Must Do List For a Flooded House
July 6th, 2009
Water damage occurs in all types of ways.Ways such as your toilet overflowing, or your sink, or your dishwasher, or a washing machine, or worse a busted pipe.You never think it will happen, but when it does, there are some immediate steps to take to stop further damage. Eventually you will want to call a water damage cleanup company, but before they get there, do these important steps. This is coming from years of experience as a water damage San Diego company.
First off, you have to prevent any possibility of electrocution. You need to shut off all power to any flooded areas.The water restoration company should know how to walk you through doing that.
Second, you have to stop any more water.You can do this by cutting off the source of water that caused the flooding.
Third, is you will want to protect any furnishings from further damage.Leaving any furnishings in water will turn something that can easily repaired into a costly item that needs to be replaced.Get them out of the flooded area as soon as you can.
Those are the things you will want to do immediately prior to calling any water damage restoration 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 start soaking up as much water as possible with a mop or a large towel to soak up as much of the 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 must wipe off all the moisture on your 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 you will want to open the closet doors and dresser drawers and anything else that can be opened which will allow the air to circulate.
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.