Water damage can happen in many ways.Ways such as your sink overflowing, you toilet, your dishwasher or washing machine can all overflow. You never expect it to happen, but when it does, you have to take some immediate steps to prevent further damage.Eventually you do want to give your water damage restoration company a call, but before they arrive, do these steps. This is coming from years of experience as a water damage San Diego company.
First thing you want to do is stop any possibility of electrocutions. You need to shut off all power to any flooded areas.The water restoration company should know how to walk you through doing that.
Second, you will want to stop any more water. You do this by shutting off the water source of the flooding.
Third, you have to protect your furnishings from any more damage.Leaving any furnishings in water will turn something that can easily repaired into a costly item that needs to be replaced. Get them out of the water as soon as possible.
Those are the things you will want to do immediately prior to calling any water damage restoration service. But once you have done those things and have called a good company to do the water damage cleanup, here are a few more things you should do while waiting.
You will want to remove as much water as possible by mopping or using a large towel to soak up as much water as possible. Remember, the longer any wall or furniture or flooring is exposed to water, the greater the damage can be including mold damage.
Next, you have to wipe off all the moisture from any furniture.Once again you are trying to minimize the costs of the damage as much as possible
Also you have to remove any wet area rugs, or whatever else you find on the floor of the wet areas.
Finally any closet doors or dresser drawers or whatever else that can be opened to allow air to circulate you want to open.
Doing these things will allow you to minimize as much damage as possible prior to calling the water damage repair company.This will save you a lot money and minimize the costs in the long run.
