Dangers When Your House Floods
by GrantS on Jul.13, 2009, under Uncategorized
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.Of course you will want to call a water damage service company, but prior to them getting there, do these critical 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 damage service company should be able to walk you through how to do that.
Second, you have to stop any more water. You do this by shutting off the water source of 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 will want to do immediately prior to calling any water damage restoration service.But once those things are done and you have called a water damage restoration company, here are some more things you need to do.
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 will want to wipe off any moisture from the furniture.Once again you are trying to minimize the costs of the damage as much as possible
Also you will want to remove any wet area rugs, or anything else on the floor that is in the effected area.
Finally, closet door or dresser drawers that you have the ability to open to allow air cirulation you want to do.
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.
