Restoration

We can all agree that water is essential to our existence, but water in unwanted areas can result in significant damage. Apart from ruining your most valuable items, it can also spell death for your house.

From leaky faucets to floods, water damage is a chronic pain that can wreak havoc in diverse ways if not correctly treated. It can lead to significant health and safety issues to you and your family and destruction of your home.

Read on to understand how you can restore your home from water damage.

When your house experiences water damage, it is prone to numerous long-term problems, such as mold growth.

Water damage can be caused by flooding, a leaking pipe, or even a leaky roof. Time is of essence when it comes to mitigating water damage.

You need to identify the damage and start fixing it. Some of the signs of water damage in your home include:

• Flooded basement
• Cracking or flaking of drywalls
• Bulging ceiling
• A dump, moldy or musty smell
• Overflowing toilet
• Wet spots on the walls and ceilings

If you identify any of the above signs in your home, you should act immediately to control the damage and eliminate any further destruction.

The process of water damage restoration can be quite involved depending on the extent of damage. However, acting fast can help you salvage some of your valuable property. In cases where there’s minimal damage, for instance, you can shut off the water source to prevent further flooding from a leaking toilet or burst pipe.

Next, you need to cut off electricity and gas from the main source before you begin removing standing water. Then, salvage your most valuable possessions and remove wet items such as furniture and carpets from the area with standing water. You can effectively remove standing water by pumping it out of the house.

Carefully shovel out any debris present and clean the surfaces with clean water. You then need to dry up the surface areas, either using a fan or dehumidifiers to make sure there isn’t any moisture left. Lastly, make sure that you allow the appliances to completely dry before using them again.

In situations where there’s severe water damage, however, there can be much-unseen damage that’s hard to remedy by yourself. It could easily compromise you and your loved one’s health and cause further structural damage.

For that reason, it’s recommended that you seek the services of trained water damage restoration experts to make a full assessment of your home and perform the necessary measures to quickly restore your home to its normal condition.

1. Property Assessment
Once you call Twin Home Experts for water damage restoration, our specialists will visit your property to conduct a thorough assessment. The assessment provides our restoration professionals with a detailed report on the extent of water damage. Then they develop and execute a strategic plan to accelerate the restoration process.

2. Water Removal
Extracting all still water is our top priority to contain the water damage. First, we remove all materials on the floor that have soaked up water, such as throw rugs, clothing, toys, etc. using our powerful vacuums and pumps.

Once we are done removing the water, we salvage all wet surfaces on the floors, walls, and ceilings to help expedite the drying process. We may also have to remove non-salvageable drywall, insulation, and baseboards. All doors, cabinet drawers are opened, and toe kicks removed to minimize further damage and to keep off growth of mold. Every wet surface must be treated.

3. Drying and Dehumidifying
After successfully extracting water and confiscating all wet materials, it’s time to dry and dehumidify your home. Your floors and walls may retain excess water, which can result in swelling, warping, or complete breakdown.

Our skilled water restoration team comes with commercial-grade equipment such as dehumidifiers and wood floor drying systems. This equipment is designed to produce dry air as well as accelerate air evaporation and circulation.

As the drying process continues, our experts will closely monitor the surroundings every day to document the progress. Control of moisture is vital in prevention of mold growth. Drying usually takes 2 to 4 days, depending on the extent of damage on materials and the scene.

4. Cleaning and Treating for Mold
Mold can make your home uninhabitable if it is not dried out properly. As a result, you may have to deal with mold growth later. The presence of mold in your home can cause health problems especially to people with allergies and those with susceptible immune systems. After drying thoroughly, Twin Home Experts will disinfect all the affected surfaces with disinfectant, antimicrobial, and antibacterial treatments to minimize mold growth.

5. Restoration
The final step is to restore your home to its pre-water damage state. Depending on the magnitude of damage, the recovery can be minor such as replacing a couple of drywall panels or could be significant such as rebuilding an entire home.

Whenever you find your home adversely impacted by water damage, you need to mitigate the damage by implementing the right solutions. The fast, effective choice is reaching out to our team of highly trained and experienced experts to restore your home.