Emergency

Sometimes, you can’t wait for repairs or home services to happen on a leisurely schedule. Flooding is one of the leading causes of home emergencies, from stopping the water to extracting the water from your home and furniture afterwards.

A small leak may give you time to act but when there’s water pooling on your floor or dripping from the ceiling, you have no time to waste. You need water extraction – the professional service that removes water from your home and prevents secondary water damage by drying every aspect of the house afterward. This article will act as a guide defining a water extraction emergency and what you can do.

Here are some signs that define a water extraction emergency in your home:

• Water pooling on the floor
• Water running down the walls
• Bubbles of water in the ceiling
• Water dripping near electrical fixtures
• Water running like a river through your home
• A soaking of your walls, cabinets, or furniture

The most obvious sign is when water is pooling up on your floor. But you don’t need puddles to have an emergency. Water running down the walls or pooling in the ceiling is a sign that there is serious water damage already occurring even if your floor seems dry. If you see moist electrical fixtures, this means that there is water behind the walls and ceilings, putting your home at risk of a short-circuit and even a fire. And water that has soaked or is still soaking the structure is doing damage to your home even if the flow of water has stopped.

If you have a water extraction emergency, the first step is to open the doors and windows and set up fans to encourage evaporation. If you can, remove all soaked furniture and use towels to mop up puddles. However, there’s only so much you can do with household methods.

You will also need to call water extraction experts. A team will arrive with pumps and wet-vacs designed to pull the water out of every material in your home. Moving water and hidden pools of water can be found with infrared cameras and hygrometers detect high levels of humidity indicating that materials are not yet dry. Once an inspection is done, your water extraction team will get to removing the excess water from your home to prevent secondary water damage like rot and mold.

Water extraction can take time and you’ll need to keep an eye on your home after the water extraction process is complete. There are long-term risks after a flood that must be watched out for and it can take time to fully remove the moisture of a flood from the walls and floors of a home. Once the primary task of water extraction is done, you’ll want to keep an eye on things and improve the air circulation of your home to carry out any final moisture from water that has evaporated out of home materials.

Keep the fans blowing and watch for signs that mold took root during the brief time before your water extraction was complete. If you find or detect mold, mold remediation is a common second step after water extraction to recover from a flood.

When your home is in peril, you want experts on the job. You can trust Twin Home Experts to take good care of your home during an emergency water extraction. When your home is flooding, when water is running behind the walls, or your carpets are soaked through the pad, all is not lost. The Twin Home Experts will schedule your emergency water extraction immediately to help you prevent extensive water damage after a disaster. Contact us to consult on your home water emergency. We’ll be right out.