Routine Maintenance That Can Make Your Home More Resilient to Storm Damage

12/15/2021 (Permalink)

If you have damage due to a severe storm, you can count on SERVPRO of Paulding/Polk Counties to help you in the aftermath.

While severe weather is an unpleasant thing to be threatened with at your home, it is an inevitable occurrence. Severe weather is more common during the hot and humid summer months, but heavy rains and high winds can occur at any time—and can bring serious damage along with them.

Keeping yourself and your family safe is of the utmost priority during severe weather, but in
addition to this, there are also measures you can take to keep your home safer, too. While no
task is a certain way to prevent damage to your household, there are some routine home
maintenance tasks that will actually reduce the likelihood that a storm could cause damage to
your home. Read on to learn more!

Home Maintenance Tasks for Storm Damage Prevention

Address any leaks right away. Leaks throughout the home can be rather sneaky, but if you have a feeling that water is creeping into an area it should not be, make sure to tend to it well in advance of a period of heavy rain. Basements and crawl spaces are common places for leaks to
hide, but it would be good to regularly check your attic and around your roof line for signs of water entry, too.

Add weather-stripping around windows and doors. Water can work its way into the tiniest of
gaps, and if you are getting heavy rain as part of severe weather, you may be at risk for developing leaks around your windows and doors. Adding weatherproofing around any exterior doors and windows can help prevent leaks from starting even during the heaviest of rains.

Be sure you have plenty of flashlights and batteries. Next time you make a trip to the
hardware store, it may be wise to add flashlights and batteries to the list. Power outages are
extremely common when severe weather strikes, so making sure you have plenty of flashlights
and their corresponding batteries can help you be sure you have plenty of visibility in the dark
just in case the power goes out.

If you have damage due to a severe storm, you can count on us to help you in the aftermath.
Contact us at any hour to report damages or to learn more about our storm damage restoration
process.