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Why Enfield Mold Damage Should Be Resolved Quickly

Name: SERVPRO of Bloomfield / Enfield
Address: 100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT, 06002
Telephone: (860) 216-2785

9/3/2022 (Permalink)

barrier plastic, sign mold remediation servpro

Mold damage remediation by SERVPRO can ensure positive results. We restore your Enfield property "Like it never even happened."

We Help Customers Through Mold Damage Threats

Mold is misunderstood and often not taken as seriously as it should be. Usually, homeowners see these microbial growths as more of a nuisance than a pressing concern for the property. As surfaces and building materials become hosts for colonies, the cost and time to remediate these conditions increases.

What Is the Truth about Mold?

To begin overcoming Enfield mold damage, homeowners must understand common misconceptions about microbial growth and how to handle these situations. Some of these include:

Is Complete Mold Removal Possible?

Mold spores occur naturally in almost every environment. Remediation is designed to remove any active colonization threatening the household but does not attempt complete spore removal. The operation cost would be high, and the success would be limited.

Can Mold Get Better without Intervention?

Part of remediation is eliminating the causes of mold damage. The situation will likely worsen if these are not addressed along with the removal of active colonies.

Can You Clean Up Mold Yourself?

DIY approaches might make sense for smaller projects, but when removing mold from residences, much can be missed or inadequately performed, which makes remediation better suited for professionals.

Quickly Overcoming Mold Damage Threats

With the fast response of SERVPRO professionals, mold concerns can be rapidly addressed. Often, it is pressing to overcome the spread of these threatening situations and their acute effects that could make comfortable living impossible. We work in many capacities, including

Preventing Spread – Early mitigation helps prevent spores from spreading to other areas of the property. Containment often involves physical barriers.
Protecting Contents – Removing mold can be challenging when working around a house full of contents, even when these items are not at risk of mold exposure. We can relocate or clean personal belongings from your home as needed.
Structural Assessment – Mold can destroy hosting materials, so the earliest stages of mitigation must serve to inspect these affected surfaces for permanent structural damages.
Overcoming Water Threats – Mold development is possible with water intrusion into your home's living space. SERVPRO professionals assess this infiltration and how to repair it.

How Does SERVPRO Remove Mold?

Removing mold is the primary function of the IICRC-certified remediation team arriving at the house to help. Without removing the surface mold found throughout the house, the situation worsens, and microbial colonization spreads to sensitive hosting materials of the property. There are multiple remediation options based on factors like the severity of the infestation and the location of damaged construction materials. Approaches include:

Surface Treatment
Abrasive Cleaning
Sanding
Controlled Demolition

Musty Smells Are Expected During Cleanup

Both signs that mold damage might exist, and one of the more challenging obstacles of remediation is the harsh, musty smell generated by active colonization. Spore activity can create a discernible odor that is strongest closer to the infestation. For this reason, homeowners can often use this sign to indicate hidden mold growth. Remediation professionals utilize deodorizing equipment, oxidation, and masking products to help.

Repairs Needed After Mold Threats

Microbial growth overwhelms and destroys organic matter used as a host. Over time, these structural elements degrade and deteriorate, requiring replacement to restore integrity. Moreover, controlled demolition is often a more direct and proven method for removing set-in mold colonies from porous materials. Our general contractor license can help with these needed repairs and build-back services.

Enfield mold damage can be a threatening and stressful situation for homeowners. We work fast to provide the most comprehensive remediation solutions, including containment and mitigation. Give our SERVPRO of Bloomfield / Enfield specialists a call today at (860) 216-2785.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is Leading The Ranks!

4/27/2022 (Permalink)

Entrepreneur Franchise 500 Ranking Badge

Entrepreneur.com has released its 2022 franchise ranking and SERVPRO is #1 for cleaning and restoration - again!

According to Entrepreneur.com, one of the biggest business publications and websites in existence, SERVPRO has been ranked #8 in the 2022 Franchise 500 Rank and the #1 franchise in the cleaning and restoration industry for the 19^th consecutive year. This means that one of the spaces most familiar with business practices, projected growth, and franchises chose SERVPRO to be listed in the top ten of all franchises in the world. This decision is based on factors like growth, financial strength, stability, and brand power. We are proud to announce that as of 2021, SERVPRO has grown 14.4% over the past 3 years. This growth is absolutely astronomical when you consider the economic and global conditions of the past three years. While SERVPRO as a whole is clearly thriving, we at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield are beyond delighted to announce that we have been named in the top 12 of all SERVPRO franchises nationwide. We are committed to providing the highest level of customer service, to being faster to your disaster, and to have our clients tell us when we are done that their home is "Like it never even happened!" Call the SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield offices at 860-216-2785 today to help you handle any water damage, mold remediation, commercial cleanings, and more. We are waiting for your call!

Why You Should Hire SERVPRO For Your Commercial Cleaning Needs

1/24/2022 (Permalink)

Water cleanup at local Five Guys Restaurant.

If you own or run a business, you understand how difficult it can be to strike the right balance. There are obstacles that can be anticipated, and then there are situations that arise unexpectedly.

When your office or building in north central Connecticut floods, the consequences can be devastating. Flood water can damage building materials, office supplies, and even inventory, resulting in lost time and income.

Let us help you get back to business.

At SERVPRO, we understand how important your business is to not only your livelihood but also your family. We have more than 50 years of knowledge and skill to help your business become Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned as the #1 choice in cleanup and restoration*. Aside from fire and water, SERVPRO employees are trained and experienced in biohazard decontamination and chemical spills, always according to the cleaning and decontamination requirements set by the CDC and local authorities.

A Message from the Community

“100 stars go to SERVPRO for the outstanding service. They really are the guys to call for any disaster in your home. The most reliable crews, very professional, and stress-free to deal with. They made the whole process in restoring my home as smoothly as possible. I’m very happy with the outcome, everything was perfect. Thank you very much for your amazing customer service.” - Courtney L.

SERVPRO’s Residential and Commercial Cleaning Services Include:

SERVPRO of Bloomfield / Enfield offers cleaning services ranging from cleaning restaurant hoods to removing biohazard contaminants. We have the specialized training and products to get your property back to business. Our cleaning services include the following:

Air Ducts and HVAC

Biohazard and Sewage

Trauma and Crime Scene

Carpet and Upholstery

Drapes and Blinds

Ceilings, Walls, and Hard Floors

Odor Removal and Deodorization

Vandalism

We're Here for You

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience in storm damage restoration, water damage restoration, fire damage restoration, mold remediation, commercial services and natural disaster cleanup. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm, and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002

IICRC Certified

Noemi Garcia

Certified SERVPRO technicians

Call 860.216.2785

24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Roof Damage? We’ll Take Care of It Fast

12/20/2021 (Permalink)

Whether the damage is a slow leak or a completely destroyed roof, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield will repair it all, quickly and safely.

When a rain, wind, ice or snow storm damages your roof, you need to have it fixed quickly. Ranging anywhere from a slow leak to a gaping hole, roof damage leaves your home and your possessions open to damage from the elements. And because the damaged areas can be difficult to access, it can put your own safety at risk if you attempt repairs on your own.

We Have the Right Equipment and Skills

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has the right equipment and the right skills to take care of your roof damage fast, so you avoid more damage and you and your family stay safe, too.

In fact, we have our own construction services crews, which can take rapid steps to protect your home by tarping over damage, before they do the necessary rebuilding to fully restore your roof to pre-damage condition.

And because roof damage can happen at any time of the day or night, SERVPRO is available around the clock. We’ll get to your home quickly and assess the damage. Once we protect your roof with tarps or by boarding it up, we’ll present a plan to completely repair the damage to the roof and any other affected parts of your structure.

And because we’re SERVPRO, we can clean and restore whatever was damaged inside your home, too: furnishings, furniture and personal items.

While You’re Waiting for Help, Stay Safe

It can be tempting to get up on your roof to prevent further damage, especially if a storm is ongoing, but it’s more important for you to be safe. The most common cause of home repair injuries is using a ladder! Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield and we will get to your home as soon as possible. While you’re waiting, follow this advice to prevent serious injury.

If the roof damage is extensive, get everyone out of the house
Stay out of the areas directly below the damage
Don’t try to climb onto the roof, which could collapse if there is hidden damage
Don’t try to remove debris from the roof
Once outside, assess the damage from the ground
Be careful around any fallen power lines—stay away and call the power company

We’re Here for You

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience to quickly clean up and restore your residence or commercial building and your property after suffering damage from a fire, storm, water, mold or biohazard disaster. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO’s Training Sets Us Apart

12/9/2021 (Permalink)

SERVPRO employees are highly trained in all aspects of damage remediation, including water, storm, fire, mold and biohazard cleanup!

When you call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield for fire, water, storm or other damage to your home or business, you can be sure that you’ll receive a quick response from one of our crews that brings industry-best equipment and procedures to your emergency. What you’ll also get is one of the nation’s best-trained crews of damage remediation experts.

Even though we are a locally owned and staffed franchise, we benefit from the training provided by the SERVPRO corporation. In operation for more than fifty years and based in Tennessee, the corporation has operated a National Training Center for almost thirty years, where they teach restoration and mitigation skills to franchise owners and employees.

A Range of Industry-Leading Training

To give you an idea of the depth and breadth of the training provided by SERVPRO, take a look at the offerings that our employees have access to.

