Water damage is nothing new for homeowners. It can occur as a result of burst pipe, leaky roof, flood or even due to an effort to put out a fire incident. However, as soon as your business or home experiences water damage, it is important to act quickly irrespective of the source in order to contain the damage.
2. Water damage is nothing new for homeowners. It can
occur as a result of burst pipe, leaky roof, flood or
even due to an effort to put out a fire incident.
However, as soon as your business or home
experiences water damage, it is important to act
quickly irrespective of the source in order to contain
3. Water damage restoration should be done by professional companies so as to restore
your property back to its original state before the damage. The company is expected to
come in, carry out an assessment of the damage and place a value on your loss and
service to restore your property. The water damage restoration company should be able
to categorize the water damage you have from a scale of 1 to 4. For example, a level 1
kind of damage portrays light water damage to one area or a room where the carpet is
not saturated. Level 2 involves at least one entire room with a saturated carpet and
wicking of walls up to 24 inches. The overhead damage such a leaky ceiling and
saturated room constitutes level 3 while level 4 is the highest damage which is reserved
for deep saturations like what you have in flood cases.
4. That aside, the water damage
restoration expert, may also need to
determine the category of water
contamination after assessing the
damage to your home. For example,
some water restoration companies may
classify category 1 contamination as
clean water such as from a broken
water pipe. Category 2is that which
begins with some degree of
contamination and could cause
sickness or discomfort if consumed by
humans. As with Category 1 water,
time and temperature can cause
Category 2 water to become
progressively more contaminated.
And Category 3 water is that which is
highly contaminated and could cause
5. Once these assessments are
done, then your water
damage restoration company
will assemble a team to get
the water out. In some cases,
it may require pumping
water out of the home or
extracting water from
surfaces. Removing affected
building materials which
cannot be restored,
disinfecting and cleaning
7. Mold Solutions & Inspections are in the business of water damage restoration among other
Bio-recovery services. We specialize in restoring badly water damaged homes since 1998. To
show our expertise, we have won ANGIE’S LIST award for water damage restoration for the
past 5 years in a row. No one has ever achieved that in this industry. No matter how badly
the situation is even if it is an emergency, you can call on us at any time and always speak
to a live person answering your calls 24 hours a day including all weekends and holidays
and we will get the job done immediately.