Dealing With Water Damage In Your Office

9/24/2019 (Permalink)

When your office suffers from water damage, whether it’s from a natural cause or an equipment failure, you may experience losses due to damage to office equipment and furniture, destruction of computer files and paper records. If the incident forces you to shut down your operation, you may also have to deal with loss of income. This type of event can have a pretty serious effect on your finances and can end up creating some time-consuming cleanup projects for your workforce. 

The costs to you will include repair and replacement of damaged items that are vital to the function of your operation, along with the costs of water extraction, cleanup, and any renovations that may be necessary to the premises. If you have adequate insurance coverage, your plan will pay these costs, but if not - you may be facing a burden of financial loss. 

Secondary issues, such as poor indoor air quality and mold growth, can have an adverse effect on the health and well-being of your staff, and this can often translate into sick days or loss of productivity. Conditions such as adult-onset asthma and other respiratory issues can develop if the environment of your office isn’t brought to a healthy level right away after water damage. 

It’s a smart business decision to have a contingency plan in place, in case a water or fire event affects your office building. Providing your workforce with a remote location to use in continuing to work and having your files and records backed up offsite, for example, are a couple of ways you can keep your company operating until the water damage has been cleaned up and safe to inhabit once again.

You may want to contact a professional water damage restoration company to treat and remediate your issues properly. A professional team will be able to extract the water and clean all affected areas in the shortest amount of time, letting you get back to work sooner rather than later. 

The SERVPRO of Belle Meade/West Nashville team is ready to help in the event of a disaster, large or small. We are experts in handling fire damage, as well, and we specialize in large-scale cleanup projects. In addition to these services, we are mold remediation and prevention experts.