New Franchise Training

New franchise owners start with a fifteen-day hands-on training program at the training facility at SERVPRO headquarters. This is also a valuable course for franchise employees. The program covers all aspects of the basic skills required to do damage remediation the SERVPRO way:

Fire restoration
Water restoration
Carpet and upholstery cleaning
Mold mitigation

Employee Certification Training

Our employees earn certifications after taking this self-paced program and successfully passing the examination. Modules include:

General crew training
Fire restoration
Water restoration
Carpet and upholstery cleaning

IICRC Training Program

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is proud to be a member of the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC), the damage restoration industry’s premier organization. In fact, the SERVPRO corporation is an approved IICRC Training School. We offer year-around classes in:

Fire restoration
Water restoration
Carpet cleaning
Upholstery cleaning
Applied structural drying

E-Learning

Our employees have ongoing access to the corporation’s web-based training program. At their own pace, employees review videos and support materials, then complete each module by testing.

Continuing Education

SERVPRO offers employees both credit and noncredit courses in emergency damage mitigation. These courses are also available to community-based insurance agents, insurance adjusters and real estate professionals. Courses include:

Water damage restoration
Fire damage restoration
Understanding mold in the restoration industry
Restorative drying for loss control
Mitigation awareness response seminar (non-credit course)

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO Halts Damage Fast

11/22/2021 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield starts work on your water, fire, storm or other disaster FAST, because that saves you time and money.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield understands how important it is to stop and quickly clean up water, storm, wind, fire, biohazard or other damage in your home or business. That’s why we are available for emergencies 24/7, and that’s why we get to your emergency FAST.

Our Cleanup Process Starts with Speed

SERVPRO has a time-tested process of cleaning up residential and commercial damage. It begins with a swift response to your call, with one of our experienced crews arriving ASAP to assess the damage and create a plan for the cleanup. If called for, we take immediate steps to protect your home or business from being damaged—this may mean we board over your roof, for instance.

Next, we examine your home or business and its contents, put together a digital inventory, then pack up and remove all salvageable items to our warehouse for cleaning and storage. Back at your building, our crew is busy cleaning and reconstructing. Meanwhile, we also coordinate your claim processing with your insurance company. Finally, we replace your cleaned possessions back to your restored home or business.

Why So Fast? Because It Saves You Time and Money

The truth is that beginning damage remediation quickly halts the damage in its tracks, and that means that the necessary cleanup and reconstruction work is minimized. The end result? Your remediation job is completed sooner and at less cost.

A good example of how that works is water damage. Not only is it important to stop the spread of water in your property, it’s also essential to remove the moisture by thoroughly drying out the structure and your possessions. This will help prevent a mold infestation and increase the odds of being able to fully restore everything.

What happens if you don’t remove water quickly and completely? Here’s the tick-tock.

One hour later

Water, flowing wherever it can, is soaked up by your walls, floors, furniture, upholstery, etc.
Your documents, books and photos are quickly damaged
Furniture finishes bleed into your carpeting

One day later

Drywall swells up and warps
Metal tarnishes
Wood swells and cracks
A musty odor is noticeable

One week later

Mold colonies have a chance to become established (after just 48 hours)
Floors, doors, windows and studs swell and warp; paint blisters
Metal corrodes and rusts

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

We Employ Great People!

11/5/2021 (Permalink)

If you ever wonder how you will be treated as a SERVPRO customer, please read on! Our crew members are polite, helpful and respectful.

In addition to the high-level training and top-notch products and equipment that SERVPRO is famous for, we at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield are especially proud of the way our people do their jobs and treat our customers.

We understand that every one of our customers is in a situation they don’t want to be in: facing home damage from a water, fire, storm or biohazard disaster. At the very least, they’re inconvenienced, and at the worst, they’re shell-shocked by their sudden change in fortune. Because of that, our SERVPRO crew takes care to respect and empathize with every customer.

So, no matter the nature of your emergency, you can be sure that while SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is taking care of your home and possessions, our people are taking care of you! This is what our customers have to say:

“We can't say enough about the project managers … . They were always responsive and answered all of our questions, and were extremely professional. It was a difficult time for us; the water caused a lot of damage but we felt good about our decision to go with SERVPRO. We hope nobody has to go through what we went through, but if you do, we highly suggest SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield.”

“We had a flood in our basement and SERVPRO came out and did a great job. Everyone from the office to the crews were polite and professional. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a professional company.”

“I cannot say enough about how wonderful the SERVPRO team was in handling our flooded basement. From drying out, caring for our belongings and an abatement, they were caring and professional the entire way. Someone was always available to answer my calls and email, even late at night. They helped us navigate through insurance red tape and kept us informed throughout the whole process. They will be the first I call if anything like this should ever happen again and I HIGHLY recommend them.”

“After two huge trees crashed into my house, I was told I had to move. This is where SERVPRO comes in. They came in the middle of the night, cleaned and created some order from chaos. They were beyond helpful throughout a long and tedious process for many days. When it was time to move, they again exhibited a courtesy and professionalism that is rare in this day and age. Their movers treated my possessions as carefully as they would their own. Nothing was too much trouble for them, and get this … no matter what we asked of then, they did it with a smile. This is one of the best experiences I've had in my 86 years!”

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Psssst: Time to Clean Your Cellphone!

4/29/2021 (Permalink)

A cellphone can carry a shocking number of disease-causing germs! Our tips will help you keep it cleaner.

One of the things we’ve learned over the past few years while coping with a viral pandemic is that keeping our environment and possessions cleaner pays off in better health. So, we at SERVPRO® recommend that you continue basic hygiene measures such as washing your hands frequently. And we strongly recommend that—pandemic or no pandemic—you regularly clean your cellphone. Because that essential little device goes with you just about everywhere. You touch it, then touch something else, then touch it, then... you get the idea.

To be blunt, your cellphone is loaded with germs. And to be specific, a recent study done by the University of Arizona revealed that cellphones are covered with ten times more bacteria than a toilet seat!

Think Before You Touch Your Phone

Pay attention to what you touch before and after you use your phone. A gas pump? Your lunch? What else? Anyway, try to wash your hands with soap and water before you pick up your cell phone, or at least clean up with hand sanitizer.

When eating: try not to use your phone while eating. Wash with soap and water when done
On the road: when running errands, use wipes or hand sanitizer before using your phone
In the bathroom: your “go zone” should be a cell phone “no-go zone”

Develop a Phone-Cleaning Routine

Because you touch your cellphone throughout the day, you should follow the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is to clean all high-touch surfaces in your home and at work regularly.

Start by wiping your cellphone with a soft, dry cloth when you return home. Then, two to three times a week, thoroughly disinfect the phone.

Avoid bleach, bathroom cleaners or other abrasive cleansers. Instead, use disinfecting wipes and soft dry cloths
Remove the phone from its case, then wipe the phone and case with the dry cloth
Using disinfecting wipes, clean the case and phone, including ports and buttons, being careful not to drench the surface
Air-dry for five minutes, then finish by wiping the phone and case dry with a new soft cloth

Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned Offers the Highest Level of Cleaning and Disinfecting

Think of all the frequently-touched surfaces in your home or business: faucets, phones, computers, light switches and more. To provide the most thorough cleaning and disinfecting, SERVPRO created a new service called Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned. Designed to exceed CDC standards, this proactive deep cleaning program is built around hospital-grade cleansers, proven procedures and SERVPRO’s highly-trained staff. Want to better protect the health of family members, employees and customers? Certified: SERVPRO Cleaned will do it!

We’re Here for You

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Great Reviews from Satisfied Customers

3/12/2021 (Permalink)

We at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield strive to provide outstanding customer service ... and we have the receipts to prove it.

When it comes to fire and water damage restoration in the north central Connecticut area, we at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield think we’re the best choice. We hold certification by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and have an A– rating by the Better Business Bureau.

But it’s our numerous positive reviews from Yelp and Google that we’re most proud of. Read on to see what other homeowners have to say about our staff and services.

A Pleasure from Start to Finish

“I had an awful sewer leak in my house and after the plumbers did their work, SERVPRO came and did cleanup. It was a pleasure dealing with them from start to finish. … They arrived on time (crew of 3), got to work and did a great job. Quick, thorough, and clean!!! … Came in UNDER what initial estimator suggested. I am VERY happy I contracted with SERVPRO and the work they did!”

Best Ever

“I highly extend my appreciation to the crews of SERVPRO; they are the best ever. Great crews to deal with, no hassle, very polite, fast and reliable when it comes to working. They really made an extra effort to clean up everything inside my flooded house; everything was spotless.”

Amazing Customer Service

“100 stars go to SERVPRO for the outstanding service. They really are the guys to call for any disaster in your home. The most reliable crews, very professional, and stress-free to deal with. They made the whole process in restoring my home as smooth as possible. I’m very happy with the outcome; everything was perfect. Thank you very much for your amazing customer service.”

Caring and Professional

“I cannot say enough about how wonderful the SERVPRO team was in handling our flooded basement. From drying out, caring for our belongings, and an abatement, they were caring and professional the entire way. Someone was always available to answer my calls and email, even late at night. They helped us navigate through insurance red tape and kept us informed throughout the whole process. They will be the first I call if anything like this should ever happen again and I HIGHLY recommend them.”

