Friday, May 13, 2016

REFRIGERATOR LINE BREAK

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Colorado Spring's Briargate area. 1-800-Flooded arrived to find the refrigerator line had leaked and flooded the main level kitchen and dining room. The water then traveled down into the basement bedroom and recreation room ceiling. 1-800-Flooded performed demo and structural drying to the areas. A separate company was hired by the insurance company to perform rebuild.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Sewage back up damages home in Old Colorado City

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Old Colorado City that had sustained water damage after the basement toilet backed up sewage water into the home. The basement recreation room, two bedrooms, the hall, and the bathroom were affected. Because the home was built in 1914, 1-800-Flooded had the affected materials tested for lead based paint and for asbestos. The affected materials were cleared for lead based paint but some materials were found to be asbestos containing. 1-800-Flooded hired an abatement company to remove the asbestos containing affected materials. 1-800-Flooded performed necessary demo on other non asbestos containing materials and performed structural drying. The entire affected area was then power washed with an anti-microbial agent. Rebuild services were performed by a separate company hired by the insurance company.

Monday, February 22, 2016

Refrigerator Line Damages Canon City Home

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Canon City. 1-800-Flooded arrived on site to find that the refrigerator line had leaked and affected the kitchen, living room, hallway, and crawl space. 1-800-Flooded performed the necessary demo and structural drying to the damaged rooms. A separate company was hired by the insurance company to perform the rebuild.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Broken shut off valve floods home in Monument

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Monument. The upstairs hall bathroom's shut off valve to the sink had broken and flooded 3 levels of the home. The water affected the upstairs hall, office, bathroom, and bedroom. It affected the main level kitchen, dining room, and breakfast nook. It had also affected the basement recreation room and utility room. 1-800-Flooded performed the necessary demo of affected materials and structural drying. Rebuild was performed by a separate company hired by the insurance company.

Broken toilet floods rental property

1-800-Flooded was called by a local plumber to inspect a rental property. The plumber found that the toilet was not working properly and overflowed fresh water into the upstairs master bathroom. The water also affected the upstairs master bedroom and main level garage. 1-800-Flooded performed necessary demo and structural drying to the home. 1-800-Flooded also performed rebuild services.

Frozen Hose Bib

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home that had a water intrusion from a frozen hose bib. The water had affected an unfinished basement. 1-800-Flooded removed the saturated insulation and performed structural drying on the damaged framing. Rebuild services were performed by a separate company hired by the insurance company.

Kitchen plumbing break damages home in Colorado Springs

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home that had damage to the main level kitchen and basement recreation room from a plumbing break under the kitchen sink. 1-800-Flooded performed necessary demo and structural drying to the affected areas. 1-800-Flooded also performed rebuild services to the home.

Multiple pipes break in home in Peyton

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Peyton. 1-800-Flooded arrived on site to find that a faulty breaker box had caused the heater to lose power in December when overnight temperatures were falling into the single digits. The homeowner was also out of town and was unaware of the heater losing power. This resulted in over 10 freeze breaks occurring in the pipes in the home. The breaks caused damage to every room in all 3 levels of the home. 1-800-Flooded called a heating company and an electrical company to come service the breaker box and the heater to restore heat to the home. 1-800-Flooded packed out the majority of the home and called a textile restoration company to pack out the damaged textiles. 1-800-Flooded then performed all necessary demo and structural drying necessary. Rebuild services were performed by a separate contractor hired by the insurance company.

Friday, November 20, 2015

SEWAGE BACK UP DAMAGES CRAWLSPACE AND HOME

1-800-Flooded was called by a local plumbing company to extract sewage from a crawl space. Upon arrival 1-800-Flooded found sewage in the crawl space. The plumbing back up had also caused damage in the laundry room, kitchen, and one bedroom. 1-800-Flooded extracted the sewage in the crawl space, treated the area with a plant based anti-microbial, and laid out plastic which allowed the plumbing company access to fix the sewer line. 
Inside the home, some building materials that were affected and needed to be removed were found to be asbestos containing. 1-800-Flooded hired an abatement contractor to perform the removal of those materials. 1-800-Flooded then removed all other affected materials and performed structural drying. 1-800-Flooded was also hired to perform rebuild services. 

