Commercial and Residential Flood Damage

9/26/2017 (Permalink)

Commercial and Residential Flood Damage

Water damage is often a far more serious situation than many property owners would at first realize. Flood damage is often insidious, starting off as a seemingly containable amount of water spilled from a supply line break or pipe break. But this water, even just a few gallons, can quickly begin leading to lasting flood damage. If larger amounts of water in a home or water in a business are allowed to stand for more than about one week, permanent and serious water damage is all but guaranteed to occur. In the worst cases, this can lead to the total loss of the property.

Although it is the most spectacular flood damage events that usually make the news, such as those seen recently with major weather disasters in the United States, the truth is that the large majority of property loss due to water damage occurs as a result of far more quotidian evens, like a supply line break or pipe break. The good news is that these types of flood damage events are almost always able to undergo complete restoration and water damage mitigation. The bad news is that, all too often, home and business owners do not take the proper steps in time to save their flooded homes or flooded businesses from permanent damage.

The single most important thing to remember whenever you find flood water in your home or water in your business is that only trained professionals with the right equipment for the job can maximize the chance of a successful restoration and mitigation of the flooded home or business. Your local restoration company will have both the highly trained personnel and sophisticated, powerful equipment to ensure that your flooded home or business is able to be completely restored to its prior state.

In this article, we look at the mitigation and restoration process and what a property owner can expect when they call in the local restoration company to carry out the water cleanup process. With timely action, nearly every flooded home or business will be able to be fully restored to its original condition.

The call is made and the water cleanup team arrives


The first step whenever a property owner notices flood water in their business or water in their home is to make the call to the local professional restoration company. Once the call is received, a water cleanup team will be dispatched to the property, usually arriving within a half hour.

Once the restoration company team has arrived on site, they will immediately go to the source of the original supply line break or pipe break, making sure that no active leaks are still spewing water. They will also carefully inspect the area around the original pipe break or supply line break, noting the extent to which water has seeped into out-of-site places.

The team will note the amount of standing water in the home or water in the business to determine if large scale water removal with heavy-duty equipment is necessary. If it is, they will already have all the required equipment on hand.

Water removal


The next step in the water cleanup process is the large-scale removal of standing water. Once all standing water has been removed, through the use of heavy-duty vacuum equipment, then the mitigation and restoration process can proceed apace.

The thorough drying of the property


The next step is to carry out a thorough drying of the property. Industrial drying equipment and dehumidifiers will be deployed within the flooded property. The special equipment is capable of heating surfaces to near their flashpoint, thus dramatically speeding up the drying process. This is a step that can only be carried out by professionals. Attempting to dry a flooded home on one's own can be extremely dangerous and will nearly always prove insufficient to adequately dry the premises.

At this point, the property will be restored.
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