A+ to Everyone at SERVPRO

“Our woodstove experienced a sudden and profound back-draft, which filled the main floor of our house with thick, dark smoke. Through our insurance company we engaged SERVPRO shortly after the event. This was an entirely new experience for us and after our first interaction with SERVPRO staff we knew we were in good hands. They really know their stuff. The project was handled with professional efficiency from start to finish and the results were absolutely amazing. The team of women who spent hours cleaning everything in the house were thorough and so very polite and patient with this harried homeowner. A+ to everyone at SERVPRO and many thanks for returning our home to normal once again.”

Response Time is Uncanny

“Their response time is uncanny! They arrived before I could finish cleaning up the house to show them around. Our back office had caught fire from a power strip, but luckily it was extinguished within minutes. The team that came was very kind and informative—even my kids learned a few things!”

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO + Veterans = A Winning Combination

12/18/2020 (Permalink)

U.S. Labor Department's HIRE Vets gold and silver medals

SERVPRO recently earned a HIRE Vets Medallion Gold Award in recognition of our commitment to employing military veterans.

SERVPRO Industries, LLC was honored to receive a 2020 HIRE Vets Medallion Gold Award at a recent ceremony held at the U.S. Department of Labor. Selected in recognition of its longstanding commitment to hiring and working with veterans to build durable careers, SERVPRO has long recognized the value of the diverse skills veterans often gain through their military service.

SERVPRO Veterans Programs Specialist Jamie Peters acknowledged the honor: “We are proud to receive this award as a symbol of our commitment to hiring the brave men and women who served our country. SERVPRO Industries, LLC prioritizes hiring veterans because we share like-minded values, dedication and selfless mentality to serving others. Veterans are a good fit for us, and we are committed to developing these veterans within the company. They make us a better organization, and we are thankful for their service."

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is proud to be a part of a corporation that recognizes and values the work of military vets. Locally, we are committed to creating an environment where vets can build enduring careers that are productive and satisfying.

About the HIRE Vets Medallion Award

Overseen by U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia in November 2020, the federal HIRE Vets (Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans) Act Medallion Program honored 675 companies and organizations that consistently recruit, hire and retain veterans.

The HIRE Vets Medallion Award is awarded to businesses that demonstrate unparalleled commitment to attracting and retaining veterans. The Silver and Gold Awards are based on a number of criteria, ranging from veteran hiring and retention to providing veteran-specific resources, leadership programming, dedicated human resources, and compensation and tuition assistance programs.

About SERVPRO

Founded in 1967, the SERVPRO Franchise System is a leader and provider of fire and water cleanup and restoration services, and mold mitigation and remediation. SERVPRO’s professional services network of more than 1,800 individually owned and operated franchises responds to property damage emergencies ranging from small individual disasters to multi-million dollar large-loss events. Providing coverage in the United States and Canada, the SERVPRO System has established relationships with major insurance companies and commercial clients, as well as individual homeowners.

We’re Here for You

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience to quickly clean up and restore your residence or commercial building and your property after suffering damage from a fire, storm, water, mold or biohazard disaster. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Frozen or Burst Pipes Leading to Water Damage? Why SERVPRO is Your Best Option

12/11/2020 (Permalink)

Rubber boots in a pool of water inside a home

A frozen or burst pipe can mean big water damage trouble. Here's why calling SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield will get you back to normal ASAP.

It may have started with a sudden gush or a slow seeping, but if you discover a frozen or burst pipe in your home, you need to act quickly to minimize the water damage to your structure and possessions. A few things you’ll want to do immediately are:

If your pipe is frozen:

Shut off the water at the main house valve and open all the faucets in your home to relieve pressure.
Warm the connecting pipe (with a hair dryer or electric heating pad) to slowly thaw the ice blockage.
Check for leaks.

If your pipe has burst:

Shut off the water at the main shutoff valve and consider shutting off the electricity, too, for safety.
Clean up standing water to stay safe and prevent more water damage.
For a pinhole leak, try patching it quickly with duct tape or by clamping a flexible rubber patch over the hole. For a larger leak, try a sleeve clamp sized to your pipe.

The Damage is Done … Now What?

As you stand looking at the water spewed by your burst pipe, one of your most important decisions is to hire a reputable water damage mediation company. Here’s why SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is your best option to clean up after your frozen or burst pipe.

We are fast

When it comes to water damage from a burst pipe, the faster the cleanup starts, the better the results. Within one hour of your call, we will schedule our service, and we’ll be at your home within four hours to begin mitigating your water damage.

We are experts

When you hire SERVPRO to handle your water damage, you’re hiring people with the industry’s best training, experience, technology and equipment. Our crew members undergo extensive and rigorous water restoration training and certification. As a Top 50 SERVPRO franchise (out of more than 1,800 nationwide), SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has a solid record of exceeding customer expectations. And our warehouse in Bloomfield is filled with equipment that extracts water and thoroughly dries your building, furnishings and possessions. We use moisture sensors and meters, water extractors, air movers, dehumidifiers and deodorizers.

We do it all

When it comes to water damage, SERVPRO handles the whole job of restoring your home and possessions to their pre-damage condition—from evaluating the water damage, to repairing your house, to cleaning your personal items. We guarantee an unbroken chain of custody for all your possessions, and we even work with your insurance company to ensure a smooth and rapid claims process. So when a pipe has burst, you can count on SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield to get you back to normal ASAP.

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Clean and Sanitize Your For-Sale House

11/23/2020 (Permalink)

A clean living room with a shiny wood floor

Before you list, cleaning and sanitizing by SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield can help your house sell faster and for more money.

Did you know that SERVPRO offers a unique way to help you sell your house faster—and potentially for a higher amount? Our professional cleaning and sanitizing service will set your home apart from the competition—especially in the midst of a pandemic.

Give your potential buyers the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your house is as clean as it can be. That tells them something about the way you have cared for your home over the years. You want home buyers to leave your house after a showing eager to put in a bid!

Another way our deep cleaning may make your sale easier and faster is our mold check-up. If we find any traces of a mold infestation, we can quickly begin to treat the problem. Nobody wants mold, but if it isn’t discovered until your home inspection, a mold problem will hold up the selling cycle and cut into your selling price.

A Thorough Cleaning and Sanitizing

SERVPRO is prepared to clean and sanitize your home because we are ready to do that level of cleaning at a moment’s notice. After all, we are the experts at all kinds of disaster cleanup, including the toughest biohazard and pathogen cleanup. Our crews are thoroughly trained and equipped to handle the most challenging jobs.

Our workers prepare for your job by gearing up in one-piece personal protective suits with hood and boots, and wearing individually fit-tested N-95 respirators. They quickly and safely destroy pathogens with our proprietary hospital-grade cleansers and disinfectors. They first seal your house and fog it with disinfectants that penetrate into crevices. Once that stage of the work is done, the crew does the hands-on work of cleaning and sanitizing the high-touch surfaces and objects in your home, including:

Throughout

Carpets
Tile, laminate and hard-wood floors
Drapery and blinds
Handrails
Doorknobs and window hardware
Light switches

In the Kitchen

Countertops and tabletops
Appliance handles
Cabinets and pulls
Sink and faucet

In the Bathroom

Vanity, sink and faucet
Shower and tub
Toilet
Cabinets and pulls

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO Restores Documents After a Disaster

11/5/2020 (Permalink)

Among the possessions damaged in a fire, water or other disaster are documents, photos and other paper items. Let SERVPRO help restore them.

A water, fire, biohazard or mold disaster has hit your Bloomfield home or business, and not only is your structure damaged, but so are your possessions—including important documents, photographs, books and other papers. You may think these fragile items are a total loss, but with our rigorous training, experienced staff, quality equipment and supplies, and the latest advanced techniques, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield can recover and restore many damaged paper items.

SERVPRO knows that time is of the essence when it comes to mitigating damage to your possessions. That’s why we arrive quickly to evaluate your disaster and create a plan to begin remediation ASAP.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield offers document restoration services to individuals with small residential damage, all the way up to large commercial losses. Our range of services includes drying, cleaning, disinfecting, deodorization, re-jacketing and digitizing. We perform our restoration services in our secure warehouse facility, under 24/7 surveillance (and adhering to HIPAA standards) to provide extra security for your sensitive information.

How We Restore Your Documents

Among the documents we can restore are:

Paper documents, including letters
Personal and business records
Books and magazines
Photographs, including film and negatives
Business files
Blueprints and maps
X-rays

SERVPRO uses the latest technologies to restore your documents. Depending on the type and extent of damage, we use:

Vacuum freeze-drying, the same method used by the Library of Congress to repair its historical books and records. It’s also the only document restoration technique approved by the National Archives and Records Administration and the General Services Administration.
Gamma irradiation to sterilize documents that have been damaged by floodwater or sewage, and may have been exposed to bacteria, viruses, pesticides or other harmful chemicals.

We Can Digitize Your Documents, Too

Once the restoration is completed, we offer the option to digitize your documents, photos, records, etc. When we convert your important papers to digital format, you get the benefit of:

Instant access to your records on a variety of devices
The ability to quickly and easily share your records, documents and photographs
Less space needed for storage
A digital backup that is protected from future water or fire damage

We’re Here for You

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Cleaning and Disinfecting for Virus Eradication

4/29/2020 (Permalink)

Protect your family, customers and employees with SERVPRO's professional virus cleaning service.

Most of the time, we humans can afford not to give much thought to viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. We know they’re out there, but we have long been able to feel confident that science and medicine will protect us from the worst effects. Unfortunately, when a previously unknown pathogen sweeps the globe, we are all vulnerable to infection and illness, without any reliable vaccine or treatment. In that scenario, we must fall back on time-tested ways to prevent transmission and infection from occurring.

