Early Thawing Leading to Falcon Heights Water Damage Restoration?

2/17/2022 (Permalink)

When Spring Like Weather Threatens Water Damage Falcon Heights Residents Call SERVPRO

Weather prediction is hard at the best of times, but when a winter's worth of snow and ice surround your home in Falcon Heights, water damage restoration might be in the forecast. When unseasonably warm temperatures rush a spring thaw, rapidly melting snowpack can leach through your foundation, or meltwater built up in window wells can pour into your basement.

What Steps Can Falcon Heights Residents Take to Mitigate Water Damage from Ice And Snow Melt?

Several strategies help with the creep of melting snow, ice, and slush into a home in Falcon Heights. Water damage minimization or elimination is possible using these tips according to water mitigation professionals at SERVPRO:

During the Thaw

• Shovel snow and ice away from the perimeter of your home, especially where a snowblower, plow or shoveling deposited significant quantities of snow.
• Create channels in the snow and ice pack to encourage snowmelt to drain away from your foundation.
• Install and maintain a sump pump system, helpful all year when precipitation levels peak.
• Contract SERVPRO for an assessment and emergency services in response to the current water damage issues.

After This Year's Snow and Ice Melt

• Inspect your Falcon Heights roof and gutter system to ensure meltwater has a clear drainage pathway off your roof, through downspouts, and away from your foundation line. 
• If you have heating coils on the edge of your roof to avoid ice dams, make sure that "fix" is not dumping excess water down the exterior walls of your home or causing water to pool next to your foundation.
• Check the soil grade close to your foundation, ensuring that its design drains water away from your home, including meltwater. The optimum drop is one inch per foot as you move 5 to 10 feet away from the perimeter.

Thawing and freezing cycles encourage basement flooding, but SERVPRO of Northeast Minneapolis is ready with practical water removal solutions 12 months a year. Call (612) 421-2040 for water damage remediation and prevention support.