How The Pros Restore Flooded Homes

10/18/2017 (Permalink)

Water damage is one of the most perilous events that any property owner can have happen to them. Without the help of experienced professionals, water damage can quickly become an existential threat to any property. Fortunately, there are set processes that a professional restoration company can use to quickly begin the flood damage mitigation and restoration process.

The single most important thing that any property owner facing water damage should remember is that minutes and hours count. The faster a restoration company can be called in to begin the mitigation and restoration process, the higher the likelihood of a successful restoration of the flooded home or business will be. Nearly all water damage that is not the result standing outside flood waters can be completely reversed. However, waiting more than 24 hours to begin the mitigation and restoration process begins to dramatically increase the chance of permanent damage to the flooded home or business. If mitigation of serious flood damage is not begun within one week, almost all properties will sustain permanent damage, up to and including complete loss of the property.

The Flood Damage Mitigation Process

It is important to emphasize that individual property owners should never attempt water cleanup themselves. Professional restoration companies have access to highly specialized, powerful equipment and staff with thousands of hours of water cleanup experience. Only a professional restoration company can minimize the damage from a supply line break, pipe break or external flooding source.

• Place the call as soon as possible

The first step in the water cleanup process is to place the call to the restoration company. Your local restoration company will have a crew on standby to respond to calls from flooded homes or businesses 24/7. And they will be able to dispatch a crew to the scene of the flood damage, usually within 30 minutes.

It is important to remember that even small amounts of water in a home or water in a business can potentially cause lasting damage. If the water in the business or water in the home exceeds about a gallon, it is always prudent to call in a professional water cleanup team.

• The Team Arrives

Upon arriving on scene, the team will assess the extent of the water in the business or water in the home and will immediately examine the supply line break or pipe break to see if it is still an active source of flooding. Using special instruments, they will carefully inspect the area around the supply line break or pipe break to determine if any water has seeped into spaces not visible to the naked eye.

• Water In The Home or Business is Removed

The next step of cleaning up the flooded home or business is to remove all standing water from the property. This is accomplished through the use of large-scale vacuum equipment that is able to remove thousands of gallons per hour. Once the water in the business or home has been completely removed, the team will begin the drying process.

• Let The Drying Of The Property Commence

The next step is to begin a thorough drying of the property. In this stage, the team will use industrial drying equipment to quickly remove moisture from both materials within the property and the air. This is the longest part of the restoration process, typically lasting between 5 hours and a full day. Once this step has been completed, there will be no further risk of the property incurring damage from the original supply line break, pipe break or outside flooding incident.

• The Final Cleanup Begins

The final step involves thoroughly cleaning all internal surfaces and furniture. This is done through the use of chemicals similar to those used in dry cleaning. Once this step is complete, the home or business will be restored to its original condition.

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