Typically, viral pathogens spread primarily through person-to-person contact. Transmission occurs when an infected person produces airborne respiratory droplets by coughing, sneezing—or even by speaking or breathing. These drops travel through the air and can be inhaled by others, especially those who are within about six feet of one another. This is the most direct way of transmission.

Another, less direct way to catch a virus is by touching a surface or object that has had virus cells deposited on it, then bringing the viral cells into your body by touching your mouth, nose or eyes. Research indicates that viral pathogens can live on surfaces from a few hours to a few days. This is why medical experts recommend washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching your face—easy ways to break the path of transmission.

Another way to disrupt the path of transmission is to disinfect the surfaces of objects, furniture and fixtures that may carry viral or bacterial contamination.

The Importance of Proactive Cleaning

SERVPRO offers homeowners and business owners an extra level of assurance that their homes and facilities are thoroughly clean and disinfected to minimize the transmission of emergent viral pathogens. Do all you can to keep your family and friends, customers and employees safe from threat and prevent disease: call on SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield for proactive cleaning, sanitizing and disinfection of commercial properties.

As a corporation, SERVPRO is in a unique position to perform these essential services at a time of urgent need. Americans can rely on the preparedness—the expertise, training, equipment and personnel—of SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield.

According to the CDC, “Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of … viral respiratory illnesses in households and community settings.” (SERVPRO advises that you visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website for the latest and most accurate information on viral pathogens.)

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is prepared—right now—to clean, sanitize and disinfect your home or business to eradicate traces of viral and bacterial pathogens. Whether you have no indication of existing contamination, or are aware that your structure may have been contaminated, SERVPRO’s crews stand ready to minimize risk within your building.

Please be aware, however, that while SERVPRO’s cleaning process can remove existing viral pathogens, structures we clean proactively will not be protected from future contamination if an infected person subsequently enters the building.

Who Seeks Proactive Cleaning?

Both homeowners and business owners hire SERVPRO for proactive cleaning. Whether you want reassurance that your building is free from contamination or you are coping with a suspected contamination situation, rely on SERVPRO to restore your peace of mind, your health and your safety.

Especially when a family member has been diagnosed with a virus, our cleaning services for homeowners let you be confident that the other residents of the home will have a lower risk of exposure.

Business owners, too, can protect their employees and customers with our proactive cleaning service. You will know that you are doing everything you can to keep Americans—ones you know and ones you’ve never met—healthy.

Another benefit of proactive cleaning is to reassure your customers that your place of business is a safe place to be. In the midst of this viral threat, with so many unknowns, people seek reassurance. As many states have already temporarily closed down table service at restaurants and bars and curtailed the hours of nonessential businesses, hiring SERVPRO to thoroughly clean and sanitize your facility says, loudly and clearly, that your business has taken all the precautions it can to protect the health of your customers and the public.

Many types of businesses can benefit from SERVPRO’s proactive cleaning, which targets viral and bacterial pathogens:

Restaurants and bars
Retail stores
Offices, especially medical offices
Schools and universities
Nursing homes, senior centers and rehabilitation facilities
Banks and other financial institutions
Gyms
Hotels, B&Bs and other hospitality sites
Libraries
Theaters and entertainment venues
Apartment buildings
Factories and warehouses

SERVPRO: Uniquely Ready to Provide Proactive Cleaning

We were ready for this. As a corporation, our baseline level of expertise and preparation on a day-to-day basis makes us uniquely ready to provide proactive cleaning of viral pathogens for several reasons.

Our People

A key part of the SERVPRO business model is being fully staffed and prepared for your most difficult job. Our employees are thoroughly trained in the use of all our equipment and cleaning products. We support them with rigorous safety training and procedures.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is always prepared because we can call on the resources of three other top-performing local SERVPRO franchises—SERVPRO of Manchester/Mansfield, SERVPRO of Glastonbury/Wethersfield and SERVPRO of West Hartford—that are owned and operated by Noemi Garcia. This means we’re ready for just about anything! We can get to your job faster, and we allocate staff and equipment as needed to tackle the really big, urgent jobs. Among these four franchises, we have at our disposal thousands of different pieces of equipment and dozens of trucks and other vehicles.

Our Protective Gear

We have the right personal protective gear for the job. If there is no indication that your facility or home has been contaminated by a viral pathogen, our crew will wear a mid-grade protective suit, but if contamination is suspected or confirmed, all workers will wear a top-grade suit, which is thicker and features integrated boots and hoods. Our employees wear N-95 masks that are individually fit-tested to ensure complete coverage and protection.

Our Products

We use hospital-grade cleaning and disinfecting products that are safe to use and effective at killing germs. In high demand, these products are difficult, if not impossible, for other vendors to locate. But SERVPRO, with its foresight and purchasing network, is prepared with a substantial supply of pathogen-fighting cleaners and disinfectants.

Our Methods

We use two different modes of cleaning to attack contamination. First, we seal off your home or place of business and fog it using sprayers and misters. This allows our cleaning and disinfecting agents to penetrate deep into crevices that would otherwise remain untouched.

Then our crews get to work, doing hands-on cleaning and disinfecting of every flat surface in your structure, including furniture, fixtures and objects. Our crews let the disinfectant remain in place for the CDC-recommended amount of time necessary to kill disease-causing germs.

Our Coverage

If you are concerned about potential or suspected viral or bacterial contamination in your home or business, you need not be worried about any additional liability. As a professional damage restoration and cleaning company, part of a network of more than 1,800 franchises across the United States, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is fully insured against any hazards we may encounter in our work.

What We Clean and Disinfect

Cleaning removes the soil and dirt that harbors infectious agents, while disinfecting kills the remaining environmental pathogens. SERVPRO meets or exceeds the CDC’s guidelines to clean high-touch surfaces such as counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, phones, keyboards, tablets and tables.

Areas of the home or business we clean include:

Kitchen/food areas

tables and chairs
countertops
cabinets and pulls
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
mats
food contact surfaces
light switches
paper towel/napkin dispensers
push doors
salt and pepper shakers
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
tabletops

Bathrooms

bathroom stalls
countertops
cabinets/vanities and pulls
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
handrails
light switches
paper towel/napkin dispenser
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
toilets
diaper-changing station

Classrooms

book covers and binders
carpets
chairs
computer equipment
countertops
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
small hard-surface items
light switches
mats
paper towel/napkin dispensers
rugs
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
tabletops/desktops

Offices

carpets
chairs
telephones
computer equipment
countertops
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
light switches
rugs
shared office equipment
tabletops/desktops
water fountains

Retail space

shelving and racking
displays
mannequins
packaged inventory
carpets
fitting room stalls
chairs
telephones
computer equipment and registers
sales counters
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
light switches
rugs
tables
water fountains

Hallways

carpets
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
handrails
light switches
rugs
water fountains

Other

fitness equipment
lamps
storage bins
shelves and racking
lockers
playground equipment
stair handrails
elevator cars

How We Clean Porous and Non-Porous Surfaces

Cleaning—using a detergent and water to physically remove germs, dirt and impurities from surfaces and objects—does not necessarily kill all germs on porous and non-porous surfaces, but by reducing their numbers, you can greatly reduce the risk of spreading infection.

Some materials cannot be cleaned with detergent and water without being damaged. For this reason, paper and paper products cannot be cleaned or disinfected.

Porous materials that are not water-sensitive, like carpet, area rugs, upholstered items and draperies, are wet-cleaned using a hot water extraction or preconditioner and rinse method. Cleaning methods typically used on water-sensitive materials, such as vacuuming or dry sponging, do not remove enough soil and residue to be effective.

We effectively wet-clean non-porous materials, like hard-surface floors, cabinets, countertops, doorknobs and plumbing fixtures, using a variety of SERVPRO hard-surface cleaners (general purpose) and cleaning methods.

How We Disinfect Non-Porous Surfaces

It is important to understand that not all porous surfaces can be disinfected, such as carpet, area rugs, upholstered items and draperies.

We use hospital-grade chemicals to kill germs and disinfect non-porous surfaces or objects, like hard-surface floors, cabinets, countertops, doorknobs and plumbing fixtures. SERVPRO follows CDC recommendations that advise using a labeled hospital-grade disinfectant.

We apply these disinfectants using a spray bottle, pump-up sprayer, electric sprayer or mister. Once thoroughly sprayed, we allow the disinfectant to remain on the surface for ten minutes, sufficient to kill germs.

We follow the CDC’s recommendations to use disinfecting wipes on electronic items that are touched often, such as phones and computers. If necessary, we use more than one wipe to keep the surface wet for the recommended length of contact time.

Safety is Our Priority

SERVPRO puts a premium on the health and safety of our people. Our workers are thoroughly trained and equipped to handle potentially contaminated areas and materials. While working, our employees wear personal protective equipment, including appropriate protective suit with integrated hood and boots, N-95 respirators, nitrile gloves and goggles.

We clean and disinfect our own tools and equipment as we work to avoid spreading any contamination in your home or place of business.

Once we have successfully cleaned your building, our crew bags, removes and disposes of all waste, including used gloves and disposable respirators, and bags and removes cleaning towels to the SERVPRO facility for laundering.

