Often where a commercial building, or really any building, has additions built onto the existing structure, water intrusion can occur where the roofs meet together.

It is much more common than we all wish it was.

The photo attached was taken in the newest extension built onto this structure.  The brick wall area is an older section and, actually, the wall with the doors is another extension.

Two and one half inches of rain in a short period of time has highlighted the area the roofers need to check out again.

This section of the ceiling collapsed after the tornado blew off parts of the roof and heavy rainwater got inside the structure in this Bremond, TX, area home.

No, the mattress was not saved!

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company,  cleaned the messes up in this home and lined up the team to repair and restore the home.

Since 2001, SERVPRO of Waco has been helping folks in the greater Waco area and through out Central Texas with property damage situations.

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SERVPRO of Waco got this roofed home tarped up quickly after a tornado ripped off big sections of the metal roofing.

This Bremond, TX, area home suffered roof, siding and water damage from a passing tornado.

As the first responders, SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, lined up the work team for the extensive work necessary to get these folks back into their family home. 

SERVPRO of Waco has been helping folks with property damage issues in the greater Waco area and though out Central Texas since 2001.

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Electric plugs, set in the floor such as these, a really handy in a large room.

These particular plugs were under two feet of water just a couple of days before this picture.

If you have water in your home/business/building and plugs in the floor, you may want to cut the power to them at the circuit box.

Sometimes folks have had these under carpeting someone else had installed previously and they never knew the plugs were there.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has been helping folks with damaged hames and structures in the greater Waco area and though out Central Texas since 2001.

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When walls which have been exposed to water are cut and removed like this it is referred to as "flood cutting."  The origins come from cutting out walls after the water had come in from an outside source...say the flooded creek, as was the case in this Teague TX area home.

In the case of the walls pictured, there was literally two feet of creek flood water in the home.

Flood cutting is extreme and disruptive, even if cool looking.  Most water damages from plumbing/water pipe sources don't require this.

At SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, we have been helping folks in the greater Waco area and through out Central Texas with property damage situations since 2001.

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Showing the intense damage which can be done by the power of a burning fire, this is a refrigerator, or what is left of it.

This refrigerator from a Fairfield, TX, area fire was almost unrecognizable from the back view.  It looked like a thin fire damaged metal cabinet of some sort.  While the refrigerator was more what you'd have in your garage than a big hunking SubZero type, the damage the fire caused is pretty stunning.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has been helping folks in the greater Waco area and through out Central Texas since 2001.

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Sometimes, especially out in the country around Clifton, TX, if someone knocks on your front door, you know they don't come there much.  On this late evening job before Christmas, it turns out the best way to reach the work area was to go in the front door.  One thing about doing work on homes and buildings outside the city, driving on the yard is usually perfectly OK and sometimes the entrance the customers would rather you used.

Got to love Texas.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has been helping folks in the greater Waco area and through out Central Texas with their building damage situations since 2001.

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This splitter faucet adapter in a hotel laundry room caused quite the mess.

Our buildings have lots of small dollar parts which can make huge problems if they fail.

Always keep parts that fail for you insurance company.  Fix the part, but keep the old one. Sometimes the manufacturer is at fault and they can be held responsible for the resulting damages.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has been helping folks in the greater Waco and Central Texas areas recover from water damage situations for 19 years.

Normally, laminate floors are removed when they have been damaged by water. 

A strong consideration in removing this flooring, was that was on the customers is an invalid and the floor was a main path for movement, which took some effort.  Also grab-type devices were attached to the flooring.

The customers opted to leave this flooring in place until it a new floor was chosen and it could all be replaced at the same time, with some time to plan.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has helped folks with home damage concerns in the greater Waco and Central Texas areas for 19 years.

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You can close your eyes and hear that screen door bang shut, can't you?

SERVPRO of Waco encountered, and enjoyed this, on the kitchen door of a fire damage job in Meridian TX.  

