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4 Tips to Safeguard Your Home from Flooding

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4 Tips to Safeguard Your Home from Flooding

Flooding is one of the worst things that can happen to your home. But although we have no control over the forces of nature, there are things that we can do to reduce its impact on our homes. Here are just a few of the things that you can do to safeguard your home from flooding:

Use a flood barrier

If you live in a street that gets flooded a lot, it helps to invest in flood barriers. There are no flood barrier gates that you can place in front of your doorway. It’s supposed to seal your doorway and prevent water from getting into your home. Best of all, it’s easy to use and you can reuse it every year whenever there are heavy rains.

Clear drainage systems

Flooding can worsen if your drainage systems are clogged. Before the start of the rainy season, you should maintain your drains. Hire professionals to clear debris from the drainage systems.

It’s also important to check your home’s roofing gutters. When the gutters are clogged with dead leaves, water can’t flow effectively, leading to overflows in different areas of the house. The water can also back up into your home and end up flooding your attic or ceiling.

Once a year, do a routine cleaning of your roofing. Hire professionals to clean the gutters and install a gutter guard to prevent dead leaves from getting in the gutter systems.

Have an emergency sump pump ready

If you have a basement, you should invest in a sump pump. In case of flooding, this can mitigate the damage. Get your sump pump ready before the start of the rainy season. Make sure it is properly working.

Repair leaks

Flooding can also happen because of leaks. Plumbing leaks can worsen and end up causing floods inside your home. Flooding caused by burst plumbing tends to happen in the winter. That is because when pipes freeze due to the cold weather, they could end up bursting and causing a major leak.

Make sure exposed pipes are winterized. You can buy insulating sleeves that will regulate the temperature of the pipes. Also, check your thermostat. Your home should be at an ideal temperature all the time. More than providing comfort to the people in the house, your heating system protects your home from burst pipe problems.

If you experience flooding in your home, act right away. Hire restoration companies to clean up the place and start the restoration process. The longer your home sits in water, the more damage it will incur. Choose restoration companies in Kelowna with a lot of experience in restoring homes such as Total Restoration.

When determining which restoration companies to work with, you can check their previous works. You can also ask around for recommendations. If there are people you know who have worked with restoration companies in Kelowna before, you can ask if they can recommend the contractors they worked with.

Tom Johnson is the author of this article. For more details about Water Damage Restoration Services in Kelowna please visit our website: totalrestoration.ca/kelowna

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