Stop Procrastinating, Get Water Damage in Your Prattville Area Home Under Control Today
6/26/2017 (Permalink)
SERVPRO Technicians Offer Thorough Investigations Aimed at Reducing Water Damage in Your Home
There are many household maintenance issues that people put off for a variety of reasons. However, leaks in your roofing should never be one of them. Small leaks lead to significant problems if ignored long enough.
Having early signs of roof leaks or water damage appear in your Prattville area home is serious business. You want to contact a qualified restoration company immediately, or the problems you face could involve your entire home. Ignoring a small roof leak can allow water to wreak havoc on your attic, eventually making its way into your ceiling, walls, and living space.
SERVPRO technicians get calls for roof, attic, and ceiling problems quite often and have experienced many jobs where small leaks become larger ones that cause severe damage over time. They can cause damage to items you store in your attic, expose untreated framing materials to water causing swelling, cracking or warping and can lead to mold or other biohazards that threaten your family's health.
SERVPRO often responds to situations where a roofing leak leads to fire hazards as well. With water making its way through your attic, into your ceiling and walls, where it makes contact with electrical wiring and devices causing shorts that lead to a fire. Imagine making your way to your kitchen in the middle of the night, slipping on a puddle of water that was not there when you went to bed. You may also end up making payments on higher utility bills, both wasted water, and energy caused by damage to your insulation.
At SERVPRO we can tell you that ignoring the initial signs of water damage caused by a leaky roof leads to all of these additional problems and more. You might be facing structural integrity issues if you ignore it long enough, where rafters, joists, and framing in your attic, walls, and ceilings become rotten, cause buckling and safety hazards to develop in your home where you and your family feel safest.
Avoid simple problems becoming major concerns. Contact SERVPRO of Prattville to obtain access to expertly trained water damage restoration specialists who care about securing your home and providing you with the best results possible. (334) 358-1186
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