Our fire clean up included this door, not far from the fire source on the stove.

We did clean it gingerly!  It is the real McCoy and is pretty old.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company serving the greater Waco and Central Texas area since 2001.

The counter on this Hewitt, TX fire damage vanity tells the tale of the soot damage.  This hall bath was at the end of the hall (chimney) the smoke and soot traveled up during the fire.

All items in the room were a complete loss.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, managed the content portion of this fire clean up.

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Usually during a fire, the mattresses and box springs are covered with bedding, i. e. sheets and blankets.

Once the bedding is removed, the mattresses and box springs are then exposed much more directly to the fire smell and incidental debris from items being moved around.

At SERVPRO of Waco, we cover the mattresses and box springs to help keep the affects of the rest of the area off them, as we did in this Meridian TX fire damage.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, serving the greater Waco and Central Texas area since 2001.

Every once in a while, we have to deal with an approaching storm at our job site.

This storm approaching our fire cleaning job in Meridian TX. 

The forecasts were ominous for strong winds and heavy rain. 

We had to decide whether we wanted to deal with the storm at the job site or back in Waco.

With employees involved in the transportation, we decided to leave the job early and deal with the storm back in Waco.

The storm delivered winds and heavy rains as promised but fortunately there was no widespread...or hardly any...damage.

SERVPRO of Waco returned to work on the fire cleaning the next day.

This water pipe burst open in a sidewall during a freeze.

An incredible amount of water came out of the pipe inside the wall before it was discovered in this meeting hall.

SERVPRO of Waco extracted the water and then dried the water damage.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, has served the greater Waco and Central Texas area since 2001.

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Fortunately no one was injured when this ceiling let go from too much water weight and material softening.

The resident in this retirement center was in the next room sleeping.  Many units were affected.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, cleaned up and coordinated bringing in the resources necessary to take care of this large loss and keep everyone safe and comfortable.

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An ozone machine changes molecules in the air and consequently "pops" bad odors.  Very over simplified explanation of the science of it all.

SERVPRO of Waco restoration company set this ozone machine up in a Whitney, TX apartment to reduce/eliminate overbearing tobacco smells.

Ozone drops once produced, so a ladder is often used to allow an air mover to blow the ozone around the area.

Yes, that is a very old wooden ladder.  The company owner keeps forgetting to buy a ladder with a paint shelf when he buys step ladders.

That is actually the first step ladder he ever owned.  It does make for an interesting looking item on the job site.

SERVPRO of Waco restoration company was called to a commercial water damage small water leak coming out of the wall in a Waco daycare center.

After moisture testing the area for a source, a small area of wall was opened and more water was released and the stream grew stronger.

This was later in the day, but during daycare operating hours.

We took care of multiple water extractions to keep leak under control while leaving the water to the center turned on until plumbers could arrive.

Turns out, after 60 years or so, the concrete (lime?) had eaten through the galvanized pipe running through the concrete.

Fortunately, the facility had a crawl space and the pipe, which went to a no longer used water fountain was capped off. 

Unfortunately, the folks in this apartment decided they had to move on rather suddenly and left much behind.

There was quit an odor of serious tobacco smoking inside the unit.

SERVPRO of Waco assisted the owners of this Whitney, TX, apartment.

The unit needed extensive debris removal, top to bottom cleaning/disinfecting, painting and deodorizing, including ozone treatments.  There were also issues related to a pet.

At SERVPRO of Waco we have the expertise and experience to handle a mess.  SERVPRO also has incredible proprietary cleaning and deordorizing products.

Saving McLane Stadium at Baylor University

Actually, SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration contributed to the opening with water remediation and water restoration jobs at McLane Stadium in the mad rush just prior to the opening day. 

As the British say, we got a bit "cheeky" about standing in front of the windows and acting like tourists getting pictures with the views.

While a very holy ceremony, churches practicing full immersion baptism are rife with stories, often funny, of incidents related to baptisms.

