Protecting Furniture from Water Damage

9/28/2020 (Permalink)

Many people experience water damage in their home in some form throughout their life.  It can be overwhelming and scary to know what you should do when this happens.  First, you want to make sure everyone is safe.  The next thing we often think about is how we can protect and save valuable items in our home. Here are a couple of helpful tips to help protect your furniture when experiencing light flooding or a small water loss in your home.

Aluminum Foil

• Wrap wooden furniture legs in aluminum foil to protect them from rising water.

Wood Blocks

• Place wood blocks under your wooden furniture legs to keep it high above rising waters.

These tips should help protect your furniture until we’re able to get on-site and extract the water.  If you have water damage in your home, call us at 636-537-5400.  We’re available 24/7 to take care of the problem.