Flooded basement, showing water damage restoration in Sioux Falls

Dealing with a water emergency in your Sioux Falls home? Oh no!

It’s natural to panic, but don’t despair. If you take action immediately, you can mitigate the damage before your water damage restoration team shows up to save the day. (Be sure to call us at 1-800-456-5004 to get on the list ASAP!)

4 Steps to Mitigating Water Damage in Sioux Falls

While you wait for INTEK to arrive, here’s your step-by-step checklist of how to deal with your water emergency in Sioux Falls or Yankton.

  1. Figure out the source of the water, and make sure it stops. Did a pipe break? Did your sump pump stop working? Did your basement flood after a heavy rain? Whatever the cause, find it — and do whatever you can to stop it from causing further water damage. (Often, this involves simply turning off the main water valve or ensuring your sump pump is working.)
  2. Move your stuff, starting with any valuables. Especially during citywide emergencies, INTEK is flooded (no pun intended) with requests for help. Since we want to help as many people and businesses as possible, we simply don’t have time to help move items before cleaning an area. So call your neighbors, call your friends, call your fellow churchgoers — anyone who can help you clear the area before INTEK arrives. If you can’t move something large, like a pool table, you can either put aluminum foil around the legs or lift it onto blocks so you don’t damage the wood.
  3. Vacuum up water, pull up carpet, and remove the wet carpet pad. If the carpet pad is too heavy for you to discard yourself, INTEK can move it out, but please use several small bags instead of a few heavy bags so they’re easier to carry.
  4. Run fans and dehumidifiers on the area. Do your best to dry out the areas under wet carpet and on wet building materials. Our equipment will work much faster, but anything helps while you wait!

Okay, Done That. Now What?

Nice work on following the water damage mitigation checklist. Those tasks aren’t easy — but now, you’ve done all you can do, and the rest is up to the pros.

While you wait for the INTEK team, please don’t walk barefoot in water; wear boots, and beware of contaminants. Groundwater isn’t without risk!

And please remember: In cases of severe flooding in Sioux Falls or Yankton, our team is very busy trying to serve as many people and companies as possible. We’ll get to your home as soon as we can!

Once INTEK arrives, here’s essentially what you can expect our water damage restoration experts to do:

  1. Replace or repair damage to your carpet, walls, and/or baseboards.
  2. Help you navigate the insurance process.
  3. Put everything back together so your home looks like new!

You can learn more about our water damage restoration process by reading all about it or by watching this video.

On behalf of our team, we’re so sorry you’re dealing with water damage, and we want to do whatever we can to make the cleanup as seamless as possible. Contact us now to see how we can help.

CONTACT INTEK FOR WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION