Water Removal Projects In Morris Plains

1/19/2020 (Permalink)

We can help you return your home to its preloss state, “Like it never even happened.”

Water Removal Projects In Morris Plains Can Require Restoring Concrete Floors

If a pipe inside your Morris Plains house breaks overnight, it is possible that hundreds of gallons of water can pour into your structure. If water removal does not get conducted promptly, secondary damage such as mold growth can occur. Once moisture leaks out of your plumbing system, it will follow gravity and soak into your floors first. Since some floors are made of concrete, drying out cement can become necessary.

During most projects in Morris Plains, water removal can include both extraction and applied structural drying or ASD procedures. For example, if the liquid H2O in your garage is more than a couple of inches deep, then our SERVPRO technicians can set up a submersible pump to put the water into one of your sewage drains. After we extract all standing water, we can then set up drying equipment to remove the rest of the moisture.

In some situations, houses are built with carpet on top of concrete subfloors. When this is the case, carpet can trap moisture inside the concrete and cause mold to grow on your carpets' paper backing. When restoring rooms that have carpet laying on top of concrete, our SERVPRO team first uses our heavy-duty extractors to remove any moisture from the carpet. Then, we can remove part of your carpet and put an air mover underneath it so that your carpet "floats" and the concrete beneath it dries out.

In other scenarios, when your carpet gets heavily saturated, we can remove the floor coverings to better dry the concrete subfloor. When drying concrete floors, we set up air movers so that they create air circulation by pushing air in a counterclockwise motion. We then place dehumidifiers that remove moisture from the air and exhaust warm, dry air that gets used in the air circulation created by the air movers.

In some more severe situations where concrete gets saturated with water, desiccant dehumidifiers can get utilized. Desiccant machines are more effective than your basic dehumidifier and can pull moisture out of non-porous materials such as concrete.

If the plumbing ever fails inside your house, it is wise to take steps to remove all moisture from your contents and building materials as soon as possible. For professional assistance when restoring any type of water damage, call SERVPRO of East Central Morris County at (973) 887-9100 any day of the week. We can help you return your home to its preloss state, “Like it never even happened.”

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