Recent Why SERVPRO Before & After Photos

Board Up - Large Hole in House

Before Hole in house
After Hole boarded up

It’s never good to have a hole in your home. This is especially the case when the hole is as large as this one was. We were called in and our team made su... READ MORE



Unfinished Basement - Drying Concrete Floor

Before Air movers placed
After Air movers removed

Unfinished basements are just as susceptible to water damage as finished basements. While it might seem less important to get an unfinished basement dried after... READ MORE



Door Board-Up After Vandalism

Before Door damaged by vandalism
After Door boarded up

The sad truth is that there are vandals everywhere. Sometimes the vandalism is in the form of spray-painted profanity on a wall, and other times the vandalism l... READ MORE



Another Sewage Damaged Basement

Before Floor before equipment placed
After Floor after equipment places

When it comes to sewage, there are more steps that need to be taken than in a standard water job. Water damage is sometimes just a matter of extracting any exce... READ MORE



Sewage Cleanup and Recon. in Small Bathroom

Before Floor wet and shower filled with sewage backup.
After Bathroom dried and ready for recon.

It’s never fun when your shower drain pushes the water out instead of pulling water down. We were called to this job where you can clearly see that there ... READ MORE



Bar Area Water Extraction

Before Water in basement bar area affecting walls, bar, and cement floor.
After Water extracted and dried, area ready for restoration.

Water damage affected the bar area of this basement. There was a lot of water and the water wasn’t necessarily, “crystal clear.” When we were ... READ MORE



Removing Wood Floor for Complete Dry

Before Wet wood and subfloor.
After Flooring is dry and ready for the restoration process.

Wood floors are beautiful but easy to damage. When you have water damage on a wood floor, it’s likely that you’ll see the wood start to warp or buck... READ MORE



Removal of Vanity for Drying

Before Water damage in a small bathroom coming from vanity.
After Vanity removed and area dried.

When you have water damage, it is important to really look at the source of the damage and consider whether the most effective way to dry the area will be to le... READ MORE



Sewage Backup in Basement

Before Sewage damage in small area of a basement
After Everything is extracted and cleaned up

Not that anything about a sewage backup is good, but when it is pretty well contained to a small area in the affected home, it’s definitely better than it... READ MORE



Bathroom Sewage

Before Sewage covering the floor of a residential bathroom
After Sewage removed and equipment is placed for the drying process

We are still seeing a lot of sewage damage here lately. The sewage damage seen here is certainly a bad case. The floor in this bathroom is completely covered, a... READ MORE



Dry Out After Sewage Damage

Before Small bathroom covered in sewage after backup
After Fans placed to dry the room after the sewage was cleaned up

When sewage damage occurs, it can mean a huge mess and possible health and safety risks for those in the building. So when our teams were called in to do the cl... READ MORE



Mitigation Before Reconstruction

Before Damage to the floor and to the walls.
After Mitigation complete ad room ready for reconstruction.

When it comes to sewage and water damage, you don’t always know just how deep it goes until you start the cleanup process. This small bathroom is a good e... READ MORE



Water Mitigation

Before Equipment in the hall during extraction.
After Equipment is gone.

This house had a good deal of water damage which affected areas with both carpet and tile flooring. You’ll notice that there is some equipment in this hal... READ MORE



Sewage Damage on the Floor

Before Sewage covering the floor in a hallway.
After Walls and flooring removed for the drying process post cleanup.

It’s bad enough when sewage affects one room with its foul messiness. However, when it travels from one room into several others and comes up from multipl... READ MORE



Sewage Backup - Apartments

Before Sewage covering bathroom floor after backup damage.
After Floor is clean and the rest of the restoration process can start.

This is only one of the rooms affected by the sewage backup that happened in this apartment. As you can see in the image on the left, the damage left after the ... READ MORE



Sewage Damage

Before Bathroom completely flooded with sewage
After Floor completely cleaned of sewage mess and the trim removed for the drying process.

Sewage damage can be a difficult thing to deal with. This is especially so when the situation is as extreme as the one pictured here. Before our team could even... READ MORE



Flooded bathroom

Before Affected bathroom before drying process
After Bathroom during drying process

Damage in this small bathroom could be a big deal if not taken care of properly. The fact of the matter is if the water in this bathroom wasn’t dried righ... READ MORE



Sewage in a Little Bathroom

Before Sewage water on the floor of a small bathroom
After Air movers are drying the water left over after the sewage had been cleaned out of the little bathroom

There are very few scents that compare to the smell of sewage. When sewage backs up into a building, it can be unbearable, especially when the scent fills a sma... READ MORE



A Mess in the Landing

Before Muddy water has flooded the landing in the basement of this house.
After Most of the mess is cleaned and there are air movers placed to help dry out the water damage.

The water that pooled at the landing of these stairs was incredibly muddy and messy. When water like this manages to affect your property, it can be incredibly ... READ MORE



Sewage Damage

Before Room that was affected by the sewage backup before the drying process began.
After The room is shown to have the bottom sections of the drywall removed, and there are air movers placed as well.

Sewage can be a lot of things, but one way it is more often than not described is stinky. That is one of the reasons people are usually so quick to call when th... READ MORE



Bathroom Dry-out Before Recon

Before Carpet is pulled off the floor, air movers are place for drying process.
After Concrete area and other affected sections are dried and ready for the recon process.

