Water damage in Elm Grove: scope first, drying second

Scope before drying, and why it matters

Drying starts after the scope is written, because the equipment is set for the materials the scope names. A drying plan started before the scope can miss a wet subfloor or a wall cavity.

The scope also protects the homeowner. It shows what was wet on the first day, which is the baseline for judging the drying.

A calendar of checks for a village home

The table lists checks worth making on a schedule. They are general, and they are the usual places water enters a house in this part of the state.

What a homeowner keeps after the first visit

After the first visit the homeowner has the scope, the photographs and the drying target. The second visit repeats the readings, and each set is given to the homeowner as it is taken.

Which towns sit closest to Elm Grove?

Elm Grove is about 10.8 km from the Milwaukee anchor, on ZIP 53122 in Waukesha County. The three nearest other towns in the service list are Brookfield (3.1 km), Butler (6.5 km) and New Berlin (8.4 km), and a call about Elm Grove is passed to whichever crew is free nearest.

The record of a loss in Elm Grove is most useful when it sits beside the record of the nearest towns, because the same storm can leave a mark in several of them. Keep the photographs and readings from each loss in a single dated folder.

Calls from Elm Grove are taken on the same line and matched to the nearest free team. The address is checked against ZIP 53122 in Waukesha County, and the scope records that ZIP so the file can be filed without confusion. A loss reported in Elm Grove is read with the same meter readings as anywhere else in the service list, and the finding for each room is written into the scope before drying is set.