What does SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville recommend after fire damage happens?

9/27/2024 (Permalink)

Fire damage to a home or business can cause more damage than imaginable. Fire damage can occur and spread rapidly resulting in smoke and/or soot damage along with odor throughout the building. Often times, with fire damage, water damage is associated. Especially, when the fire sprinklers are activated from the fire, or the local fire department arrives with the water hoses and spray water which saturate the fire damage structural materials. If this has happened to you, SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville is ready to assist with fire/smoke damage. So, you have fire damage, what happens next? Typically, with fire damage, the structure may be brought back to preloss conditions by performing a light or heavy clean. If the structure is severely affected by the fire, it will resort to removal of the affected materials. Upon arrival, our team performs a walkthrough to assess the damages and scope out safety concerns to prevent injuries to all parties as the integrity of the structure may be compromised from the fire.  So, you have smoke damage, what happens next? Typically, with smoke damage, content needs to be evaluated to determine if it can be deemed non-salvageable or salvageable. If an item is salvageable, it can be saved and cleaned. If the item is deemed non-salvageable, it requires disposal as it is damaged from the fire/smoke. Often times, insurance covers for disposal of non-salvageable content and provides reimbursement; however, it may vary based on the extent of damage and the insured's policy. If your home or business experiences fire damage, contact our location SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville at 916-933-3890. Our team is ready to take on the damage, big or small. We operate 24/7 for emergency services whether it be fire or water related. If you have any inquiries, please contact our office to address and our staff can provide an inspection or begin emergency services. 

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville's Restoration Specialists Are Ready To Help!

9/27/2024 (Permalink)

Has your home or business suffered unwanted water, fire, or mold damage? SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville are the restoration specialists you need in order to return your property back to preloss conditions. Our technicians are highly trained and IICRC certified (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification) to assist in response to a water, fire or mold disaster. Our ultimate goal is to restore the affected area as soon as possible to prevent secondary damages from occurring. Why Should You Utilize SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville's Restoration Services?

• Our location offers 24/7 emergency services which include extraction and drying equipment
• Our location offers inspections during business hours to provide estimates
• Various insurance companies utilize us as a contractor as we are listed as a preferred vendor
• The technicians are IICRC certified
• Staff is highly responsive and communicative 
• Assistance in direct communication with the insurance

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville Suggests Taking Immediate Action After Water Damage

9/25/2024 (Permalink)

Water damage can occur suddenly at any time to a home or a business. Often times, water damage can be sudden and accidental or be a slow leak over time that goes unnoticed. Regardless of the situation, SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville suggests taking immediate action after water damage occurs. By addressing the situation upon first notice, it can prevent secondary damages. Addressing water damage can prevent secondary damages such as mold damage and limit the structure damage. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville typically recommends emergency services to be provided within a couple of days of the loss to prevent secondary damages. Emergency services can consist of water extraction and placing drying equipment. If it is not addressed, water can travel and saturate all materials, from walls, floor, and framing which can affect their integrity over time. If immediate action is not taken, mold can begin to form and cause secondary damages and spread causing further damages.  If water and/or mold damage occurs within your home or business, contact our SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville office at 916-933-3890. Services provided by our location include: water damage, fire damage, mold remediation, and biohazard remediation. If emergency services are not required, we can schedule to set up an inspection to provide a detailed estimate for the mitigation work needed at the property. 

What Services Does SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville Provide?

9/29/2023 (Permalink)

SERVPRO is a nationwide company with multiple franchises in the area that assist with cleaning, restoration, and/or construction. Call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville for 24 hour emergency service.

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville offers various restoration services which include:

• Water damage restoration
• Fire/smoke damage restoration and deodorization
• Mold remediation
• Biohazard clean up

What does water damage restoration consist of?

Water damage restoration is removing excess water and stabilize the structure after a flood, overflow, or leak. Water damage is unexpected and can occur at any time; whether it be appliance malfunction, pipe bursts, or rain storms. Water damage needs to be handled promptly to prevent secondary damages. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville’s process is to provide an initial assessment or emergency services to determine the extent of the damages, followed with extraction and setting drying equipment to prevent organic growth.

What does fire damage restoration consist of?

Fire damage restoration involves removing charred debris, cleaning of the structure and contents, deodorization and neutralize the smoke smell. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville’s process starts with identifying the source, addressing the damage by thoroughly cleaning all affected surfaces and purifying the air. We utilize industry equipment such as thermal fogging, ozone, and air scrubbers to clean the air. After eliminating the odor, the area goes through the deodorization process which neutralizes any remaining odor.

What does mold remediation consist of?

