How to Handle Water Damage Caused by Your Neighbors

3/15/2022 (Permalink)

If you live in an apartment, a condominium, or any other dwelling with shared walls, you’re at risk for water damage no matter how diligent you are about protecting your own place. Why? Whenever moisture makes its way into your building, there is a possibility your unit can be negatively affected. Many times, your home can suffer from water damage without you even noticing it. Moisture can soak into your unit from other apartments, and you might not even realize it. Wet materials in other parts of the building can cause humidity to rise inside the entire complex. Humidity can cause water damage issues with your contents and building materials even if nothing inside your unit comes into direct contact with moisture.

What can happen if your neighbors experience water damage?

The challenge with water damage in adjacent dwellings is that you may not see the damage right away, if at all. Water may soak into your ceiling, walls, or floors, or maybe behind cabinetry that’s on a shared wall. Warping, mold growth, and odors may result before you even suspect there’s an issue. If you see water damage, or if you detect a musty odor or cabinets pulling away from the wall, it’s a good idea to call water remediation specialists like SERVPRO of Central Phoenix to inspect and resolve your issue.

Why contact SERVPRO

If you know there is a plumbing failure or other water damage inside your building; it’s smart to call in the professionals at SERVPRO. Our highly trained team can tell you if there is water damage inside your home. Our technicians are trained to be able to detect if excessive moisture has impacted your dwelling. We know what places to look and how to check for issues. Our SERVPRO technicians use their extensive training achieved by their completion of IICRC certification programs to determine where moisture could have entered your dwelling. We know how water travels through a structure as well as we know how buildings get built so that we have a good idea of how moisture moves through your apartment complex. Once we have an idea of where moisture could be, we utilize advanced technology to determine the moisture content of your structural components and personal possessions. We have at our disposal various types of moisture sensors that test how moisture affected different types of materials got as a result of the water leak. Once detected, we follow protocols to address the damage for the best water remediation outcome possible.

Keep your home protected from water damage

Even if you never experience water damage in your apartment, condo, or townhome, if you hear about a water leak taking place in a unit near yours, then call SERVPRO of Central Phoenix at (602) 386-4268 for fast 24/7 service. We’ll make sure that your home isn’t impacted by the water damage and if is, we’ll act quickly to address the situation and get your home back to normal.