Storm Damage Water Cleanup in Buhl, AL

What this looks like in Buhl

Blown insulation holds a remarkable amount of water and gives it back slowly, and once it has been soaked it stops working as insulation for good, even after it eventually dries. So the problem after a wind event out here is rarely the drywall. It is a wide area of saturated material lying on top of it, creeping further along the joists with every rain, while what shows in the room stays small and tells you almost nothing.

If a ceiling is bulging or sagging, do not push at it and do not try to hold it. Set a bucket underneath, stand off to one side, and make one small hole at the lowest point with a screwdriver to let it drain. A hole you made costs you a patch. A ceiling that lets go on its own costs you the room and everything in it.

Where we start

1. Check the load path

   Anything struck by a tree is read for broken rafters, split truss chords and displaced bearing before crews or equipment go in underneath it.

The full method, the salvage thresholds and what the equipment is doing are on the Storm Damage Water Cleanup page. Buhl covers everything else we handle in this town.