Restoring and Remediating Your Property After A Water Damage
After your property has been overrun by unwanted water and you have experienced water damage the first immediate step you will have to take is to call a licensed water damage remediation company like Water Be Gone to remediate your Central Florida property.
Remediating Mold In Your Property
The initial step would be to emergency extract the unwanted water from your home. Once the unwanted water has been extracted from your property there is a drying, dehumidifying, and sanitizing process that needs has to happen to clean up your property and make it safe for you, your family, or employees. You might think that just because you removed the water from your property you are good to go but that is far from the truth. The problem is that wood and other covered materials have been submerged in water and have likely absorbed a large amount of water and are still wet, covered, and hidden. Trying to go about your everyday life, cleaning up the mess, or remodeling your property too quickly after water damage can cause continuing problems such as recurring mold growth, insect infestations, and deterioration of the wood and wall coverings.
Hidden Moisture Will Continue To Generate Mold
You must keep in mind that depending on the class of water damage you experienced some types of water are not always clean water; therefore, most porous building materials must be removed and replaced with new materials. But before that happens you must make sure that there is no hidden moisture in your property that will continue to generate mold.
Let us review the example images below where we will walk you through the steps to find hidden moisture that would generate mold. In the image of the Fleer camera shown below, you can see bacterial growth in the dark spots of the carpet. If you look at the picture to the right you can vaguely see the mold stains developing in the carpet. This is the telltale sign that somewhere there is standing water or moisture and in this case, the carpet and padding must be removed to dry out the area.
Locating Hidden Moisture
So after the carpet is removed “shown in the image below” the concrete slab looks relatively dry or is it? So where is the mold coming from? Where is the water or moisture that is creating the mold? Do the walls look good and dry? Did we fix our problem? In most cases, no the mold is spreading from a covered moisture source. So we will have to look into the walls to see where it’s coming from. This is why you need a licensed Mold Remediation Company like Water Be Gone who is licensed with the State Of Florida for Mold Related Services.
After the removal of the initial sheetrock layer, “shown in the image below” you can see mold and mildew growing on the insulation and on the floor studs.
As shown in the image below the mold growth and water stains are shown to have traveled down the insulation and the wall. So all this will have to be removed as well before Water Be Gone can dry out the property
In the image below after the removal of the insulation, you can see that the furring strips for the drywall attachment are wet and also need to be removed as well
We finally get down to just the cinder block structure of the home and as we take another moisture reading the meter shows that there is standing water or moisture is in the wall cavity.
Removing Moisture Drying and Dehumidifying Your Property
So we start the drying and the dehumidifying process to dry out the property. Removing the moisture to keep the mold from growing again. Please note that you will still need to address the source of the water leak or else this will happen again. We recommend that you hire a licensed leak detection contractor or a residential or commercial contractor to rebuild or repair your property. If the water in the property was from a burst pipe or water heater you will need to hire a licensed plumber. Click the link to find out more information on what to do if you have a burst pipe in your property.
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