Have you came back from a trip to sunnier climates to find water damage in your home? then you need Service Master SRQ’s Bradenton flood removal for Snowbirds.
At ServiceMaster SRQ we get calls all the time from snowbirds that have left their home in the hands of a friend or a neighbor. It’s not that their homes haven’t been watched the way they should. The people watching them aren’t looking for the signs that water damage could happen.
You should replace your washing machine hoses every couple years. Make sure you check under all of the sinks for drips. Flush all of the toilets to make sure they are in working order. Pull out your refrigerator to make sure the waterline isn’t leaking and the connection bolt is tight. In fact when you leave town you should shut your water off so even if you have maintenance issues at least you will be in town when something happens. All too often we are called out to remove water from flooded homes or condos for the simple reason the water wasn’t shut off when the homeowner left town.
One case of this was a family from The Netherlands, their neighbor came over once a week to check the home. When you have a water damage a week is too long. One of the connecting lines to their kitchen sink had slowly been working itself loose and a month after they went home it came loose. Water was running out of the cabinets onto the floor, through the living room and out the sliding doors onto the pool deck. It was only when the pool cleaner came to preform the bi-weekly maintenance that he noticed water running out of the home.
The neighbor was notified and they called ServiceMaster SRQ to help. We arrived within 2 hours of the call and determined that the cabinets were ruined. We contacted the homeowners and their insurance so we could start the restoration process. We removed the cabinets, removed the water from the carpets in the living room, removed the ruined padding, set drying equipment, and monitored their progress for 4 days.
The moral of this story is that if the water had been shut off in the first place none of this would have happened while they were out of town. If you are a snowbird and need a home watch professional please call us and we will connect you with someone that will take care of your home like it was their own.