Commercial Water Damage Tips

6/22/2020 (Permalink)

Get your Business up and running.

When your community and your family rely on your business, you want to make sure it stays protected. Part of that protection is making sure issues like water don’t shut you down.

Be prepared

Start by anticipating what could happen. We can’t predict the future, but we can think of worst-case scenario. What do you do if a water main break? How do you keep employees safe? How do you prevent or eliminate business disruptions that could result from water damage? How do you keep communication lines open between management, staff and customers? How do you get your business back?

Make a plan

While thinking through possible commercial water damage scenarios for your business, you made notes of the solutions you came up with for your “what if?” questions.

Now put your plans into action to develop an emergency plan for your business. A good emergency plan should provide for the safety of all people who could enter your business, as well as procedures for carrying on with business during a variety of challenges.

 It should include,  

• an emergency contact list (accessible from off-site)
• emergency procedures
• emergency staffing instructions
• vendor lists and contact info
• data backup plans and other resources to support business operations in case you have to temporarily or permanently relocate your business operations.

Stuff gets old. It breaks. It fails. When plumbing or water-management equipment in your commercial facility fails, the resulting water damage restoration costs can stack up fast. So the operative word for commercial water damage prevention is maintenance. Routinely inspect all visible plumbing, test sump pumps, check exterior gutters and downspouts, muck out drainage ditches and storm drains and ensure roof structures are in good repair.