DAMAGE MANAGEMENT
Flying To The Rescue
ServiceMaster Clean fill us in on a recent case study where they helped a Gloucestershire man restore his aviation museum and home after some particularly bad flood damage swept through the Cotswolds.
Responding to emergency flood and water damage situations is a daily occurrence for the ServiceMaster Clean network. From leaking pipes in a small, privately owned property to large-scale escape of water instructions on behalf of a Housing Association; ServiceMaster Clean has seen it all.
With 5.2 million properties at risk of flooding in England alone (UK government report, 2014), ServiceMaster Clean’s national network of British Damage Management Association (BDMA) trained and accredited technicians is on hand for any emergency. We have a long history of working with organisations and homeowners all across the UK to ensure emergency and weather-related issues are dealt with swiftly and they get back to normal fast. Our restoration and recovery services have helped thousands of businesses, via both insurance policies and one-off instructions.
When the county of Gloucestershire experienced its worst floods on record,
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relentless rain left hundreds of homes and businesses under water, and thousands of drivers and travellers stranded as road and rail routes were inundated by fast rising flood waters.
That was just the start. Soon the taps ran dry for half the county's population as a water treatment station on the outskirts of Tewkesbury was overwhelmed by the floods. Emergency services also faced a desperate battle to save the county's power supplies as an electricity sub-station near Gloucester also threatened to fall victim to the rising flood-waters.
One Gloucester resident came close to losing both his home and livelihood, as the Cotswold stone building which houses both his aviation museum and his own home came under threat.
Soon after the rains began, the road outside the museum flooded and in a very short space of time the flood waters rose to over 24”. While the structure of the building was left undamaged, water swept through the
ground floor of the property, which houses the museum. Luckily the residence was in the upstairs of the property and was left virtually undamaged. However on the ground floor the interior of the property was in a dangerous condition that posed a serious Health and Safety risk, with chipboard flooring giving way under foot. Plaster had to be stripped from the walls and the ground floor kitchen had to be replaced. But for the museum’s owner, the main concern was the irreplaceable memorabilia and contents of his museum.
ServiceMaster Clean was appointed to deal with the peril by its insurance client, the resident’s insurers, and was briefed to sanitise and restore
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