subject: Water Damage Restoration Services What They Actually Do? [print this page] In the United States, water damage is one of the biggest problems caused either at home or workplace because of reasons such as flood, burst pipe, heavy rain, leakage in roof, and even sometimes because of the efforts to put out fire; however, whatever may be the reason once your home or workplace becomes the victim of water damage, you have to act quickly to control and restrain the damage.
Water damage restoration services provided by professional and certified companies have a common aim to restore your property to its actual, non-damaged state. The expert personnel of water damage Restoration Company will evaluate the damage of your property; ascertain the value of your loss and cost of their restoration service.
These experts evaluate the class of water damage you have incurred on basis of predefined one to four scales. Scale-one damage is the lowest damage that concludes the damage limited to single room or particular area where the carpet is not drenched. Scale-two concludes with damage to at least an entire room with drenched carpet and damping the wall 12 to 24 inches. Scale-three damage involves aerial damage like leaked ceiling causing drenched room.
Finally, the scale-four damage (considered as the highest damage) concludes with thorough drenching because of flood or heavy rain.
Besides evaluating the scale of damages to your property, the experts of water damage restoration will also ascertain the level of contamination in the invaded water. For example,
1.Category one: water, deemed as clean water but might have invaded because of a broken water pipe.
2.Category two: water contamination contains some particles that will cause illness if consumed. This invaded water may be from washing machine, dishwasher, or from the overflown toilet bowl.
3.Category three: it is the highly contaminated water, which can cause severe illness or death if consumed. This invading water is from toilet trap, sewage, toilet bowl with feces or even from floodwater of river or canal. Stagnant water usually contaminated with parasites and bacteria, also falls under this category.
Once both these assessments are completed, water damage restoration services will get the invaded water out. They will pump out the stagnant water from your house and suck out the damp out from your carpet and floor. They will then dry the walls, ceilings and even household equipment, which include electrical as well as non-electrical items. Once drying is completed; sanitization, sterilization and deodorization is applied to your home to make sure that it is free from any contamination and the place can again be inhabitable.
