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Why We Are The Best Choice In New Orleans After A Water Loss

2/17/2020 (Permalink)

Our tenting technique being used to port away moisture Our technicians set up a specialized drying method known as “tenting” where plastic is used to capture the moisture.

Returning your New Orleans Home to Sanitary Conditions after Water Damage

Water Damage New Orleans

Returning to your home after a holiday away to find water in the property can be a traumatic experience. Among the most severe restoration cases, we deal with are those with contaminated water. Contamination can occur even when the original supply of water into the property is a clean one, such as a split pipe. The reason contamination occurs is because all types of water contain microbes, which are living organisms that can degrade water quality commonly referred to as stagnation. A large body of clean water, contamination category one, can degrade into category two or three in as little as seventy-two hours without care and attention.

We recommend that homeowners enlist professional water damage restoration services here in New Orleans when dealing with contamination in water. A category two contamination site requires demolition and removal of many items in the home to return it to a sanitary condition. Flooring, for example, requires the removal of carpet pads as well as the temporary removal of carpets themselves for cleaning in category two water damage emergencies. In category three water emergencies, the carpet itself must be replaced by SERVPRO technicians.

Other smaller areas of your home may require controlled demolitions. SERVPRO technicians can remove baseboards as well as the trim surrounding doors and windows. We may also need to assess drywall, which might be possible to salvage in some category two cases. One advantage of removing drywall is that it allows our technicians to expose materials that may otherwise be hidden by stairs, flooring, or wall bases.

Exposing materials inside walls can often lead to restoration rather than replace. By removing the physical barrier from the wall, cavities can often be dried out using equipment such as air-movers or dehumidification. Sometimes exposure to natural air currents can be beneficial in dissipating unpleasant odors as well as thoroughly drying insulation or other materials that have become wet. These steps can be an essential part of mitigating against secondary harm, such as malodor and mold growth.

Water degradation can make your home an unsafe environment. To return it to a sanitary condition, contact SERVPRO of The New Orleans Westbank at (504) 348-7526.

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