Water Damage Restoration in Antioch, Nashville

What does the county line mean for a water call in Antioch?

A property a short distance from the line may be in Davidson County or in Williamson County, and the offices for permits and records are different. The caller is asked for the address on the first call so the right office is named in the record.

The cleanup is the same either way, and the readings and the record follow one plan.

How does a south-east Nashville house take water?

Houses in this part of the city range from older brick and frame houses to suburban subdivision houses. A leak in an older house can travel along the framing or into a crawl space, and a leak in a newer house can run inside a finished wall.

The readings are taken in each case at the points where the water is most likely to have reached, and the drying is set to match.

What should an Antioch owner check each season?

Check the drains and the gutters, and make sure the downspouts carry the water well away from the foundation. A storm that overflows a gutter can pour water beside the house all at once.

Check the lower walls and the window wells after heavy rain, and note any damp line or silt for the record.

Shared drains and the county line

Some Antioch properties share a drain line with a neighbor across the county boundary. The record notes which property the drain serves and which county it is in, so the right owner and the right office are named.

Older and newer houses side by side

Antioch has older brick houses beside newer subdivisions. The readings are taken with the construction in mind, and the record notes the materials found, so the drying matches the house.

A seasonal record for the property

In Antioch a dated photograph of each lower wall and window well, taken in dry weather, gives the crew a clear baseline. After a storm, the same photographs are compared with the current state, and any new mark is noted and reported with its date.

Antioch: south-east Nashville losses and their sequence

Antioch is a south-east Nashville community in Davidson County, close to the Williamson County line. A water loss in Antioch follows the same order as anywhere else: the source is stopped, the power to the wet area is switched off, and the people in the house move to a dry room before the readings start. A caller should describe where the water is coming from, if it is still moving, and which room it has reached, since that information decides the first equipment placed.

The moisture survey covers the wet zone, the dry zone beside it and the cavity behind the wet wall, and each reading is marked on a sketch of the house. Renters and owners divide the cost according to the lease and the policy, and the division is not decided by the crew. A tenant who saw water should report it to the owner in writing at once, and an owner should expect to answer for the structure and the systems. The belongings that were damaged are listed by the tenant or the owner, and the list is kept with the photographs.

Equipment is set to the room and to the air path. Dehumidifiers are placed where they can draw the wet air out of the affected room, and their exhaust is directed away from the door so that moist air does not return to the house. A caller in Antioch should have the layout of the house, the location of the shut-offs and the make of the water heater written down. The address is about 23.9 km from the center point, so the crew's arrival time is set in advance.