Why is There an Odor After the Flood Damage Cleanup in Manayunk Home?

6/7/2019 (Permalink)

Don’t let odor from water damage be your homes new aroma.

Let SERVPRO take on all aspects of a flood damage in your home.

When it comes to flood damage, small scale water loss events in a home can wind up, costing the homeowner more in secondary issues than the original event. Those scenarios generally are the result of inadequate water extraction or drying, leading to the potential of mold or unpleasant odors.

SERVPRO received a call to mitigate flood damage in a Manayunk home. Our team arrived only to find the flood had happened a few days before and the homeowner believed she cleaned up the mess, but a strong musty odor developed.

We scoped the room and found high moisture behind the baseboards, and thermal imaging confirmed water wicked into the sheetrock a few inches. We removed the baseboards for drying, but the time of exposure had been too long to salvage the sheetrock through drying and cleaning. So, our technicians measured roughly six inches above where the water line ended and cut away the damaged building materials, also known as making "flood cuts." This action enables adequate airflow to ensure the wall cavity for thorough drying.

SERVPRO does not set up fans and go away, hoping for the best when we dry a room. We have powerful air movers that deliver fast-moving air that causes embedded water vapor to rise where it is then removed from the area by our dehumidifiers. This cycle continues until our moisture readings show the water loss areas meet pre-set drying goals.

In cases where complete mitigation of water damage occurs, with prolonged exposure to elevated moisture levels, our technicians know the signs of mold to look for as they are IICRC-Certified in Applied Microbial Remediation. Our approach is two-fold to inhibit the growth of mold colonies.

First, we set drying goals for the areas affected by water loss to around 40% or less humidity, and second, we clean and disinfect all surfaces with our anti-bacterial and anti-fungal solutions which also reduces or even eliminates residual odors. If stronger odor control methods are necessary, we have specialized equipment for neutralizing odors at the molecular level.

Call SERVPRO of Manayunk and Chestnut Hill at (215) 482-0800 at the first sign of flood damage in your home. Even small water loss issues need professional mitigation, that is why We're Faster to Any Size Disaster.

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