Friday, October 30, 2015

Refrigerator Water Line Break Causes Damage to Fountian Home

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Fountain that has sustained damage when a refrigerator water line broke. 1-800-Flooded arrived on site to find damage to the main level kitchen and the crawl space below the home. The homeowner lived out of state and was renting to tenants. 1-800-Flooded called the homeowner and gave him a damage report and walked him through all the demolition and structural drying process. 1-800-Flooded then performed demolition and structural drying in the affected areas. Through the whole process 1-800-Flooded kept the out of state homeowner updated with daily progress reports and pictures via email. Rebuild services were assigned to a separate contractor hired by the insurance company.

Broken Water Heater Causes Damage To Home In Manitou

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Manitou Springs that had damage due to a water heater break located on the 2nd floor of the home. 1-800-Flooded arrived to find damage to the upstairs utility room, hallway, and a bedroom. There was also damage to the main level dining room. 1-800-Flooded performed demolition and structural drying of the damaged areas. Rebuild services were assigned to a separate contractor hired by the insurance company.

Broken Sewer Drain Floods Fountain Home

1-800-Flooded was dispatched by an insurance company to a home in Fountain after a sewage back up caused damage to a home. Upon arrival 1-800-Flooded found damage in the main level bathroom, utility room, and den. The plumbers on site found that a sewage drain pipe that ran under the home's foundation was broken and needed to be dug up and fixed. 1-800-Flooded performed necessary demolition needed for a category 3 water loss and performed structural drying. Rebuild services were to be done by a separate contractor hired by the insurance company.

Hail Damage Causes Roof Leak

1-800-Flooded was called to look at damage inside of a home in Monument due to hail damage to the roof. The main level foyer, living room, kitchen, and hallway were damaged. When 1-800-Flooded started demolition of the damaged areas they discovered mold growth. Containment was set up and mold remediation was performed. Once all areas were remediated and cleared a post remediation air test 1-800-Flooded provided the rebuild services. 

Water damaged home colorado springs

1-800-flooded was dispatched by a local insurance company to a home there the water heater broke while the homeowner was away on vacation. Some time had passed & minor mold was found on the site. 1-800-Flooded not only performed the demo and structural drying, but also treated for mold remediation. 

Thursday, December 11, 2014

new home suffers water damage colorado springs

New homeowner of a newly constructed home were surprised to find water damage in their new home. Just moving in two weeks earlier, they found that a pipe connection in the wall had failed.

The local plumbing contractor called 1-800-Flooded for their services.

Since it was fresh water (category 1 water loss) it was not much of a health threat.

The areas affected were the bedroom with carpet and closet.

1-800-Flooded locally owned & operated.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

flooded condos in colorado springs

1-800-Flooded was called by an insurance company to go to a condo on the second floor where the water heater had failed. Upon arrival, it was found the water migrated into the neighboring unit below as well.

Since it was category 1 fresh water, structural drying was performed and some items were dried in place.

The rebuild will be completed by a preferred vendor from the insurance company.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

flooded business colorado springs

1-800-Flooded was called by a local general contractor who had done work for a local business. Since then, the neighboring business in the same building had a dishwasher that failed. This caused flooding in the dermatology clinic.

Upon finding the wet flooring, the dermatology clinic called a local flooring company to replace the laminate wood floor. However when removing the rubber base cove, mold was found.

1-800-Flooded used containment and performed mold remediation services on the dermatology clinic as well as the oral surgeon office where the loss originated.

Rebuild services were completed recently.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

leaky roof colorado springs

1-800-Flooded was called by an insurance company to look at a home that had a leaky roof over the summer. Upon arrival, it was discovered that the roof was still needing to be repaired & the homeowner claimed water had been leaking by the living room window. Paint runs were noticed.

Since there was no moisture present and since the homeowner didn't want to demolition drywall, our services were not needed.

if you home or business is flooded, call 1-800-Flooded

Thursday, November 13, 2014

flooded home colorado springs

1-800-Flooded was given an assignment by a local insurance company to go to a home in Colorado springs, Colorado that had been flooded. Upon arrival it was determined to be a sewer back up with category 3 sewer water in the basement. Affected laundry room (lino), rec rm (carpet) and garage. Moisture was also found in the crawlspace next to the laundry room.

Extraction, structural drying were performed and the local homeowner was using their own company for the rebuild services.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

mold monument, colorado

1-800-Flooded was called by a local general contractor who recently remodeled a master bathroom in a home in monument, Colorado. Apparently the tile sub contractor didn't correctly install the tile, so water was leaking under the tile on the wall and shower bench.

Upon removing the tile, the general contractor found mold.

1-800-Flooded set up containment and performed mold remediation services. The contractor will be doing the rebuild.