Safe and Careful Flood Damage Cleaning in Auburn Homes

4/17/2025 (Permalink)

Storm damage can happen in a flash that floods your Auburn home with contaminated groundwater. SERVPRO makes it "Like it never even happened."

SERVPRO Navigates Potential Contaminants to Restore Your House

Flooding can be an overwhelming experience for a homeowner, but beyond what you can see, with the intruding water comes another threat: contamination. Flood water can vary significantly, so understanding why it is classified as contaminated water until confirmed otherwise is essential in acknowledging the mitigation strategies of professional restoration specialists reaching your home during the emergency.

Flooding Is Treated as a Biohazard Cleanup

Water and flood damage in Auburn homes is often categorized to understand the specific steps in returning your property to its preloss condition. Category 1 signifies cleaner water from treated water sources entering your household. Grey water, or Category 2, could contain bacteria or chemicals, as this is often a discharge from your dishwasher or washing machine. Flooding is usually initially considered to be Category 3, or black water, because it might contain elements such as:

• Bacteria and pathogenic threats
• Sewage or decaying organics
• Industrial chemicals/pesticide runoff

Proving Contamination in Your Flooded Home

It is beneficial for our SERVPRO® team to determine whether water contamination is a concern during the cleanup process. Using moisture meters, lab sampling, and other analytical means, we can often determine whether the restoration process should be treated as a biohazard event. We are primarily looking for biological contaminants like bacteria, trackable chemical pollutants like pesticides, and toxic matter like raw sewage.

Armed with the information about the hazard level, we begin our meticulous cleaning process, which can include:

• Assessing the affected areas and sealing off contaminated portions of the house to prevent more areas from becoming impacted.
• Removing standing water with truck-mount extractors and submersible pumps for deeper flooding concerns.
• We protect the contents of the house through our pack-out process or move the items to a safer location on the property.
• Controlled demolition tactics are used to remove contaminated material like insulation, carpeting, and drywall.
• Disinfecting with industrial-grade antibacterial and antimicrobial products in our inventory.
• Restoring the structure through repair and reconstruction

SERVPRO of Manchester is a trusted name in effective, efficient, and sanitary restoration and recovery for your Auburn home after a flood. Don’t wait to call us at (603) 669-7733 when disasters strike.