Water Can Cause Significant Damage To Your Hardwood Floors In Chestnut Hill

6/26/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of Manayunk and Chestnut Hill is available 24/7, so call right away if you have an emergency at (215) 482-0800.

Water Damage Can Destroy Your Hardwood Floors In Chestnut Hill!

Insulation in your Chestnut Hill home helps keep you warm during the winter and cool during the summer. However, insulation comes with the trade-off of being sensitive to water damage. Once it absorbs water, it can lose some of its resistance to heat flow. For this reason, even a small leak from a corroded pipe or an overflowing faucet should be taken seriously to help preserve the stable temperature in your home.

Speed is key when mitigating water damage to insulation in Chestnut Hill, which is why you need professionals who can work fast to help prevent additional repairs. Water damage restoration technicians (WRT) from SERVPRO are experienced in drying wall cavities and insulation. Once we arrive at your property, we can begin inspecting the extent of the damages and utilize thermal imaging cameras to determine how much water is in your walls. Drywall damaged by water will typically have to be cut away and discarded. To ensure that no damaged drywall remains, we can cut several inches above the water line.

The effectiveness of your insulation is determined by its R-value, the measure of its resistance to heat flow. Non-fiberglass insulation can have a permanently reduced R-value after coming into contact with water, forcing us to strip it from your walls. However, if you have fiberglass insulation installed, then SERVPRO can help save it. We can drill holes in drywall to allow for the usage of structural cavity drying equipment. Our ventilation equipment helps speed up the drying process in your walls by cycling out moist air and replacing it with dry air, allowing us to quickly dry out both your wall cavity and any wet insulation within.

Mitigating water damage doesn't have to be a difficult process if you leave it to the professionals. SERVPRO of Manayunk and Chestnut Hill is available 24/7, so call right away if you have an emergency at (215) 482-0800.

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