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Dangers When Your House Floods
By Vic Hurlstorm | June 23, 2009
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 turn off the power in the flooded areas. The water damage service company should be able to walk you through how to do that.
Second, the water you want to stop.You can do this by turning off the water source that caused the flooding.
Third, you are going to want to protect the furniture from any further damage. Leaving furniture in water can turn something that could have been repaired into an item that will need to be replaced which will cost more money.Remove them from the wet area as quick as possible.
Those are the things you have to do without hesitation before you even think about calling a water damage service.Now once you done all those steps and have called a good water damage cleanup company, here are a couple of more things you want tod do.
You want to get rid of as much water as possible by using a large towel or mopping to take up as much water as you can. Remember, the longer any wall or furniture or flooring is exposed to water, the greater the damage can be including mold damage.
Next, you will want to wipe off any moisture from the furniture. Once again the idea is to try and minimize 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 also minimize the costs and save you a lot of money in the long run.
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