Water Damage Cleanup Tips

A broken pipe is by far one of the most damaging challenges that any homeowner could face. Even a small leak in a water line can quickly cause a considerable amount of damage to your home. Water Mold Fire Restoration, 800-905-0277, would like to offer some valuable water damage cleanup tips.

Anytime water damages your home, you should contact us immediately. Our emergency crews respond 24/7. While you await their arrival, you can help yourself by taking some of these simple steps to limit the damage to your home and your possessions.

Turn Off The Water

You might be tempted to seek out the source of the leak as your first step. We know, this is just human nature. Instead of doing that, you should simply turn of the main water supply valve to you home. That will definitely stop the water. Then you can attempt to determine what caused the problem without any more water being added to the problem. It is also recommended that you temporarily turn off electrical power in the affected areas as well. When water and electricity mix the outcome is never good.

Avoid Personal Injury

One of the greatest hazards in a water loss is slip and fall injury. While quick action is good, you must stay calm and not rush. When moving from wet floors to dry, especially if you are carrying something heavy, it is easy to suddenly slip and fall. You may damage what you are carrying, but you could also hurt yourself. It’s not worth it. Stay calm and move carefully.

Run For Your Wet-Vacuum? Really?

Many people own a wet-vacuum. When they discover a flooding situation in their home they will rush to grab their wet-vacuum and begin sucking up the water. While this can be a good thing to do, there are some things to consider before you decide to extract the water yourself.

A gallon of water weighs 8.35 pounds. So a wet-vacuum that holds only 5 gallons of water, when full, weighs 41.75 pounds. How many times do you want to carry over 40 pounds of water up a set of stairs or over to a bathtub. If the water covers 500 square feet and it is 1 inch deep, there are around 310 gallons of water on the floor. That comes to around 62 trips with your full wet-vacuum, or having to carry 2,588 pounds of water to the dumping site. In the meantime, while you are dumping the collected water, the remaining water flows back into the area you just vacuumed up. Just thinking about all this is exhausting!

Leave the "heavy lifting" to Water Mold Fire Restoration. We have the equipment to remove the water quickly, efficiently, and above all safely.

Things Not To Attempt

There are some things you should definitely not do when your home suffers from water damage:

• Never leave web fabrics and clothing items in place. Try to hang them.
• Avoid leaving books, magazines and other such items on wet floors.
• Never use a regular vacuum cleaner to attempt to pick up water.
• Avoid using electrical equipment and appliances that are in or have been affected by water.
• Stay out of rooms that have a wet ceiling because they may suddenly, without any warning, collapse. They could be much weaker than you think

Hire a Pro!

Our Water Mold Fire Restoration technicians are nationally certified in water damage restoration. They have hours of training and have the needed resources to deal with any type of water damage. They will extract the water and set up the drying equipment to quickly return your home to normal. Contact us as soon as you discover water damage to your home. Remember, time is the most important factor in stopping further damage, so don’t delay. Call us at 800-905-0277 or email us at help@watermoldfire.net.