The water damage that took place in this bathroom was pretty bad, to say the least. This bathroom originally had carpeting and was completely finished. The carp... READ MORE



Bathroom During and After

Before Bathroom with air movers and dehumidifiers during drying.
After Bathroom after drying was done.

Sometimes the difference between the beginning of a job and the end of a job isn’t completely visible to the eye. That doesn’t mean that the damage ... READ MORE



Hallway Water Damage

Before Hallway with wet carpet.
After Hallway during drying process.

We know that the drying process looks a little intimidating. In the hallway alone for this job you can see three air movers and a dehumidifier. There were other... READ MORE



Broken Pipe

Before Water soaked carpet in a basement storage room. Cause of loss shown - broken pipe.
After Area during the dry out process - air movers placed.

If having a leaking pipe is a frustrating experience, then you can only imagine how much worse it is to have a pipe just completely burst. This client had a pip... READ MORE



Water Heater Leak

Before Floor around the source is still wet.
After Source area during drying process.

When your water heater leaks, it can mean big trouble. It can be messy and damaging to your home and to the contents within it. If the water isn’t dried q... READ MORE



Terrible House Flood

Before Bad flood in the hallway of a house. Hardwood flooring.
After Image of the hallway during the dry-out process.

Nothing is more frustrating than having a nicely finished home and having a busted pipe and gallons of water suddenly ruin it. That is exactly what happened her... READ MORE



Wood Floor Damage

Before Wet wood floor before dry out.
After Wood floor during dry out.

Wood floors are some of the most frustrating to deal with when it comes to water damage. They buckle, they warp, ad they can become pretty dangerous if the dama... READ MORE



Another Basement Dry-out

Before Image of fans drying out a basement floor. All of the flooring is pulled out for the drying process.
After Flooring is still torn out, but the floor base is dry and all the fans are gone.

The dry-out is one of the most important steps in the water cleanup and restoration process. Water that is not properly and completely dried out of walls and fl... READ MORE



Closet Cleaning and Wall Repairs

Before Damage to drywall and floor in closet containing a water heater system.
After Damaged drywall has been removed and replaced, and the floor has been cleaned of grime.

Sometimes the areas that can be damaged the most are the ones that are out of sight and out of mind. So when the client for the job shown above found this damag... READ MORE



It Looks Finished Now

Before Hallway floor stripped of flooring and trim.
After Hallway floor with the flooring and trim replaced.

Sometimes the restoration of a job requires a little extra elbow grease. The circumstances behind the damage here ended up causing the flooring to need to be re... READ MORE



Laundry Room Clean & Restore

Before
After

A laundry room is a place where problems can definitely spark out of nowhere or build up if regular maintenance is not being done, but these photos show a combi... READ MORE



Cleaning and Carpentry

Before
After

The room shown here was in a house that needed some carpentry and cleaning done in it. The carpets needed washing and there was some damage in the room that nee... READ MORE



Kitchen Deep Clean

Before
After

Once again we have a cleaning situation. This kitchen was just one part of a larger job, and the job as a whole wasn’t anything crazy. The kitchen area ne... READ MORE



General Cleaning

Before
After

When living spaces are not taken care of, you can end up with some nasty looking stains. Anything can cause them, and the longer they sit the more difficult the... READ MORE



Freezer Nightmare

Before
After

There are few things as recognizable as the smell that comes from a freezer that has been off for a while (especially when the food in it has folded). The photo... READ MORE



Contents Cleaning - Metal Pan (cont.)

Before
After

This is the second set of photos from a fire/water job that our contents team successfully tackled. As stated in the original photos, the team worked hard to re... READ MORE



Contents Cleaning - Metal Pan

Before
After

When you experience water damage, you always need to consider the contents of the affected area and how they’ll react to the water. Clothing can get musty... READ MORE



House Fire In Pekin

Before
After

After a devastating house fire, this house was left in disarray. There was fire, smoke, and soot damage to nearly every room and there was even damage made to t... READ MORE



Broken Pipe Damage in Pekin

Before
After

Pipes can break anywhere in a house. It’s particularly frustrating when pipes burst in the kitchen, putting your appliances and your food at risk. This ex... READ MORE



Toilet leak in Pekin

Before
After

Shown here is a before and after look at a water loss job. The cause of the damage was a toilet leak on the second floor of this house. As you can see, the leak... READ MORE



Sump-Pump Failure in Pekin

Before
After

These before and after photos show the work that our team did for a client whose Sump Pump went out. This is just one corner of the 1200 sq basement in which th... READ MORE



Roof Repair After Fire Damage Pekin

Before
After

This is a before and after shot of a job that was done during this last summer. The home had a fire that left them with damages from smoke and water. While the ... READ MORE



Living Room Dry-out in Pekin

Before
After

This flooded home had major water damage throughout the entire home. It was particularly bad in the Living room where water from pipes in the ceiling had been d... READ MORE



Closet Cleanup and Restoration in Pekin

Before
After

This is a before and after picture set of a closet during an eviction clean up that SERVPRO had performed for a landlord. The before picture of the closet shows... READ MORE