Some are of kids diving in the water, the water heater not working...the drain separating and causing the waters to flow into the sanctuary and surrounding areas on its way back to the river, just to name a few.

This drain caused a water damage when the water was drained at a church in Glen Rose, TX.  SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration was able to extract the water and dry things up nicely with minimum disruption.

This is actually a very important tool at our Waco warehouse.  It is our "boss lady get the bugs" broom.

It can, however, get left a little to close to the cord for the overhead door.

Yes, everything always goes smooth as a whistle at SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration.

Serving the greater Waco area and all of Central Texas since 2001.

Say like... Glen Rose, TX.

This was on our way to a water damage restoration at a church.

Too cool not to take a picture of it.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, servicing the greater Waco area and all of the Central Texas area since 2001.

Here is the SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration Promaster in shock in Woodway, TX, after finally being waxed.  We let the custom paint job bake on real good.  Ten or eleven months is a good bake, right?

It will probably never look better.  

Except, of course, when it shows up at your place when you need some help with a water damage restoration, fire damage restoration, mold damage restoration or storm damage restoration.

Hooray!!!

The SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water Clean Up & Restoration Promaster successfully jumped several vehicles at the Heart of Texas Fairgrounds.

There was some collateral damage though.

And Blue men may be upset.

Well, that's our story, and we're sticking to it.

We will, however, jump right on your water damage restoration, mold damage restoration, fire damage restoration or storm damage restoration should you find yourself in that situation.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, serving the greater Waco area and all of Central Texas since 2001.

If we at SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration can, we like to get freshly cleaned upholstered furniture into the sunshine to dry.  It helps freshen it up while drying.  

This furniture, from a Waco, TX, fire damage had some tobacco smell issues as well.

SERVPRO of Waco, a restoration company, serving the greater Waco area and all of Central Texas since 2001.

Sometimes flooring, drywall and other items just have to go.

The carpet and pad here was pulled out by the customer from their water damage restoration in Whitney, TX, and we retrieved it from the back yard.

Normally we at SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration bag up more than is shown here.

Fortunately, our expert tarping kept it all in the trailer.  Yes there is a trick or two successful tarping.  Wish we'd learned that the easy way.

If you find this in your shower, tub, etc., such as in this one in the Lake Air area of Waco, TX,  it means your drains are plugged somewhere between here and the street/septic system.

Plumber pronto.

SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration for water damage clean up if it overflows significantly.

Oh, and don't run any water of consequence inside the building until you know where the stoppage is located.  No one wants the washing machine or their bath to drain onto the floors.

This, my friends, is what it looks like under a manufactured home that suffered a water damage leak.

These homes have strong tarps under them which will hold water.  Lots of it.  We at SERVPRO of Waco, have seen them stretched clear down on the ground.  With the HVAC vents in the floors, they act like a drain system, but aren't water tight.

They have to be cut open to get the evaporating moisture out of the building and get wet insulation off the floors/joists.

When cut open the water really gushes out of these.

One has to be skilled to cut these open and be out of the way of the water.  Unlike me, who misjudged this one in Whitney, TX, and had the water and that pipe laying there come right at me.  The pipe did hit me, but not hard.

Worst part was getting water down in the rubber boot.  That thing still smells.  Oh, oh, too much information.

Very desirable antique bed, antique rug, antique dressers, even antique china (lots of it)...and it has to leak here in this Waco, TX, water damage.

Just above the left foot board bedpost.

We at SERVPRO of Waco Fire & Water - Clean Up & Restoration find water just seems attracted to small spaces, storage areas and, of course, china cabinets.

Yes, two rambunctious young kitty  cats...an automatic toaster....

No kitty cats, or anyone else, were injured in this Hillsboro, TX, fire damage...just a made a big mess.

Customers did a wonderful remodeling job afterwards.  Moved walls and everything.