When water has damaged your home, the first thing you probably want to do is start restoring your it. When you begin a project like water damage restoration, it’s a process that gets a product back to its pre-damaged state. Water damage doesn’t always come from a natural disaster, it can come from other disasters such as water overflow in a bathroom or kitchen sink to leak, a broken pipe in the home or even a leaky roof. Dealing with minor water damage from overflow problems is one of the easier issues to deal with. You can either sweep the water from your home or mop it up, and hire a dehumidifier to deal with any damp created from the water. However, for more problematic water damage such as broken pipes, one of the first things you need to do is cut off the source of the problem. In this case, it means the water. You will need to get those pipes fixed immediately, preferably by a plumber. Large amount of water damage from a broken pipe can take a while to restore and can cause problems for your walls and floor. After you clear the room of visible water, you can assess the damage it has left. Water may cause splitting, cracks, mildew and mould in the walls and floor. Using a dehumidifier is a necessity to draw all the unseen water from the walls and floor, keep a watchful eye on it as it gets full quickly, turn it off and empty it.
Now there are cases where water damage restoration is not as simple. You can’t disable the source of the problem. For instance, if your home leaks when it rains, you need to locate the source that is letting the rainwater. Fix the problem before you start restoring the damaged area. Only after it is repaired do you begin the water damage restoration process.
Keep in mind that water damage to any surface can and does create the mould, possibly even toxic mould. It’s imperative that the problem gets taken care of as soon as you notice it.