Inspecting Home Systems After a Flood Boston MA

As soon as you can get back into your home after a flood or rain driven storm, get or give your home a once over determine what professionals you'll need to help dry out.

by Broderick Perkins
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Deadline Newsroom - After a flood, chances are, you'll have to call in the appropriate expert or two or three to clean up, wring out or otherwise return your home to its proper arid state.

Left unattended, rain storm and flood-related problems pose an insidious threat to the structural integrity of your home, especially its foundation and roof.

After you are sure it's safe to reenter your home and before you get started on the clean up, be sure to photograph, video tape or otherwise document the damage for insurance purposes.

Working from the ground up, here are the major problem areas the experts say warrant inspection and some tips on how to correct the problem should you find damage. Again, storm-related damage almost always requires a professional's touch.

Foundations, structural damage

Look for ceiling and wall buckling, a roof that's askew. Watch for falling plaster. Examine the foundation and supports where the walls meet the ground to check for undermining. Walls can be checked with a level or plumb bob. ...

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