Medical Office Flooding Damage Repair Tips

3/22/2021 (Permalink)

This local medical office recently found themselves "under water" when water started leaking from their ceiling.

As the Luke Bryan song says, “Rain is a good thing.” It helps flowers and grass grow, washes away allergens, and can remove snow piles. Even Luke Bryan would agree, though, that rain isn’t a good thing when you find out that you have a leak in your medical office roof. 

If you’re in the office, you can put down barrels or bowls to collect the water. But what if you don’t know there’s a leak in your roof and it rains over the weekend? Or a pipe froze and burst in the office overnight? You could easily walk in Monday morning to find a flood, and wind up dealing with medical office flooding damage rather than helping patients. 

First, turn the power off in your medical office the second you see the water, so no one gets electrocuted in case the water came in contact with electric wires. This will take electricity away from your computers and medical equipment, so patients will need to be rescheduled to after you have remediated your flooding damage. If any of your electronic devices have been affected by water damage, they need to be cleaned and inspected by an electronic technician. 

Next, take care of the water. Sop up the water that you can with a wet-dry vacuum or a mop, and open up the doors and windows to air out your vinyl flooring. Have carpeting in your office? You’ll want to pull it up to ensure you get to any water that’s trapped inside of it or underneath that could cause mildew or mold.

If you still have patient records in paper form, remove them from the flow of water and to a dry spot. Need help drying out wet records? Talk to a flood damage remediation company in Massachusetts like us that has the latest in drying technology, including:

• Air Drying
• Dehumidification
• Freezer Drying
• Vacuum Freeze Drying
• Vacuum Thermal Drying

In order to ensure that your office is back in pre-flood damage condition quickly, and safely, contact our experts here at SERVPRO of Haverhill / Newburyport for an assessment of your flood damage in Massachusetts along with a plan for remediation and clean up. Our experts are available to help you 24 hours a day.