Is Furniture Ruined After Flooding in Your Newburgh House?

4/6/2021 (Permalink)

Do you know how to dry and restore flood damaged possessions? SERVPRO does. We can restore what is salvageable and remove the rest.

SERVPRO Can Help Newburgh Residents by Assessing and Salvaging Contents in a Flooded Property

Upholstery and other furniture can often be high-value items in the home. These are unfortunately adversely affected by floodwaters. When there is a high level of water contamination, such as in a road overflow event, it may be necessary to replace contents altogether.

Restorable contents in flood damage at your Newburgh home are often those exposed to clean or greywater. These can still cause damage via swelling, water spotting, color bleeding, or mildew growth. Color bleeding can also result in rust on upholstery buttons or other metal parts, which must be treated with an effective pesticide.

• Water spots can often be remedied by wetting the entire furniture to reduce the potential of line-marks.
• Mildew growth is preventable by rapidly drying the affected upholstery using a box fan or air-mover.
• Blocking furniture to remove it from direct liquid exposure is essential to mitigating losses in the property.

Recovering wet furniture is complex. Contact SERVPRO of North Orange County and SERVPRO of South Orange County for flood damage at (845) 342-3333.