We’re Here for You in a Time of Crisis

In just about any disaster situation, the team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has the training and experience to quickly clean up and restore your home or business. In this time of uncertainty and peril, we have the expertise and preparation to reassure you, your family, customers and employees that your safety and health will be protected. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield (860.216.2785) any time.

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Fighting a Pandemic with Proactive Cleaning

3/17/2020 (Permalink)

A graphic illustration of the coronavirus

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield joins the fight against a worldwide pathogen by offering proactive cleaning and disinfecting of homes and businesses.

When the novel coronavirus, which causes Covid-19 disease, took root at a senior care center in Kirkland, Washington, among the workers who went in to clean and disinfect the facility—saving lives and helping to fight this new and deadly threat to us all—were SERVPRO professionals.

As the coronavirus circulates the globe, SERVPRO offers homeowners and business owners the extra reassurance that their homes and facilities are thoroughly clean and disinfected. In response to the coronavirus crisis, SERVPRO offers proactive cleaning, sanitizing and disinfection of commercial and residential properties with the goal of minimizing the transmission of emergent viral pathogens, including the coronavirus.

Do all you can to keep your family and friends, customers and employees safe from this new and uncertain threat: call on SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield for proactive cleaning of your home or business.

About the Coronavirus and Covid-19

Declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the coronavirus outbreak has focused the attention of nations, individuals, businesses and organizations on ways to fight the spread of the virus and minimize the impact of the disease.

The coronavirus is believed to spread primarily through personal contact, between people who are within about six feet of one another, through airborne respiratory droplets that are produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It may also be possible to catch the virus by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

“Social distancing” has become the new watchword and the key to slowing the pandemic. In this rapidly changing situation, Americans are experiencing unprecedented canceling of events and widespread closings of schools, restaurants and workplaces. Along with avoiding large crowds and keeping a six-foot distance from others, the most common advice from experts is to wash hands frequently and avoid touching faces.

Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website for the latest and most accurate information on the coronavirus and Covid-19. Because this outbreak is unfolding rapidly and unpredictably, we at SERVPRO encourage you to check back with the CDC frequently for updates.

The Importance of Proactive Cleaning

According to the CDC, “Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses in households and community settings.”

Today, when the need is most urgent, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is prepared—right now—to clean, sanitize and disinfect your home or business to eradicate traces of coronavirus or other pathogens.

Whether you have no indication of existing contamination, or you are aware that your structure may have been contaminated with coronavirus, SERVPRO’s crews stand ready to provide increased assurance that you, your family, your customers and your employees will not be exposed to coronavirus within your building.

Please be aware, however, that while SERVPRO’s cleaning process can remove existing viral pathogens, including the coronavirus, structures we clean proactively will not be protected from future coronavirus contamination if an infected person subsequently enters the building.

SERVPRO: Uniquely Ready to Provide Proactive Cleaning

Our People

Our Protective Gear

We have the right personal protective gear for the job. If there is no indication that your facility or home has been contaminated by coronavirus, our crew will wear a mid-grade protective suit, but if contamination is suspected or confirmed, all workers will wear a top-grade suit, which is thicker and features integrated boots and hoods. Our employees wear N-95 masks that are individually fit-tested to ensure complete coverage and protection.

Our Products

To fight the coronavirus, we use hospital-grade cleaning and disinfecting products that are safe to use and effective at killing germs. In the midst of a pandemic, these products are difficult, if not impossible, for other vendors to locate. But SERVPRO, with its foresight and purchasing network, is prepared with a substantial supply of coronavirus-fighting cleaners and disinfectants.

Our Methods

We use two different modes of cleaning to attack coronavirus contamination. First, we seal off your home or place of business and fog it using sprayers and misters. This allows our cleaning and disinfecting agents to penetrate deep into crevices that would otherwise remain untouched.

Our Coverage

If you are concerned about potential or suspected coronavirus contamination in your home or business, you need not be worried about any additional liability. As a professional damage restoration and cleaning company, part of a network of more than 1,800 franchises across the United States, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is fully insured against any hazards we may encounter in our work.

Who Seeks Proactive Cleaning?

Both homeowners and business owners hire SERVPRO for coronavirus proactive cleaning. Whether you want reassurance that your building is free from contamination or you are coping with a suspected contamination situation, rely on SERVPRO to restore your peace of mind, your health and your safety.

Especially when a family member has been diagnosed with Covid-19, our cleaning services for homeowners let you be confident that the other residents of the home will have a lower risk of exposure.

Many types of businesses can benefit from SERVPRO’s proactive cleaning, which targets the coronavirus and other pathogens:

Restaurants and bars
Retail stores
Offices, especially medical offices
Schools
Nursing homes, senior centers and rehabilitation facilities
Gyms
Hotels, B&Bs and other hospitality sites
Libraries
Theaters and entertainment venues
Apartment buildings
Factories and warehouses

What We Clean and Disinfect

Areas of the home or business we clean include:

Kitchen/food areas

tables and chairs
countertops
cabinets and pulls
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
mats
food contact surfaces
light switches
paper towel/napkin dispensers
push doors
salt and pepper shakers
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
tabletops

Bathrooms

bathroom stalls
countertops
cabinets/vanities and pulls
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
handrails
light switches
paper towel/napkin dispenser
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
toilets
diaper-changing station

Classrooms

book covers and binders
carpets
chairs
computer equipment
countertops
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
small hard-surface items
light switches
mats
paper towel/napkin dispensers
rugs
sinks and sink hardware
soap dispensers
tabletops/desktops

Offices

carpets
chairs
telephones
computer equipment
countertops
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
light switches
rugs
shared office equipment
tabletops/desktops
water fountains

Retail space

shelving and racking
displays
mannequins
packaged inventory
carpets
fitting room stalls
chairs
telephones
computer equipment and registers
sales counters
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
light switches
rugs
tables
water fountains

Hallways

carpets
doorknobs
floors: hard surfaces/wood
handrails
light switches
rugs
water fountains

Other

fitness equipment
lamps
storage bins
shelves and racking
lockers
playground equipment
stair handrails
elevator cars

How We Clean Porous and Non-Porous Surfaces

Some materials cannot be cleaned with detergent and water without being damaged. For this reason, paper and paper products cannot be cleaned or disinfected.

How We Disinfect Non-Porous Surfaces

It is important to understand that not all porous surfaces can be disinfected, such as carpet, area rugs, upholstered items and draperies.

We use hospital-grade chemicals to kill germs and deep cleaning the non-porous surfaces or objects, like hard-surface floors, cabinets, countertops, doorknobs and plumbing fixtures. While no disinfectants have yet been tested specifically for the coronavirus, SERVPRO follows CDC recommendations that advise using a labeled hospital-grade disinfectant with claims against viruses similar to SARS (CoV-2).

Safety is Our Priority

We clean and disinfect our own tools and equipment as we work to avoid spreading any contamination in your home or place of business.

We’re Here for You in a Time of Crisis

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Other Helpful Blog Posts

SERVPRO publishes educational articles on how to protect your home and business from disasters and how to deal with mold, fire, water, sewage, storm and other damage.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

We Focus on Safety

12/20/2019 (Permalink)

These latest safety initiatives at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield help keep our workers ready to respond to your disaster.

Here at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield, we place a premium on the safety of our workers. Earlier this year, we hired a new safety coordinator, Rhonda, who came to us with more than twenty years of experience in construction and warehouse management.

Rhonda says she “likes to learn new things and do different things”—and she’s certainly accomplishing that at SERVPRO! Here are just some of the initiatives she and SERVPRO have been working on in recent months.

Enhanced Training

Training programs and training videos are now available in both English and Spanish. We’ve reinforced our employees’ safety awareness by implemented new training in:

How to wear a respirator mask. Workers learn to test if the mask is the right size, fits correctly to the face, is tightly sealed and allows adequate breathing.
Safe processing and disposal of blood-borne pathogens.
Correct use of fire extinguishers and generators.
Using a third plug adapter to prevent fires. Each piece of equipment and all trucks are equipped with a third plug adapter, so that our grounded equipment can be used safely even in older homes that lack the third grounding prong.
Cleaning service products. All our chemical products are documented in a binder that explains appropriate uses, how to use and what protective equipment is required. This not only keeps our workers up to date on products, it allows them to share this information on the spot with our customers.
Proper operation of forklifts.
How to properly lift heavy loads and how to use shoulder dolly straps.

Consistent Procedures

Once a month, the safety coordinator meets with crew chiefs to determine what additional safety measures are needed. Among the new procedures making every day at SERVPRO even safer are:

Every truck that leaves the SERVPRO lot is fully equipped and inspected. Each crew and crew chief are provided with duffel bags containing hard hats, goggles, safety vest, shoulder dolly straps for heavy loads and the chemical information binder. Trucks are inspected each day and are consistently assigned to a specific crew to increase safe and responsible operation. Each truck is equipped with a first aid kit, an eyewash station and a fire extinguisher.
Each crew is provided with a blood-borne pathogen duffel bag containing hazmat suits, thick gloves, tweezers, needle containers and sealable bags for safe waste disposal. We have contracted with a respected vendor to locate metal storage containers in our parking lot, in which bagged blood-borne waste is stored and picked up for final disposal.
Fire extinguishers are inspected and dated each month to assure they are in peak condition.
Forklifts are inspected each day.

These new initiatives build on our already substantial safety program to make sure our crews are safe, healthy and ready to respond to your disaster!

