How to Prevent Winter Flooding in Your HomePosted by Total Restoration Kelowna on March 12th, 2021 Flooding can happen in the winter season because of the snow that is melting around the house. Once the snow melts, the water can get into your home. Houses with low-level areas such as basements are more prone to this problem. On the other hand, you can do a lot of things to make your home less susceptible to winter flooding. Here are the things that you can do:
If there are low-level areas or holes where snow can collect and inadvertently melt into the foundation of your home, make sure to correct them. This is why annual maintenance is important. It should be done before the start of the winter season. Hire professionals to assess the foundation of your home and see if there are parts that are vulnerable to flooding. You can have these areas leveled off or sealed off to prevent water from melted snow from coming into the foundations.
Before the start of the winter season, you should clear your gutters. The gutters are responsible for allowing water to flow out of the roofing. If the gutters are full of debris like dead leaves, water will have no place to go to. It can end up backing up into your home, thereby causing flooding. Clear out the debris in the gutters to make sure water flows out effectively. In the winter, make sure you prevent ice dams from forming. Ice dams are these ice structures that form on your roof. Get rid of collected snow on your roofing, particularly the edges of the roof where they usually end up becoming a dam for collected water. You can also prevent this from happening by improving internal insulation and ventilation.
Flooding might not happen on the outside of your home but also on the inside. If you have a whole house water heating system that makes use of a water tank, you need to maintain it once a year, preferably before the winter season starts. Corrosion on the water tank can lead to small leaks. And because water tanks are located in obscure parts of the home, you might not notice that your water heater is leaking until there is already flooding. If your home has suffered from water damage in the winter due to these causes, you should hire experts in restoration in Kelowna as soon as you can. Don’t let the water damage sit there for a long time because it can lead to the formation of molds. Look for experienced people that can do restoration Kelowna in Kelowna such as Total Restoration. They can do the restoration in Kelowna so you can make your home look as good as new. Tom Johnson is the author of this article. For more details about Storm Damage Restoration Services Kelowna please visit our website: totalrestoration.ca/kelowna Like it? Share it! More by this author |