What do we want bet that the water heater failures and resulting wet basements that we are cleaning up this week are due to that hellish heat wave and muggy weather. We are showering 2x per day on average now, how about you and yours? Of course, it makes sense because Forrest and I are in the "dirty jobs" business at our local fire and water cleanup / restoration company. All the flooding rains last month and heat this month are making our appliances run overtime to keep up...even leaking AC Units are causing home and business owners to call us in the past 48 hours!
Our family owned Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon handles the removal of inches to feet of water in Eastchester and lower Westchester County. You want to be sure to hire certified, professional water damage restoration experts because of possible mold issues later on. If your handyman, friend's contractor buddy, or your landscaper does not do the right things, mold and mildew removal can be a much more expensive issue later on.
Our background checked, uniformed and highly trained crews treat your property with the professionalism required to quickly and completely dry it after a flood caused by a broken, rusted out hot water heater, or a failing sump pump.
We have responded to a few hot water heater failures recently, due to their old age, use on well vs. city water and old fashioned rust.
You may ask: "How long should a water heater last?" Gas models can rust in just 8 to 10 years and need quarterly maintenance, while electric hot water heaters are usually "glass lined' and should be maintained, but can last for about 15 years. You can live on borrowed time after the 10 or 15 year mark, but can you live with inches or feet of water in your lower level?
Just check the age of your hot water unit and consider replacing your gas model every decade and your electric hot water unit in under 15 years, rather than waiting for a "break."
Also, be sure to maintain your water heater, or call your trusted plumber -- we have a great list of plumbers who helped our clients and were rock stars after Hurricane Sandy damage!:
- For electric heaters, you need locate and shut off the power source; circuit breaker or fuses. Also, you'd need to shut off the cold water supply to unit.
- Gas and LP supply valves for non-electric heaters can be left on.
- Just "browse" for "How to flush a water heater," and follow the directions or take out your maintenance savings fund and hire a pro to help you with maintenance.
After a mechanical failure in a hot water heater or sump pump, you have a choice about what restoration company to call and bring into your home with loved ones and your beloved belongings. Check your policy, but most of the insurance companies we work with on your behalf let the property owner decide on their restoration company. It's best to call your insurance company about coverage but, in the end, you can choose who comes into the home you own to fix it well.
Most agents suggest that you select the most qualified and responsive local company to help get your home or business back to normal. So, please "shop local" and bring in your Westchester based companies that are the closest and quickest to respond to your stressful damage.
Sump Pump in Basement
You can count on our staff -- not workers we do not know and are not background checked -- to give your home and furniture and YOU the respectful attention needed in a stressful water damage situation. Our lower Westchester County Servpro is family owned and operated, so we treat you professionally, but like family.
Be sure to use a licensed and insured water damage restoration company to cleanup your fire or water damage, or help remove mold and mildew. Our Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon also handles asbestos removal and most biohazards (except not leaking oil in homes / boilers), plus we are here to help in hoarding and estate packing or move out situations. We also work on crime scene and biohazard cleanups, vandalism and graffiti cleanups and basic carpet and upholstery cleaning, sanitizing and deodorizing / disinfecting...name your cleanup issue.
FYI: All of the 1,600 Servpros in the country live and work in their local community and are brothers, sons and Dads or husbands and wives, like us. We bring many courses in training, testing and New York State certifications, along with the knowledge of a 46 year old company in the fire and water restoration business to your door. Whether it's your home or business, we make it "Like it never even happened."
No flood, fire, water, soot, sewage or mold job is too BIG or too small for our Servpro and all of our Tri-state New York Servpro friends and colleagues...we can bring in an army of help in a disaster! So, if your water damage is a relatively small flood because of a backed up toilet overflow or a major sewage or broken water main flood, our 24 hour emergency crews are on call. Like most restoration companies, we can get you "back to paint." It's just that our customer service is stellar and we are the most trusted residential service in the U.S.
In fact, in most flood situations, we are one stop shopping for any water cleanup -- a broken hot water heater, restoring trim, drywall and insulation, or replacing it and and repainting. Let us help you make your water or flood damage "Like it never even happened."
Eastchester, NY 10709
Broken hot water heaters can cause a flood or water damage in Eastchester, NY 10709
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