Important to do list for a flooded house
Water damage happens a lot of different ways.Ways such as your toilet overflowing, or your sink, or your dishwasher, or a washing machine, or worse a busted pipe. You never expect it to happen, but when it does, you have to take some immediate steps to prevent further damage.Eventually you do want to give your water damage restoration company a call, but before they arrive, do these steps. This is coming from years of experience as a water damage San Diego company.
First, you want to prevent the possiblity of any electrocution.You have to immediately shut off all the power to the flooded rooms.The water restoration company should know how to walk you through doing that.
Second, you will want to stop any more water.You can do this by cutting off the source of water that caused the flooding.
Third, you are going to want to protect the furniture from any further damage. Leaving furniture in water can turn something that could have been repaired into an item that will need to be replaced which will cost more money.Remove them from the wet area as quick as possible.
Those are the things you have to do without hesitation before you even think about calling a water damage service. But once you have done those things and have called a good company to do the water damage cleanup, here are a few more things you should do while waiting.
You will want to remove as much water as possible by mopping or using a large towel to soak up as much water as possible. Remember, the longer any wall or furniture or flooring is exposed to water, the greater the damage can be including mold damage.
Next, you have to wipe off all the moisture from any furniture. Once again the idea is to try and minimize the damage as much as possible
Also you have to remove any wet area rugs, or whatever else you find on the floor of the wet areas.
Finally any closet doors or dresser drawers or whatever else that can be opened to allow air to circulate you want to open.
Doing these things will allow you to minimize as much damage as possible prior to calling the water damage repair company.This will reduce the costs and save you money in the long run.
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