Targeted Action that Helps Speed up Water Removal from Affected Concord Properties

1/8/2020 (Permalink)

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The importance of speedy water removal and recovery process in your concord property

Water removal from Concord properties takes several steps, each of accomplishing a different thing, with the ultimate goal of restoring the preloss state. When called to a water loss site, SERVPRO focuses on actions that can speed up the entire process, which has the positive effect of shortening the inconvenience occupants endure and reduces secondary damages.

Speeding up water removal from affected Concord properties lessens the risk for porous and semi-porous materials such as wood on the floor and other parts of the structure. One aspect influenced by a speedy removal is the EMC, Equilibrium Moisture Content, in the materials. At EMC, a material does not release or absorb moisture at the current temperature and relative humidity. Removing spilled water shortly after the spill can leave EMC levels at around 20 to 25 percent. However, when such water remains standing for some time, the levels can go as high as 40 percent. So, when our SERVPRO technicians remove water fast, there is a positive effect of shortening the time taken for drying later on.

For a speedy removal, there is a need to use the right tool. Various resources can help, depending on the size of the affected area, and the volume of water spilled. Mops, towels, and buckets are suitable for minor spills, while pumps and extractors help with significant spills. When using pumps, our SERVPRO technicians consider whether the depth of standing water is more than 2 inches, which might necessitate utilizing a submersible pump. The use of portable extractors, on the other hand, helps when removing water from rooms on different floors.

Various assemblies in the house, such as walls, cabinets, and countertops, hold water in the cavities delaying the removal process, especially when disassembling them. Depending on the specifics of an incident, we can punch vent holes to release such water. We then use cavity-drying equipment to direct warm, dry air into the cavity. The air increases the temperature of surfaces in the cavity while lowering vapor pressure, which helps increase evaporation, thus expediting drying.

Speedy removal solves many problems after a water loss. Call SERVPRO of Concord at (603) 225-2825 to help make the incident, "Like it never even happened."

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