SERVPRO is always Here to help®; with having an on-call employee, we are always a phone call away. As a company, we pride ourselves on respecting our employee’s family time. Whether their human family or fur babies, we understand that work can be stressful. When our employees go home, we want them to leave SERVPRO at their door. We always encourage our staff to invite their kiddos when events come up. We do this so that our employees can share these moments with their loved ones. If this kind of balance is something you are looking for, please email your resume to jbrecht@SERVPRO.me.

We encourage our staff to get involved with local organizations to build their network of contacts. Michele Presley, our Business Development Manager, is an active member of The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids Chapter. They just celebrated their annual holiday party, where they threw some hatchets at Hurling Hatchet in Cedar Rapids. Michele wanted us to include that she threw a bullseye and won the first round! We love a good ole competition! If you're going to find out more information about NAWIC, feel free to read more.

Our Marketing Support Coordinator followed our  SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville's Sales and Marketing Representative, Lisa Mills, on her route. We were out spreading holiday cheer by handing out our holiday baskets. We had a great time visiting with the staff at American Family Insurance- John Raley's Office. We talked about what we were excited to celebrate this holiday season. 

The Matterport camera allows for 360 degrees of photos, creating full floor plans. These 3D floor plans give a virtual reality experience, so it feels as though you are in the property. This storytelling method for lets people better access the source of the issue as well as assess damages.

When water damage affects your home or business you can depend on SERVPRO of Iowa City / Coralville. Our team is IICRC trained and certified in water mitigation.  The first step in the process to restore the property is to remove the excess standing water.  We do this with extraction equipment. One of our most commonly used pieces of extraction equipment is a portable extractor.  This unit has high suction capability but also is very portable and can be moved around to different areas of the building easily.  The wand attachment is easy to use.  This tool of our industry is great and used mostly. We also have weighted extraction units, truck mounted units, as well as pumps for deep water extraction.  You can depend on SERVPRO staff to use the right equipment for the right job.

SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville is the Large Loss Response Team for the State of Iowa. We have an entire fleet of vehicles, equipment and trained staff ready to assist when an emergency happens 24 hours, 7 days a week. This picture shows the inside of one of our large loss trucks that holds over 125 air movers, over 25 dehumidifiers, additional air scrubbers and equipment needed to set and stabilize a large water damage.  We are ready to roll out of the shop at a moments notice.

You can depend on SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville to provide you with a scope of work and documentation of your project as we use technology and proprietary software every day in the field to record the projects we are working on. This picture shows one of our Project Managers scoping a fire job and recording the job using our tablets. All of our staff in the field use tablets that are linked at all times to our software and office to keep information current and up to date. 

Our trained staff at SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville are here to help when you need it most. We provide deep cleaning services after construction projects, fire, water, mold, and storms have affected our clients lives. We provide those deep cleaning services and attention to detail that is needed when it truly matters. We have the cleaners and resources to provide that deep clean that is needed to get our clients back into their homes and businesses.

When fire damage affects your home or business you can depend on SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville to help with the cleanup process. We will come in and provide a plan of action for the cleanup. One of the items on the plan of action after removing affected materials might be to seal the structure before rebuilding begins. This seal coat locks in any residual odor that might still remain in the structure and not allow it to penetrate through that seal coat. This picture shows after we have seal coated a lower level of a residence. After this seal coat is applied reconstruction can begin.

This pictures shows microbial growth that was in fact mold spores that had to be remediated.  When you are wondering "Do I Have Mold?" or "Do I Need to Call a Professional For This?" Just give our office a call and we will be happy to perform an assessment of the conditions you may be seeing. If you are experiencing poor health symptoms caused by what you believe to be mold spores we can perform air samples as well. It is important to use a trained professional when treating for microbial growth or mold. When treated correctly the mold spores are prevented from returning. This is the why it is important to call a professional when you are wondering about microbial growth in your home or business. SERVPRO of Iowa City/Coralville has trained professionals ready to help when your health and safety matter most.