The SERVPRO of East Honolulu Way (pt.1)

7/2/2021 (Permalink)

When our emails ping, or someone calls our initial response is part of our process. 

This is the emergency contact response, say you call since your bathroom flooded from your teenage son. Spilling over into the floor, sinking into the carpet in the hallway, seeping into the apartment unit below you. It is an insurance claim and/or call away for reassurance to SERVPRO of East Honolulu. "Like it never even happened."  

Once you call, you’re greeted by one of the lovely clerks- who understands the frustration of the situation. They will help throughout the process of restoration, who will take your information and schedule a time for a technician to look at your property. 

This inspection and assessment looks different for everyone, there may be water damage in an apartment tower. 

But some carpets and other vinyl flooring- to each their own. Our equipment may look different. 

If there is still pooling water we may be bringing water extractors and our water team. If the ceilings are wet, send out a technician who can get the specific measurements of various necessities for your insurance and our documentation.  

Whichever route one takes, in your case we are bringing some fans and a technician. We set up treatment for the drying process. 

It is crucial to find the problem, solve the problem, and then dry it all up. We can’t fix, replace, or demo damp materials. Thankfully there is no mold growth, but because it was damp for 4 days we put some disinfectant on it. We’ll spray our SERVPROXIDE, an epa friendly, animal friendly, disinfectant. Killing mold in any stage of growth it’s in.  

We dry with many different tools, for most cases the situation calls for a dehumidifying machine and some powerful small fans. We place the fan facing the water compromised materials, with the “dehu” machine sucking the water from the air. Which is being sucked into a tube that consequently finds itself in a drain. 

         This area needs to be zoned off for a bit, the dehu machine mustn’t be disturbed. It is too uncomfortable to be in for the time being… 

It takes some time for these structures to be truly dried, with the sheer density of being a property. With a skeleton amassed in drywall, layers of bolts, nuts, wires, it takes some time and care to fully understand what’s needed. The unit below needs an electrician, and mustn't use his lights in his bathroom until further notice. 

Once dry and accommodations meet our customers (and their insurance) it is time for more steps for some and for others our time together has ended. When the damage is not bad, no holes, no discoloration. We finish the paperwork up, and are ready to jump to the next person in need.