Water Damage

Your home is a lifetime investment and it can be very painful for you if it gets damaged and you may feel that you are helpless to do anything about it. There are, however, steps that you can take to begin the recovery of your home if it has experienced water damage.

The first step is to get in touch with a professional, water damage restoration company.

The second step is to identity the areas that you are personally able to take immediate action on and gear yourself up to begin the recovery of your home from it's water damaged state.

You can make use of following the water damage tips to get this process started:

Do's

• The safety of you and your family is paramount. You should turn off the main electrical switch for your house so that you can avoid electrical hazards. One of the major safety concerns will be electrical wiring that has been exposed to the moisture present in water damaged floors, walls, and ceilings.
• Secondly you have to inhibit the growth of molds in your house by opening your doors and windows to provide as much ventilation as possible. This will help in the removal of the moisture from the affected areas.
• When your house gets flooded your aim should be to save as many things as possible from potential or further damage. Keeping this fact in mind, you should remove any thing that you find lying on the floor such as carpets, rugs and floor coverings.
• Saving your furniture from getting damaged, or further damaged by water should be next on your agenda. For this purpose you can remove the furniture or place it on blocking that removes it from contact with the water.
• If there are any wet fabrics in your room then you need to remove them so they do not add to the moisture content of the house.

Don'ts

One of the major dangers of water damage in a home is the potential for electric shock. Therefore, it is important that you take steps to eliminate this hazard.

• Do not enter a wet area until the electricity has been turned off. Walking on wet floors or working on water damaged walls is hazardous when electrical wires are live.
• Do not plug in or use electrical appliances in an area where the surfaces you are standing on are wet. This includes the use of ceiling mounted items such as fans or light fixtures.
• Do not use a vacuum cleaner in an attempt to remove moisture from floors, rugs or carpeting. They are not designed for the purpose of water extraction and could cause electrical shock.