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Help Is Here

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience to quickly clean up and restore your home or commercial building after suffering damage from a fire, water disaster or a storm. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

We Have the Capacity for Your Disaster

12/10/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO trucks are lined up in a parking lot

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has the resources and capacity to respond to the biggest, most urgent disaster.

By its very nature, a disaster—whether from a fire, storm, wind, leak or flood—is unpredictable. In some disasters, the damage is contained, but others require an all-hands-on-deck approach. Other local disaster restoration services may say they can handle it all, but SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield truly can—thanks to our resources and capacity.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is one of four SERVPRO franchises in central Connecticut owned and operated by Noemi Garcia—the others are SERVPRO of Manchester/Mansfield, SERVPRO of Glastonbury/Wethersfield and SERVPRO of West Hartford. This makes a couple of crucial differences to our clients.

First, Noemi is a driven, hands-on manager who ranks among the top owner/operators of the 1,800+ SERVPRO franchises in America. In fact, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is rated among the top 25! Our owner place a daily focus on providing excellent work and improving every customer’s experience.

Second, each of the four franchises can immediately call on the resources of three other local SERVPRO franchises, coordinating quickly and effectively to respond to the most urgent disasters. We can get to you faster, and we allocate staff and equipment as needed to tackle the really big jobs. Among the four locations, we have access to thousands of different pieces of equipment and scores of trucks and other vehicles—not to mention our highly skilled team members.

We saw this in action during the first cold snap of 2019. We handled so many emergency calls for cracked and burst frozen pipes that we had 1,000 air handlers drying out customers’ homes and businesses in Connecticut and Massachusetts—at one time!

With the resources of four top-rated SERVPRO franchises at our disposal, SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is ready for just about any fire, storm, smoke, mold or water disaster!

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Help Is Here

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO Handles Large-Scale Disasters, Too

11/21/2019 (Permalink)

Our expertise in responding to large-scale disasters means we can handle your water, fire, storm, mold, sewage or other disaster in your home.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is part of a network of more than 1,800 franchises that can combine resources to respond to storm disaster—like a tornado, hurricane, blizzard or flood—no matter how large. In fact, SERVPRO strategically positions elite prequalified large-loss specialists throughout the United States to handle any disaster, whenever and wherever it happens.

Our crews have handled all sorts of major natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, when we had more than 7,000 professional restoration experts working in the Houston area alone.

Catastrophic Event Response

A SERVPRO operations manager supervises every large-loss project for seamless communication, expert coordination of resources and—most important to those whose lives have been disrupted by a large disaster—timely damage mitigation. At SERVPRO, the difference is our ability to:

dispatch trained production professionals through our network of strategically placed teams
coordinate with local SERVPRO franchises
muster and oversee the temporary labor force needed to get the job done

Recent mobilizations of SERVPRO’s large-loss disaster recovery teams include:

2018: California wildfires, including Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires
2017: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
2017: California wildfires
2016: Hurricane Matthew
2015: Carolina floods
2014: Polar vortex
2012: Sandy
2010: Nashville floods

Like all SERVPRO teams, our large-loss disaster recovery teams are available 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. We are prepared for any size disaster, whether it’s a burst pipe in your basement, a fire in your kitchen—or a major hurricane!

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Help Is Here

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience to quickly clean up and restore your commercial building and property after suffering damage from a fire, water disaster or a storm. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

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SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

How SERVPRO Cares for Your Possessions

10/25/2019 (Permalink)

A rug and its identifying tag lie on a concrete floor

To ensure that all your possessions are tracked every moment they are in our care, SERVPRO tags and QR-codes every item.

If you’ve experienced disrupting damage from a fire, smoke, water, sewage or storm disaster, nothing is more important than restoring your home and possessions “Like it never even happened.”

That’s why SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield upgraded its inventory system earlier this year to ensure that your furniture and personal possessions are securely tracked while we clean and store them and repair your home. The heart of our process is a computer-based tracking system that shows at a glance exactly where your items are and what work has been performed.

Caring for 100% of Your Items

SERVPRO will take care of 100% of the items in your home, either cleaning or storing them. The process starts at your home, where our project manager determines what work needs to be done to restore each item. Everything is individually labeled with your name, QR-coded and photographed. Next, the objects are securely wrapped: furniture in blankets then plastic wrap, glass in bubble wrap then plastic wrap, etc. Smaller personal items are boxed, photographed and then packed and labeled.

You witness the entire process and at the end, sign off on a form that lists all the items with the before-wrap photos. (This list also provides essential information for your insurance claim.)

Once wrapped, your possessions are loaded into storage containers or vaults; the container, too, is labeled and QR-coded. With a scan, SERVPRO staff can immediately tell where an item is in its facility, and if the item needs cleaning, is being or has been cleaned (and when) or is waiting in a secure storage container. Certain items, like smoke-damaged clothing, or unique possessions, like pianos or pool tables, are entrusted to specialty cleaners that SERVPRO contracts with.

An Unbroken Chain of Custody

At our facility in Bloomfield Connecticut (built in 2015 and one of the largest SERVPRO warehouses in the U.S.), we have multiple rooms dedicated to storage. When a homeowner needs to retrieve items early—documents required for insurance claims or the contents of a room that’s ready to be set up, for example—we quickly locate the items in our system and determine exactly where they are stored.

The entire time your possessions are in our care, we ensure an unbroken chain of custody. Finally, once all items have been returned to your home, you review and sign off on the original tracking form to ensure that all your items are present, clean and in good condition.

When your home and possessions have been damaged by a wind, water or fire event, and you just want your daily life to return to the way it was, rely on SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield to care for your possessions professionally, securely and respectfully!

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

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SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

SERVPRO's One-of-a-Kind DNA

5/15/2019 (Permalink)

Outstanding customer service and attention to detail are built into SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield's DNA.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is owned and operated by Noemi Garcia, who also owns SERVPRO of Glastonbury/Wethersfield and SERVPRO of Manchester/Mansfield. For the last several years, this dedicated management team has been ranked in the top 50 of SERVPRO’s 1,800 franchises overall and in the top 25 for sales performance. Our unique DNA is what sets up apart.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is a hands-on family-run business, and Noemi oversees every facet of her four SERVPRO franchises. They focus like lasers on employee accountability and attention to detail—and it shows!

Our Employees Are Held Accountable

Our customers are people who have suffered a sudden disaster—from fire, wind, water, storm or mold—and they are often stunned and feeling vulnerable. That’s why we empower each SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield employee—in the office or the field—to do what it takes to achieve customer satisfaction in a professional and respectful way. Here’s a sample of what our customers say about our employees:

“She has gone above and beyond and has repeatedly exemplified every value that your company's mission statement has put out there.”
“I like to give praise when people do a good job, and he has been so much more than we expected.”
“SERVPRO not only did their job so well, they provided peace of mind. All SERVPRO staff members were kind and courteous and understood what we were going through.”
“I know that you will always be ready at a moment’s notice and will be able to help me and my business stay on track. Everyone that I have dealt with has been super helpful & friendly over the years.”

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

The Details Matter

Once we receive the call, our team arrives promptly and quickly evaluates your damage. Throughout the entire damage remediation process, our employees take every detail seriously and treat your home or office and your damaged possessions with care and professionalism:

“SERVPRO walked me through the whole process. It was seamless. They cleaned and dried the basement, then helped me through the insurance process. ... They were fast friendly and reliable.”
“The whole team is quick to respond and knows what they're doing. And they work with the insurance company to get the job done right. They are friendly and thorough.”
“... they came out instantly. The SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield emergency service team was very responsive, professional and discreet."
“They were meticulous and did not leave a single stone unturned. They were knowledgeable and did their jobs while respecting me, my time and space, and the property itself.”

That’s the one-of-a-kind DNA of SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield! When you have a water, fire, smoke, mold or storm damage disaster, trust our leadership, accountability and attention to detail to make it “Like it never even happened.”

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

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SERVPRO to the Rescue

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

We serve Bloomfield, Enfield, Suffield, West Suffield, East Granby, Granby, North Granby, West Granby, Hartland, West Hartland, Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Somers, Ellington, Tolland and Vernon, Connecticut.

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Rooted in Community

4/8/2019 (Permalink)

Ralph DiCristofaro, owner of SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield, is proud to support business, community and youth sports organizations.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield, which has been recognized as a top 25 SERVPRO franchise (out of 1,800 nationwide), is owned and operated by Noemi Garcia (Noemi also owns and operates three other local SERVPRO franchises, SERVPRO of Manchester/Mansfield, SERVPRO of Glastonbury/Wethersfield, and SERVPRO of West Hartford).

Beyond managing these successful businesses, employing more than a hundred workers and restoring the homes and businesses of countless customers, Noemi believes in the value of community involvement and service—and put that belief into action.

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

Professional Affiliations

Noemi strives to be the best SERVPRO operator she can be, which includes keeping up with industry and regional business trends and building solid relationships. To that end, Noemi maintains active memberships in:

Risk Management Society (RIMS)
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Connecticut and Western Massachusetts chapter
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Greater Hartford chapter

In addition, Noemi is a member of these local business organizations that support and strengthen the Bloomfield community:

Noemi believes in maintaining professional ties and supporting the communities where she works and lives, because she understands that operating successful businesses, like her four SERVPRO franchises, is only part of what it means to contribute to the health and welfare of her region.