Mold remediation consists of identifying the growth and removal of the affected materials in the area. Mold typically grows in damp conditions for instance a bathroom without a ventilation fan operating. Organic growth can be found within walls or on walls, any place in the property where there is high moisture levels and can spread quickly causing structural damage. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville offers preventative measures to keep mold from returning and recommend mold clearance to ensure that there is no mold within the property after mitigation.

Biohazard Cleanup

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville offers biohazard cleaning which is the removal and cleaning of biological contaminants which can include bodily fluids, blood borne pathogens, hazardous chemicals, infectious diseases. All of these types of contaminants can pose significant risk to human health if not properly cleaned or disposed of, which is why we recommend professionals like SERVPRO to assist with biohazard cleaning.

Is SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville available 24/7?

Yes, SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville is always available to provide emergency services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We respond quickly to minimize the damages. Choose SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville for all your mitigation needs and give us a call at 916-933-3890.

Call for Fire Damage Restoration with SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville – Qualified Technicians in Fire Restoration

9/28/2023 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville has the necessary skills to restore your fire damages property to its preloss condition. Our team trains on various kinds of fires and how they affect materials and buildings.

Property owners whether it be residential or commercial, go through a series of emotions from stressful to traumatic when they experience fire damage for the first time. It is not an easy situation to watch the fire consume your home that contains so many memories and personal items. Our technicians at SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville are IICRC certified (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) undergo specialized training that can determine what items are deemed salvageable or non-salvageable in the event of a fire. Our technicians are able to clean salvageable content during fire restoration. If items are considered non-salvageable, we will recommend disposal if approved by the owner or the insurance.

With the proper Fire and Smoke Restoration Technician training course, we obtain the following skills to help:

-Fire Science: We learn the various types of fires and how they affect different materials throughout the building.

-Odor: We have an understanding on how to minimize and neutralize odors after a fire.

-Water Damage/Smoke Damage: Water is used to extinguish fires from the fire department and can affect different materials throughout the building. Smoke damage can be embedded in materials if not handled in a timely manner.

-Insurance: Each insurance has their own set of guidelines that we follow during the restoration process as well as determine coverage for services needed for your fire event.

In the event of a fire, the safety of our staff and our customers is our number one priority. During fire restoration work, our team of technicians prepare with personal protective equipment which consists of gloves, eye wear, and suit to prevent exposure to the soot particulates and inhalation.

If you experience fire damage, call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville at 916-933-3890. You are in good hands - our team of office staff and production technicians at SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville is willing to provide you all the help needed when a fire damage incident occurs at your property.

Water Damage Restoration Happens Fast with SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville

9/27/2023 (Permalink)

Do you have water damage? Help is no further than SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville. Call us today for an inspection or emergency services!

SERVPRO® is a trusted franchise nationwide - our office is located in El Dorado Hills

Any water damage incident can cause minor or severe damage to your home if not handled in a timely manner. It is essential to hire professionals like SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills for water damage mitigation services. Our office and production staff have the knowledge, equipment, and proper training needed to assist in the event of an emergency.

So, how does SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville use drying science to assist with water damage?

Our priority in the event of water damage is to create ideal conditions for drying. Our technicians manipulate the humidity, air flow, and temperature to speed up the drying process and evaporation of moisture that has been absorbed into porous materials.

What is humidity? It lowers the moisture content of the drying air. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills use various types of dehumidifiers to remove water vapor from the air and turn it back into liquid water.

What is air flow? The water that evaporates from the porous materials becomes a boundary layer. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville utilize equipment like air movers to remove this boundary layer and replace it with the warm and dry air from the dehumidifiers.

Our SERVPRO technicians have the knowledge and experience to monitor and control the above factors to ensure that your residential home or commercial property is stabilized and restored to preloss conditions quickly and efficiently.

Call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville at 916-933-3890. Our water mitigation experts are available 24/7 to help with any emergency services.

Why Choose SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville

8/31/2023 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville consists of highly trained and knowledgeable technicians and office staff who are ready to provide customers with the necessary mitigation services they need after a disaster. We have available crews ready to aid commercial and residential properties in a time of emergency. Our franchise’s service includes water restoration, fire restoration, mold remediation, biohazard clean up and reconstruction services. We are trained to handle any sized disaster with a full inventory of equipment and tools to properly mitigate and prevent secondary damage. 

In the event of an emergency, our team will be dispatched to arrive at your property within a couple hours of your call-in which assessment will occur, followed up clean up and equipment placement.

