Content pack out means we box up and move your belongings out of the way so the damaged area can be dried and repaired. In a flooded Plainfield basement that might be furniture, holiday decorations, a home gym, a sectional and fifty storage bins.
We sort items into three groups: dry and fine, wet but salvageable, and not salvageable. Everything gets photographed and listed. That inventory matters to your adjuster, especially for items that have to be thrown away.
Salvageable items get cleaned and dried. Hard furniture can often be dried and wiped down. Upholstered pieces that sat in clean water may be saved with upholstery cleaning. Anything soaked in sewage or floodwater, such as mattresses, stuffed toys or paper records, is usually a loss.
Cardboard boxes sitting on a concrete floor wick water fast. Going forward, keep basement storage in plastic bins on shelving off the floor.
Items get moved to another room in the house or stored until the work is done, and then we bring them back. A clear floor lets our crew get on with structural drying and any drywall removal without working around your things.
