You’ve returned home after traveling for the past week and you’re looking forward to the comforts of your own house. Unfortunately, as you enter your McKeesport, PA home, you find it’s freezing inside. The furnace apparently stopped working during a week of below freezing temps. As you wait on the phone to talk to a furnace repairman you hear a strange sound coming from the basement. As you descend the steps you’re shocked to find that a pipe has frozen and burst and you have a waterfall in the basement!

The burst pipe cleanup professionals at ServiceMaster Complete Restoration by Stiffey know this isn’t an uncommon scenario. We’re here to help so you know what to do in the event of a burst pipe and water damage!

• Repair the source of the water damage. Before the water damage cleanup can start and your home returned to normal, make sure the source of the problem is fixed. In the case above you would want to immediately shut off the water to stop the flooding and call a plumber to repair the burst pipe. Your next call would be to a furnace repair company to fix or replace the furnace. If the source of the water damage isn’t repaired correctly you’ll find yourself in need of water damage cleanup continually.
• Burst pipe cleanup has its own obstacles. Normally, when a pipe bursts, it bursts in the basement. If you haven’t gotten around to finishing your basement or the burst pipe happened in the unfinished part of the basement, the water extraction and moisture detection will be easy for the professionals at ServiceMaster Complete Restoration by Stiffey. If the burst pipe happens in the finished part of the basement it will create more of a mess, but nothing that our technicians can’t help the residents of McKeesport, PA conquer. Whether it be burst pipe cleanup, flood damage cleanup, or sewer backup cleanup, we have all the tools to help you get your home back to normal quickly.

Water damage is stressful and can be difficult to deal with in your home. Call ServiceMaster Complete Restoration by Stiffey immediately for all your water damage restoration needs in the McKeesport, PA area at (724) 834-8889.