Skilled Flood Damage Cleaning Services

Our bespoke range of flood damage cleaning services is second to none.

Flooding brought on by severe weather and other natural disasters will happen more frequently as our climate changes. Living in a high-risk location increases your chance of experiencing floods and their destructive impacts. If this occurs, you must safeguard your property and contact a professional cleaning company.

At ICE Cleaning, our experts provide rapid and effective flood damage cleaning services. We carefully remove any extra water after determining the degree of water damage to your house. After decontamination, we employ industrial-grade filtration equipment to dry your home.

To find out more about our full range of cleaning services, give us a call at 0208 066 0360 or email us at enquiries@icecleaning.co.uk and a member of our friendly support team will get back to you as soon as possible.

We’re able to provide a cleaning solution like no other for clients in Sandwich.

Before we provide you with a free, no-obligation quote, we need as much information as you can provide to ensure that we fully understand the services you need. Sending us photos and videos along with your inquiry enables us to customise an approach to your needs and provides our professionals with vital information about your home.

We offer a no-obligation quotation and a free site inspection to check for any risks on your property. Our cleaners will assess the environment before they start the cleaning. We use pumps, drying equipment, and HEPA cleaners throughout the process to dry and disinfect your house. We stay on-site until you are satisfied with the work we have done.

How to assess the risk to your property

Properties in high-risk areas will require a survey and assessment from a building inspector or independent contractor. It is always useful to have professionals on-site to give you advice, identify vulnerable areas, and install flood prevention measures.

Areas where water could leak in are identified, such as doors, windows, air bricks, plumbing, basement, and garages. An on-site expert can suggest what could be beneficial to you, considering the neighbouring properties, previous floods, and local drains.

You will receive a report that provides all assessment details of flood risk, like depth, duration, type, and frequency. You can also expect an assessment of all vulnerable areas in the home and what actions could protect the area.

How to protect your property from flooding

There are various ways to protect your home from flooding, but these measures can vary depending on the budget you have available to protect your home. The Home Owners Association has created a handy guide that goes into more detail about the following measures:

Low-budget flood protection

• Buying and using sandbags
• Varnish your wooden skirt boards
• Use air brick covers
• Use non-return valves on drains and pipes
• Install shelving to protect your valuables
• Place your appliances on high surfaces
• Place valuable items in plastic, sealable bags

High-budget flood protection

• Move your electrical sockets to higher areas
• Move boilers, fuse boxes, and water supplies upstairs
• Install separate electrical circuits on different floors
• Replacing floors with ceramic or concrete
• Raise your door thresholds
• Install quick-release internal doors
• Fit waterproof skirting boards
• Use sealant on exterior walls
• Buy waterproof air bricks
• Build flood-barriers
• Protect doors and windows with permanent fixtures

We cover all areas in the Dover District in Kent, including:

• Barfrestone
• Barnsole
• Betteshanger
• Buckland
• Capel-le-Ferne
• Chillenden
• Deal
• Dover
• Drellingore
• Farthingloe
• Hacklinge
• Kearsney
• Kingsdown
• Martin Mill
• Waldershare
• Walmer

What is being done to lower flood risk?

Flooding is impossible to prevent, but there are ways to lower the risk to communities and keep people safer when a flood does occur. As the UK moves forward with climate change preventative measures, there are a few goals outlined to help reduce flooding risks across the UK:

• Upgrades and extensions made to national flood defences and infrastructure
• Effective management of the water flow
• Using green or natural energy to reduce flooding and coastal erosion
• More funding for flood support in local communities
• Creating more communities with resilient structures and materials

Natural habitats can also mitigate flood risks, which is why protecting local wildlife is incredibly important. The way nature protects us from flooding is through:

• Planting more trees and expanding woodlands
• Creating more ponds and wetlands to hold water
• Restoring or expanding boglands
• Creating and restoring natural habitats

Call us today

Get in touch today at either 0208 066 0360 or enquiries@icecleaning.co.uk to discover the full range of cleaning services available for customers in Sandwich.