The Importance of Prompt Water Damage Restoration

It's every home owner's worse nightmare- coming home from a holiday break to find your home damaged from a burst pipe because you didn't properly winterize your home and you weren't home to catch the damage early on. Water damage restoration from a burst pipe can be extensive since the damage from a burst pipe can go clear down into your home's sub-flooring.

But luckily you don't have to bull doze your waterlogged home down and re-build if you utilize some basic water restoration damage control techniques. Your first priority is to stop the source of damage at the taps. You will need to turn off the water supply to your whole home in order to begin the next stage of this water restoration project which is clean up.

Once you have the water shut off you can access the damage better and begin to do some of the work yourself while you wait for the water restoration damage pros to come in and take over. The one thing working against you is time. The longer the damage sits, the more likely the water will seep into sub-flooring, wick up walls and go into drywall and insulation.

The longer the water damage restoration goes undone, the more likely your home will also develop secondary damage in the form of mold and bacteria growth. Black mold is considered so toxic and so dangerous if your home begins to develop black mold growth, you may find the local health department tagging your home uninhabitable and dangerous.

You can take out any furniture and carpeting that was damaged in the flood and if you want to try and salvage these items you can put them in a warm place such as the garage and keep a fan blowing air on them. If you have a way to extract water from your carpet and furniture this will go a long way towards ensuring the drying out period works to save your carpet and any damaged furniture from both water damage and the possibility of some future mold damage as well.

The pros will continue with this process to remove damaged dry wall and possibly remove any insulation in the walls that was impacted. If you are lucky the studs were not saturated and can be dried out with warm air circulating on them instead of being replaced.

Your biggest problem will likely be your flooring and sub-flooring and it may be necessary to have large portions of your subfloor removed and replaced to ensure that your home doesn't become a breeding ground for mold later on.

It is possible to repair the extensive amount of damage that water can cause inside your home but be prepared for the water restoration damage pros to work quickly since they are also working against the clock. The earlier you begin a water damage restoration job, the more likely that the damage can be minimized and your home will avoid secondary damage and the ensuing problems associated with it.