In the event of a non-emergency situation, our office can coordinate an estimator to arrive at your property and assess the situation to provide a quote based on the services needed at your property. Once the estimate has been approved, we can schedule the necessary mitigation work to restore your property to its preloss condition.

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville offers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week emergency service. Our company’s approach is to mitigate and restore before replacement. If you need restoration services, emergency or inspection, give our office a call at 916 933 3890.

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville: Water and Fire Damage Board Up

10/1/2022 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville provided emergency board up to a customer who had fire damage to their garage.

If your home has experienced water or fire damage that has affected your windows or exterior walls, protecting your home is SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville’s immediate concern! After your receiving your initial call, our team of technicians will be dispatched to your home and provide board up services to the damaged areas. Providing an emergency board up will prevent additional damage from rain or debris as well as secures your structure and its contents.

Once we have made certain that no further damage can occur, we can begin the restoration process. We remove any remaining water and dry out the structure. Our production managers will coordinate with the insurance company for coverage if the materials in your property are still affected. Our team of technicians will discard any materials that are removed such as flooring, insulation, and wet sheetrock that is deemed unsalvageable. They will sort through, inventory and document your personal belongings that are affected by the water and/or fire loss to determine which item is salvageable. Contents that can be saved are restored professionally and stored at our facility. Once your home has been through the mitigation process, it is ready for construction services by a contractor.

The team at SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville help simplify the restoration process by handling the initial emergency services, dry out, and mitigation services. We provide a range of restoration services.

The services that we provide includes:  

• Board Up 
• Drywall Removal 
• Content Manipulation
• Pack Out and Storage
• Pack Back
• Flooring Removal
• Water Restoration
• Fire Restoration
• Mold Remediation
• Biohazard Clean Up
• Blood Clean Up

When you call our SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville office after fire or water damage, you can count on us to be there throughout the process to help. We are available by phone at 916-933-3890, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville today.

Flood vs Sewage Water

10/1/2022 (Permalink)

Our approach to treating water damage in El Dorado Hills homes is dependent on which category it falls into:

Category 1 or Clean Water

Clean water is just that. Water that has come from a source that is not contaminated. Examples of this include a pipe bursting or a refrigerator supply line leak. Although clean water can cause significant damage to your El Dorado Hills home, it is not considered hazardous to human health as there are no microbes in the water. The biggest hazard clean water presents is if the area that has been damaged is not properly cleaned or dried out. This can result in organic growth – mold damage.

Category 2 or Gray Water

Gray water is water that is slightly contaminated – usually because of the nature of the source or because of neglect. Examples of this include when a washing machine overflows and a toilet overflow that contains urine. Clean water can become gray water if it left untreated for an extended period of time.

Category 3 or Black Water

Black water is highly contaminated and dangerous to human health because black water can include toxic materials such as bacterial diseases, chemicals, microbes, and more. Sewage based components such as bacteria, fungi, feces, viruses, and parasites. Category 3 situations are usually caused by sewage backups or overflows and flooding. Examples of this include bathtub back up or toilet overflow that contains feces.

Any water damage that is not treated correctly will eventually elevate to the next category. Even a simple pipe burst can turn into a biohazard and mold issue if not treated.

If you have any water damage in your home, call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville at 916-933-3890 for service that you can count on. We are available to assist you in El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Diamond Springs, and Placerville.

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville: Why is Insurance Important in Water and Fire Damage Emergencies

10/1/2022 (Permalink)

Water damage from copper pipeline in Folsom - ceiling collapse in renter's bedroom. SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville responded immediately.

SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville encourages renters to have renters insurance and homeowners to have homeowners insurance in the event of water or fire damage emergency to the property. There are many residents in the Placer and Sacramento County area who rent or own their home or apartment and are unsure of whether they should purchase insurance.

For a homeowner or landlord, it is advised to have homeowner’s insurance to cover for any unexpected damages as you live in your home or rent your home. Although it is true that a landlord or property manager has an insurance policy, it provides insurance for the building/structure. Belongings are not covered under their policy in case of a theft, or disaster such as a flooding or fire. If you are a tenant, having renter’s insurance is an inexpensive way to protect your belongings like furniture, electronics, and other belongings.

A recent tenant living in Folsom had a copper pipeline leak which resulted in the ceiling coming down in one of the bedrooms on all of the contents. It is devastating enough to wake up to a water damage in your rental home, but finding out that you may not be reimbursed for your losses doubles the catastrophe. That is why SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville recommends filling an insurance claim as a renter or a homeowner.

Call SERVPRO of El Dorado Hills/Placerville at 916-933-3890. We operate 24/7 for emergency water and fire damage for both homeowners and renters.