Three ways Water can slip into your home...

1/8/2020 (Permalink)

While we rely on water for many facets of daily life and want and need it around, we certainly don't need unnecessary water in our home. Standing water can break down the components that make up our home’s foundation and cause a great deal of damage in the process. You might be surprised to know it’s pretty easy for water to creep into your house.  Here are three ways that water can sneakily slip in the house and cause water damage.

Ice

It may sound odd to say ice can seep into your home since it's a solid, but we have to remember that it begins as a liquid…. Water can trickle into the home through a crack or leak during warmer weather and then begins freezing and hardening up into ice as the temperature drops. This ice can cause a great deal of home damage before eventually melting once more and pooling somewhere in your home. Ice also has the ability to break apart your homes construction, like your roof and potentially leave your attic accessible to further water.

Rain

If you have a roof with less than perfect shingles, you can be sure it's letting in rain and excess water.  Here’s where your issue can come in, that rain can collect in your attic and cause a whole bunch of unpleasant water damage, mold growth and more.  If you notice that your ceiling or roof is starting to sag, then the damage has reached critical levels and it’s time to act!

Runoff

One last aspect that water may be leaking into your home is through cluttered gutters and excess runoff at ground level. Without the gutters able to perform their duty of sending rain away from the home, that water begins to collect and saturate the soil. It can leak into your basement, through your foundation and actually flood. You'll be left with quite the mess and likely an exposure to mold as well.

Guard Against Water

At SERVPRO of East Meadow/Westbury, we can help protect your home against the damage water can cause. Our process is to make everything brand new again. If you’re interested in learning more about how we can help you, please give us a call at 516-334-2927!