Disaster Clean Up Services

If your home has been through a disaster, whether it be from water, mold or fire, you will need professional and experienced disaster clean up specialist to help repair the damage. Disaster clean up should always be done by professionals, as amateurs may make the damage even worse and cause irreparable damage. Many homeowners may attempt to do the clean up themselves to save money, but the work is challenging, stressful and hard to do.


Disaster clean up from wet or flooded basements, sewage damage or storm damage can mean that you may need the water to be extracted or pumped out. Most professionals have commercial grade pumps and can extract and pump out water quite quickly. Other services that must be done in a water damaged house include completely drying the wet structures, dehumidifying the home and possibly taking furniture and mattresses off site to drying chambers. Most insurance companies will cover all of this type of water damage repair, as it is helpful to them to pay for the repair service rather than replacing everything.

Mold in a home can cause serious medical conditions and needs to be treated as quickly as possible. If a house has a lot of excess moisture, mold may occur in several spots of the home. Not only does mold look bad, it smells bad and since it is so harmful it will need a disaster clean up professional to rid the home of mold. A specialist in the area of mold clean up can find out why the mold is coming, test the entire home for mold, rid the home of mold and stop the mold from coming back. Mold removal will require special testing and cleaning equipment that only disaster clean up professionals have at their disposal.

Fire damage is one of the hardest types of disaster clean up as fires can cause smoke damage, water damage (from the hoses) and things can be burnt. If items have been burnt they will need to be removed quickly. This can even mean wood, drywall, flooring and furniture. Some items may have melted due to indirect heat and will need to be removed as well. Trained disaster clean up professionals will need to check the electrical wiring, plumbing and structural framing to assess any damage that is hard to see. Smoke and soot can seep into all carpets, furniture and drywall which will require a professional to extract and humidify the home to make it livable again.

 At Selway Services, located in Boise Idaho we can help you with all of your disaster clean up problems. Contact us today for a free quote so you can get your life back on track.