Hotel Stays Open & Saves Money

2/10/2021 (Permalink)

Saving the Wallpaper

When the call came in that Tuesday evening, the Rockaway area hotel manager was understandably stressed out. The boiler from the fifth floor utility room had blown and water was going "everywhere".

It had migrated from the fifth floor, to the fourth and stopped it's travel on the third. All-in-all, there where nine rooms and two common hallways flooded.

The crew arrived in less than 90 minutes to start emergency services. Due to the construction of the hotel rooms, no tear out, only drying needed to be performed in them. However, the long, common hallway walls were soaked.

The manager was concerned that if the wet portion of the walls were cut, not only would there need to be repairs, but the ENTIRE hallway would need to be re-wallpapered.

As you can see by the picture, a little ingenuity alleviated those concerns. Most restoration companies would have just cut, but SERVPRO of North Morris County removed the trim and carefully peeled back the wallpaper, then pinned it up so as to dry the wall. Later, the wallpaper was re-attached.

The dry out was successful and repair costs were minimized leaving one happy hotel manager!