Helping Contents in Your Upper West Side Shop After Water Damage

5/1/2023 (Permalink)

Call SERVPRO today if you need help with professional water damage restoration.

Overcoming Water Damage to Your Inventory

Unexpected water disasters can highly damage shops and stores. With limited inventory space, much of your wares are left in harm’s way when standing water threatens the structure. Finding suitable solutions to protect these items begins with the fast response of restoration professionals to mitigate loss and clean up compromised objects. In addition, SERVPRO professionals on-site must answer specific questions that direct recovery action.

Where is the Water Damage? 

The first step in content cleaning water damage in Upper West Side shops is identifying where the damage exists. Understanding the extent of the problem helps establish needed containment and assesses the pressing concerns in the structure that could ultimately damage more of the wares and inventory.

What Items Have Become Affected? 

We must also carefully evaluate the entire property for the compromised items. Finally, we must dry wet contents quickly to avoid permanent damage and loss. Practical strategies for managing immediate action require relocation. We can take wares and stock to a safe, dry place in the building rather than transporting them to our nearby facility for storage. Primary components of mitigating loss to contents include:

• Item-by-item inspection
• Relocation
• Containment

Cleaning Practices to Save Your Wares

Cleaning is one of the strategies that our SERVPRO team might employ. While on-site cleaning is preferred with a staging area, this is only sometimes feasible or efficient with limited clean, dry space. So instead, we can relocate wares to our warehouse for focused cleaning and recovery solutions.

While there are multiple phases of cleanup and recovery after water damage in your shop, we can help to protect the hit to your business by ensuring the safety and salvageability of wares and inventory. Call SERVPRO of Upper West Side for fast-responding professionals at (917) 498-1362.