subject: Water Damage Restoration: Save Your Wooden Stuffs [print this page] In our homes, there is sometimes problem of damaged furniture because of some time of flood and some times leaking pipes and roofs and possibly flooded water. There can be any reason of water damaging but important thing is to repair this damage and apply effective and perfect water damage restoration actions to save wooden or antique furniture. This restoration process must be done soon after the any disaster so that damage will be reduced as soon as possible.
Your antique furniture is so precious. If water is affecting your wooden furniture, it can also possible to finish your stuff. After water damaging, there can grow mold in your floor and it will surely affect your wooden stuff and this can weak your furniture joints and surfaces. So water damage restoration process should apply immediately before finish your precious wooden stuffs completely. The restoration process for these valuable objects should be based on these criteria:
The amount of the damage by the water
The present worth of the furniture
The costs that may be sustained in restoring it.
For repairing the damage, you should keep in mind that how much damaged your furniture? And which type of damaged? Second thing is what is the present cost of your furniture? If present cost of your wooden furniture is less than your damage restoration cost than it is unnecessary to repair it. If your furniture is so precious and antique, restoration is essential. Keep in mind that chemicals and procedures you are using to restore it do not harm the wooden stuffs. Some hard chemicals could descend your furniture values. It is also very decisive to find the original finishing of it. If you try to put a new look and new finish to your furniture, you are spoiling its antique work and features. If you are confused about restoration procedures, hire the services of certified water damage restoration experts who specialize in restoration process. Never try to force drawers and doors to come out after flooding and damaging. Instead, wait until all the water has dribble out.
Water damage restoration for antique furniture and stuffs has to involve drying the furniture slowly. But it is not mean to dry these types of wooden things in the direct heat of the sun because it might cause wood to be bent and possibly twist side by side.
