Flood Damage Experts From Dallas Explain Structural Drying Theories

5/25/2018 (Permalink)

Flooding can quickly damage many parts of your home. Contact SERVPRO for drying out and remediation services.

Team SERVPRO Quickly Assesses and Then Efficiently Dries Out Your Property

If an intense storm hits the Dallas area, your property is at risk. Severe thunderstorms create conditions such as excessive rains and powerful winds that can cause damage to your residence in several different ways. If water gets deep outside of your house, it can flood out your entire floor. If a flying object hits one of your windows, rain could pour directly into your bedroom.
 
After some storms, you might notice that only small amounts of moisture entered the structure. If moisture levels are low after a flood damage scenario in Dallas, drying equipment can quickly return conditions to normal. If organic materials inside the house stay wet for more than 48 hours, microbial growth can occur.
 
When drying out structural components inside a building, the goal is to speed up the natural evaporation process. Our SERVPRO technicians utilize air moving and dehumidification systems to create an environment that rapidly dries materials and contents. The formation of the equipment and the ratio of dehumidifiers to air movers makes a difference in how fast moisture evaporates.
 
Our IICRC certified team uses their knowledge and experience to determine the best way to quickly dry out an affected area. The air movers get set up in the damaged room so that the moist air evaporating off of wet materials gets pushed away from the surface. The dehumidifiers then suck up the air removing the moisture and discarding it into a receptacle in liquid form.
 
The dehumidifiers exhaust out hot, dry air that in turn gets used in the counterclockwise air circulation created by the air movers. The air movers and in some cases ventilating box fans get placed so that the air coming from them hits wet surfaces at a 45-degree angle helping create the circular airflow needed. If just the carpet and parts of the drywall got wet, then fewer air movers get set up. If more things like furniture and cabinets require drying as well, more air movers are necessary.
 
If there are too few air movers in relation to dehumidifiers, then the drying process can take longer. If there are too many air movers set up, then secondary damage can take place. For help after a storm causes water to enter your home, call SERVPRO of Southeast Dallas County at (972) 227-0800 24 hours a day.

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