The Water You Can’t See Can Cause the Most Damage

4/24/2020 (Permalink)

Even the smallest amount of water has the potential to cause serious indoor air quality and structural issues to property if it is allowed to go untreated.

The key to preventing costly additional restoration costs is to handle your water problems immediately and treat it like it is a threat to your property. Using the proper equipment can make a significant difference in reducing the expenses caused by your water damage loss. When time matters most, the proper equipment and technologies should be counted on so the job can be done correctly.

Here are a few tools used by the professional team at SERVPRO of Roanoke Rapids to properly mitigate a water or storm loss:

• Moisture Sensors – these will detect moisture in your carpets, base boards, and walls.
• Moisture Meters – used to determine the moisture content of various materials in your home. The meter provides readings to accurately monitor the drying process.
• Thermo Hygrometers – they measure temperature and relative humidity which calculates and creates the most conducive environment for drying out your home. When handling a contaminated loss, you need to dry the structure, but you also need to disinfect and deodorize it.
• Ultra-Low-Volume (ULV) Foggers – used to atomize liquid deodorizing agents. They produce a mist that can easily penetrate sites where odor-causing deposits accumulate. They can also be used to insert disinfectants and fungicides into your walls and other hard-to-reach areas of your home.
• Thermal Foggers – are used to dispense solvent-based products and create a dense fog of a deodorant solution made up of small particles that attach to and neutralize the odor causing particles.

The point of this is – you need to ALWAYS treat water damage very seriously. You should call in a professional team like SERVPRO of Roanoke Rapids to access your damage and make recommendations for mitigation. Then, we’ll work to restore your property so you can move on with life and your property will be back to its preloss condition.