How To Prepare Your Building For a Storm

5/26/2021 (Permalink)

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Storm Preparation Tips

If a storm is approaching in Stillwater, OK, you may be worried about your commercial building and preparing for damages from the storm. Although many are prepared for storm damage like flood water in their homes, it's also important for building owners to ensure that their building can withstand a storm. Whether you're just looking to gain some extra knowledge or are preparing a storm emergency plan, these storm preparation tips can help you stay safe in the event of a storm.

Take Time To Assess Your Property
It's important to inspect your building prior to a storm approaching to ensure that it can withstand high winds, hail or other damaging weather. During your assessment, you can make sure that:

• All shutters are on windows in case of high wind
  
• Any furniture that could be impacted by flood water is removed
  
• Large branches or trees that could potentially fall on your building during a storm are removed
  
• Your building has had a recent roof inspection and no repairs or upgrades need to be made
  
  

You may want to take note of the strengths and weaknesses of your building, and address any weaknesses that could potentially damage your building. For example,

Put Documents in a Safe Place
All buildings have some types of important documents that need to be kept safe and dry, such as legal documents, building inspections, financial documents and tax information. A flooded building can destroy documents in just a few seconds, so it's important to locate these documents and move them to a safe, dry space. If important information is kept digitally, back up an external hard drive and keep it off-site or to an upper level in case of flood water damage.
Although these storm preparation tips can help prepare your building for a flood, hurricane or storm, your building may still need repairs after a big storm. After a storm, call in a storm damage company to help you with the restoration process.