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

We're Here For You

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience in storm damage restoration, water damage restoration, fire damage restoration, mold remediation, commercial services and natural disaster cleanup. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785.

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SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Certified SERVPRO technicians
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

When you have suffered a disaster at your home or business, call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield at 860-216-2785

After A Fire And A Sewage Backup SERVPRO Saves The Day

12/21/2018 (Permalink)

"This whole neighborhood was hurting after a sewage backup but we got it cleaned up fast."

“I love working at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield. I’m on a cleanup and restoration crew that’s dedicated, well-trained, multi-skilled, and fun to be around. And we get to do such interesting work that helps people get their homes back in good order and helps businesses get back in business. Here are two true stories about recent projects SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield worked."

West Hartford, Connecticut Sewage Backup

“This isn’t my favorite project to talk about. The smell was awful. The scene felt overwhelming when we arrived to find about ten houses surrounded by raw sewage from a pipe that clogged up and then backed up. Many neighbors had sewage several inches deep in their basements. The SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield crew was on the scene pumping out the basements, removing damaged property, and cleaning up what we could restore. It was a big job, but with our contacts we can call in as much equipment and manpower as needed. We got it all done and the homeowners were so appreciative."

Dozens Homeless After Hartford Fire
“This job was amazing. It happened a few months ago when dozens of people lost their homes in a fire. The fire blazed through two separate multi-family buildings in Hartford, Connecticut. After we got clearance from the fire departments, we were quickly on the scene."

“The SERVPRO crew I was on spent the whole night and into the next day securing the property and personal belongings from the fire and water wreckage. That was like 36 straight hours of work. We did everything from turning off the electricity and water, boarding up the windows and doors, and removing hanging debris from the outside of the building."

“About 20 of the people were out of luck. They lost just about everything in the fire. They looked to us salvage what we could from their homes and personal belongings. Sifting through the ash and rubble we did find some items we could clean up and restore for those poor people."

For Cleanup Or Disaster Recovery Needs Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield At (860) 216-2785 Anytime

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We're Here For You

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

Top 50 Franchise Nationally

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield
100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call (860) 216-2785
24 hour emergency service

Enjoy Your Holidays

12/10/2018 (Permalink)

Especially at this time of year, we believe in giving thanks and spreading joy. Our office Christmas decorations help with that.

At SERVPRO we work hard and we celebrate hard. We believe the best companies do their work well but also know how to appreciate life and the holidays with the most important asset in any company-- employees.

This year at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield our employees challenged each other to see who could create the best Christmas wonderland in their office space. Most of us went wild with holiday decoration fun.

One employee's office features a snow pathway to his desk, Christmas presents, stuffed animals, and a colorful "JOY" sign.

Another employee wears her Santa hat, hung Christmas stockings, put down a glittering snow path way to her desk, and placed some of the most popular children's movie characters around her space. The Minions and Winnie the Pooh are bringing smiles to the office staff.

A third employee has made his brown desk look like the edges are dripping with frosting. At first glance some of us thought that desk was a gingerbread or cupcake desk, but we did not bite. A huge red bow dominates his main office wall. A row of bright poinsettia plants gives the office an outdoor feel.

Then there's the employee with many gold and silver stars twirling from her office ceiling. Over her desk is a snowy archway crowned with a bow. She's got Santa figurines and a snow globe. But in this office the favorite decoration by far is a huge box of candy canes. I wonder why.

A team of employees has taken a different approach. Their space is long and narrow with limited light (they need to limit the light for the screen work they do). Walk into their space and you're greeted with a ceiling and walls aglow with a few hundred colored Christmas lights. All the lights lead your eye to end of the space where you see a good-size fully decorated and lit Christmas tree.

Another well decorated area appears at the top of this post.

We think of this season as a time of thanksgiving and joy. In Bloomfield we have a lot to be thankful for and joyful about. Our staff consists of talented, dedicated, fun-to-work with people. Our clients are terrific. And business is growing strong.

Here in Bloomfield we hope you and your family, like us, will enjoy and every holiday. May you have fun family times, wonderful gatherings with friends, and a great end to your year. And don't forget to try to top our Christmas decorations. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

SERVPRO To The Rescue

11/30/2018 (Permalink)

At SERVPRO it can feel like we're in the Cavalry coming to the rescue

One of the great things about working for SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is that we often get to do amazing work. Nothing feels better than helping a homeowner overcome damage from a roof collapse or major fire or mold infestation or water damage. At times it feels like we’re the Cavalry coming to the rescue.

Here are two recent examples.

Burst Pipe Floods A Nonprofit’s 75,000 Square Foot Headquarters
Water flooded a 75,000 square foot Connecticut nonprofit agency in 2018 when a sprinkler pipe burst. The agency’s ability to serve their many clients and keep their employees safe were greatly compromised. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield performed emergency water extraction of several inches of water. Then we completely dried the 75,000 square foot area with industrial dryers. We tested for mold and mildew. Our crew removed and replaced all damaged building materials.

During the work we discovered and removed hazardous asbestos and applied an anti-microbial spray. Because of our work the nonprofit was back serving clients within days. The building was safer and in better shape after we left than before the pipe break occurred.

Saving $30,000 For Bloomfield Homeowner
Also, in 2018, a Bloomfield, Connecticut homeowner suffered a major water loss behind expensive kitchen cabinets. Most cleanup and restoration crews would have done the easy, standard fix. They would just cut through the cabinets to fix the plumbing. But we don’t do just standard work without investigating to see if there’s a better solution.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield chose to save the cabinets by cutting through the pipes below the cabinets. Making this creative decision made the pipe repair work a tad more expensive ($800) but it saved the kitchen cabinets that the homeowner had paid $30,000 for. You should have seen the smile of relief on that homeowner’s face.

For Cleanup Or Restoration Needs Call SERVPRO Of Bloomfield/Enfield At (860) 216-2785 Anytime

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Here For You
SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call (860) 216-2785
24 hour emergency service

Why Many Insurance Agents And Adjusters Use SERVPRO

10/26/2018 (Permalink)

We aim to make the insurance agent's and the claim adjuster's jobs easier

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has worked with many insurance agents and claim adjusters. We understand your situation. As an agent or adjuster, you have a responsibility to keep claim costs down while providing the best services possible for your clients. Here are a few reasons we’re trusted by so many insurance agents and adjusters:

Fast Emergency Response
Restoring commercial or residential property is the first priority at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield. Your insurance client will appreciate our immediate response and you will know we’re doing everything we can to limit the damage and the costs.

Pretesting Reduces Claims Expense
Like insurance agents and claim adjusters, we know restoring property is less expensive than replacing property. Our goal is always to restore whenever possible and replace only when necessary. That’s why SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield performs pretesting on every loss so we can determine restorability.

Claims Inventory Service
SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield can provide insurance agents and claim adjusters with an itemized loss inventory. We give you an Excel formatted report and pictures of important items. Your work is made simpler and clearer because we provide you with a complete and accurate picture of the incident.

Electronic Claims Information
Our corporate Claims Information Center provides the fast, accurate information you need to make sound decisions, including:
•   A complete electronic job file (by email or on paper)
o   First notice of loss
o   Detailed estimate
o   Digital loss photos
o   Scanned forms and paperwork
•   Informative reports (including job cost data) to improve results
•   Performance comparison to industry standard

Superior, Time-Tested Training
Effective training is the best way to help ensure your clients receive the service they deserve. All SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield crews are trained to IICRC (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification) standards in fire and water cleanup and restoration. We also conduct continuing education classes.

Vendor Qualification Compliance and Professionalism
If you call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield, we will use only qualified vendors to service your clients. Our commitment means you receive:
•   Access to the SERVPRO National Call Center to achieve prompt handling of your claims
•   Assurance that our crew uses industry best practices
•   Efficiencies through our insurance and file documentation requirements
•   The benefits of our quality assurance program

Serving Adjusters and Your Clients
A SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield professional's job is to reassure your clients, perform quality service, and report to you quickly. We know your job is to interpret the policy and adjust the claim. We don’t want you to have to deal with problems from vendors. Working with you, we strive to save you time so you can focus on priority files, while having complete control of every loss you’re assigned. We offer you 24-hour emergency response, damage mitigation, loss assessment, and an electronic file within hours. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield’s documented, measured performance increases value for you, your agency, your managers, and your clients.

Hard-earned results have made SERVPRO leaders in the fire and water cleanup and restoration industry. The SERVPRO System is geared to achieve customer satisfaction and mitigation results, adding to your competitive advantage.

Here To Help
The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience in fire restoration services, natural disaster prevention, natural disaster cleanup, and natural disaster restoration. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield (860.216.2785) anytime, 24/7.

We serve homeowners, businesses, and organizations in Bloomfield, Granby, East Granby, Enfield, Hartland, and Suffield.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call (860) 216-2785
24 hour emergency service

Some Favorite Community Voices

4/10/2018 (Permalink)

Doing our job well is a great perk in and of itself, but one thing that makes it so much more rewarding is receiving notes and cards from our customers. You can see many of those notes on the Testimonial page of this website. To save you some time, here are some of our favorite community voices from among the many we’ve heard from.

