn your water off. Once your water is off the flooding will not be able to continue. Many homeowners do not know how to turn their water off. Take time to show all of the adults and older children in your home how to turn the water off just in case they came home to a house flood. Once you have the water turned off you want to see if you can locate where the flooding was coming from. You will want to check some of the common culprits like water heaters, dishwashers, washing machines, and sinks. Most of the time one of these things is the cause of your flood. When you know what the cause of the flood is you can know what to address.

Water Extraction, Structural Drying, Carpet Cleaning & Deodorizing

Then you want to start cleaning up the water. This is the part that overwhelms homeowners. Depending on how bad the flood is you could be looking at gallons of water that needs to be cleaned up in your home. This is where Safe Clean Carpet, Upholstery & Tile comes in. We can come out and take care of this process for you. We offer powerful water extraction with our truck mounted steam cleaning machines and carpet drying with industrial grade fans and humidifiers as well as expert carpet cleaning and deodorizing services to help you get your home back to normal. Let us do the hard work while you get started on the next step. As you are waiting for Safe Clean Carpet, Upholstery & Tile to come out you will want to call your homeowners insurance. Your homeowner’s insurance policy will likely cover the damage that the flooding caused. Call them and get your claim started right away.

Flood & Water Damage Restoration in Greater Leland & Wilmington, NC | Hanover County, North Carolina

If there are belongings in your home that need to be repaired or replaced this can take place now. With the help of your insurance company and Safe Clean Carpet, Upholstery & Tile your home will be able to get back to normal as quickly as possible. There is a process that needs to take place but you can do it because you will be prepared ahead of time. Remember to call us as soon as possible to save your carpets; ideally in the first 24 hours to prevent mold from having a chance to form and grow. Call us for all your carpet cleaning and restoration needs needs!