“...a big thank you. We are so pleased with the outcome. The house sparkles. Everyone was so professional and friendly. It made us feel relieved that the SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield crew took such pride and care.” — John and Slury in Thomaston, Connecticut

"SERVPRO Bloomfield/Enfield is a great company to work with, especially Ralph DiCristofaro, the owner. Ralph was very helpful and understanding." — Donna in Bloomfield, Connecticut

"SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield serviced my house in Newington, Connecticut. They were very responsive, professional and courteous. I will refer them to anyone I know for fire damage or water damage." — Tony in Newington, Connecticut

"Justin and Jose were very courteous and kind and did a fantastic job. I'm thankful to have had these two courteous, competent and good workers come to my home." — Patricia C. in Plainville, Connecticut

"A tree fell and hit my house in West Hartford, Connecticut. I called SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield and they came out immediately to tarp my roof. They extracted water in my house to prevent water damage. Thank you SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield." — Jeff in West Hartford, Connecticut

"I just wanted to thank Nate for moving so quickly. He connected me with Alex who sent down Phil, a carpenter and Eric, a prep man. They removed the upper cabinets and started the drying and cleaning process. Both Phil and Eric were very professional. Thanks for the great service."— Keith in Bloomfield, Connecticut

If you’ve been a SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield customer, thank you. Whether we’ve received a note from you, done multiple jobs for you, or haven’t heard from you in years, we appreciate doing business with you. Customers make our business go and grow. It’s always our aim to do all we can to earn more and more of the notes you’ve read here.

Help Is Here

The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield also has specialized training and experience in fire restoration services, natural disaster prevention, water damage, chemical cleanup, and natural disaster cleanup. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield (860.216.2785) anytime.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield
Top 50 Franchise Nationally
100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call 860.216.2785
24-hour emergency service

Technology Advantage to SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield

8/1/2017 (Permalink)

SERVPRO's modern technology makes clean up and restoration faster, easier, and more affordable

Every year, every month, sometimes every day you can hear about another technology advancement or other advancement in the restoration industry. The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield keeps up with the latest in clean up and restoration advancements. When you must deal with property damage you can expect the newest and most advanced technology and techniques from SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield.

That means we can get your home or business back to preloss condition quickly, reliably, and effectively at a reasonable cost.

Especially if your business or home suffers water damage, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) cautions you to act within 48 hours: "If your home has water damage, mildew and mold will develop within 24-48 hours of water exposure. Even worse, it will continue to grow until steps are taken to eliminate the source of moisture, and effectively deal with the mold problem."

Among some modern technology and technical advancements at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield are:

Moisture Detection and Measurement Equipment
Too often people think they’ve removed all the water from a flood or water event and repaired the damage when they have actually missed critical steps in restoring their property. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield follows the high and strict standards for restoration and cleaning of the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). We follow the IICRC S500 Water Damage Guide, a specific set of practical standards and techniques that incorporate the advanced field of psychometry. Psychometry is the manipulation of temperature and relative humidity to remove moisture and dry a property quickly and effectively. What looks dry to the eye and feels dry to the hand is often still holding enough moisture to create mold and to further damage property.

We employ advanced scientific drying principles and specialized equipment. A SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield crew can detect, measure, and monitor your property’s moisture levels. Recent advances, like infrared cameras, help us detect water through a wall, ceiling, or floor. We also use sensitive moisture detectors, hygrometers, and other meters to precisely measure the extent of moisture saturation.

Water Extraction Technology
Our advanced and powerful water extraction equipment speeds the drying process. It quickly removes the bulk of the water from your home or business to help prevent further damage. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield also uses submersible and gas-powered pumps for continuous pumping of high-level water. You want water to be removed as quickly as possible to keep the damage level down. And a SERVPRO truck-mounted or a portable extraction unit performs efficient water removal.

Modern Drying Equipment
But water extraction isn’t enough. You need to dry anything that’s been partially saturated by water. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield uses industrial strength air movers and dehumidifiers. The typical drying technology available to consumers isn’t powerful enough for big jobs. Our advanced drying equipment is needed to remove the remaining (and often undetected) moisture from ceiling, walls, and floors of your home or business. Proper drying helps to prevent swelling and warping of floors, walls, and furniture.

Why use our high-speed air movers? Because the technology behind them means more moisture evaporates at a faster pace. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield’s industrial grade dehumidifiers pull the water vapor from the air.

Advanced Technology That Removes Odors And Deodorization
Water, chemical, fire, or other natural disasters often cause powerful odors. These odors are not healthy or safe. We use special techniques and technology (like air scrubbers, thermal foggers, and deodorizing agents) that removes airborne contaminants and restores air quality during the restoration and cleanup process.

Not Just Cleaned—Sanitized
When your home or business needs a thorough cleaning SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield does more than just clean. We clean, disinfect, and sanitize. We use OSHA-approved cleaning agents to clean and remove odors and contaminants from your property. Our deodorization products control odors from excessive moisture. Our disinfection products stop the growth of bacteria, fungi, mildew, and other harmful microorganisms.

Help Is Here
The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience in fire restoration services, natural disaster prevention, water damage, and natural disaster cleanup. Call SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield (860.216.2785) anytime.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield
100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call 860.216.2785
24 hour emergency service

History & Services Of SERVPRO In 400 Words Or Less

5/25/2017 (Permalink)

Since 1969 SERVPRO has been providing cleaning and restoration services

• Ted and Doris Isaacson launched SERVPRO in 1967 as a painting business in Sacramento, California
• With a cleaning and restoration background, Ted and Doris transformed the company into a franchisor of cleanup and restoration specialists
• Ted and Doris sold the first SERVPRO franchise in 1969
• SERVPRO acquired the Bristol-Myers Domesticare Division with its 175 Franchises in 1979
• In 1988 SERVPRO relocated to Gallatin, Tennessee to be within 600 miles of 50% of the U.S. population
• By 1988 SERVPRO had 647 franchises
• The Nashville Business Journal named SERVPRO the Small Business of the Year in 1991
• In 2000 SERVPRO sold its 1,000th franchise
• To meet growing needs SERVPRO moved to a 140,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Gallatin in 2005
• Entrepreneur Magazine ranked SERVPRO the #4 franchise opportunity overall
and the #1 franchise opportunity in the restoration services category in 2016
• In 2017 SERVPRO had 1,700+ franchises across the nation and continues to grow

For Disaster Cleanup Or Restoration Needs Call SERVPRO Of Bloomfield/Enfield At (860) 216-2785

Services Of SERVPRO
• SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield works closely with insurance agents, property managers, and local fire/police departments to assist in community disasters.

• SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield offers many restoration and remediation services.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield
100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call 860.216.2785 any time, any day

10 Reasons To Use SERVPRO

7/6/2016 (Permalink)

We can handle any loss from a natural disaster--big or small

People and businesses rely on SERVPRO to restore damaged property for many reasons. Here are just 10.

1. We Get It
SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield understands your situation. You want to keep costs down, repair the damage, and get back to normal. Those are our goals, too.

2. SERVPRO Is Qualified
Our repair and restoration team members have the best training in the industry. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield is among the top 10% of SERVPROs in the nation. Our results will create a measurable difference for you.

3. We Respond To You Immediately
You can reach us 24/7. When a disaster strikes we respond as quickly as possible. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield can draw on more than 1,650 U.S. and Canadian locations to get the right equipment and right professionals to you faster than other companies.

4. You’re Part Of Our Team
We work with you and for you. You are in charge. You receive a complete explanation of the work we will do and why it needs to be done a certain way. Like you, we don’t appreciate surprises.

5. We Use The Latest Technology
The past few years have seen a rapid advancement in the technology and techniques used in the restoration industry. These advancements allow SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield to restore your property to preloss condition quickly, reliably, and more effectively.

6. We Practice The Golden Rule Of Restoration
Restoring property is less expensive than replacing property. SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield professionals practice the golden rule, "Restore whenever possible, replace only when necessary." We make sure pretesting is completed on every loss to determine restorability.

7. For Claim And Other Purposes, Your Loss Is Itemized
SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield can give you an itemized loss inventory. You will receive an Excel formatted report and pictures of important items.

8. We’ll Help You Prevent Losses, Not Just Deal With Them
Our services start with prevention. We’ll come out to your business or home and do a review of how you can protect yourself, your family, your business, and your property from potential losses. That’s another old rule (from Ben Franklin) we like: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Check out our SERVPRO Ready Plan.

9. We Handle Any Loss From A Natural Disaster—Big Or Small
Have multiple locations? No problem. Suffer a small loss from water or fire or wind? We can handle it. Have a massive, complex disaster to recover from? That’s within our scope of services, too.

10. We’re Approved, Certified, And Experienced
We’re trained to IICRC (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification) standards in fire and water cleanup and restoration. Our professionals attend SERVPRO continuing education classes. SERVPRO has been in business for more than 45 years. Hard-earned results have made SERVPRO a leader in the fire and water cleanup and restoration industry.

Connecticut, Help Is Here
The team at SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield has specialized training and experience in fire restoration services, natural disaster prevention, and natural disaster cleanup.

Call Connecticut's SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield (860.216.2785) anytime, 24/7.

We've served clients in Avon, Agawam, Bloomfield, Coventry, East Hartford, East Longmeadow, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Hartford, Manchester, Newington, Simsbury, South Windsor, Springfield, West Hartford, and beyond.

SERVPRO of Bloomfield/Enfield
100 Peters Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002
IICRC Certified
Noemi Garcia
Franchise Owner
Call 860.216.2785
24 hour emergency service

If you have a fire or water emergency, please call us now at (860) 216-2785

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