Water Loss In Your Reading

1/31/2020 (Permalink)

You can reach our SERVPRO of Reading team 24/7 by calling (610) 779-8189.

How Severe Can Water Losses Be for Reading Apartments?

There is a reason that property owners should move quickly when water threatens Reading homes and apartments. The migration of water losses is deliberate and destructive, which can encompass many areas of a residence and even damage neighboring properties if a loss incident is severe enough inside a single unit. Whether you are dealing with water that has spread to your apartment from a neighboring unit or floor, or the incident began on your property, a fast reaction can save you time and money on the restoration necessary.

In most situations, it is understood that a property owner has roughly 48 hours to address water damage in their Reading apartment before irreparable damage becomes a widespread concern. While there are inevitable areas of the unit that might experience direct damage, such as the deterioration of drywall and wood trim around the source of the water loss, a fast response of qualified technicians like our SERVPRO team can be helpful to reduce secondary effects like mold growth or the migration of water to other areas of the apartment.

As your residence likely features carpeting through most of the unit, this is advantageous for our technicians to slow the spread of water migration to other apartments nearby. With light wands, we can sweep over every exposed point of the carpeted floor to remove much of the moisture trapped in the fibers. While further extraction is necessary, this mitigation technique can slow water migration and also the likelihood of water damaging the subflooring material.

We can utilize our in-house team of general contractors to perform controlled demolition for direct access to both breached plumbing lines for repairs and to help extract and dry structural cavities. Shared walls can be a pathway for water to migrate to neighboring apartments, so it is a priority for our SERVPRO technicians to dry these spaces in the mitigation phase of our recovery.

The severity of water loss incidents varies from one disaster to the next. However, our preparedness for these emergencies can help to reduce your out of pocket expenses and time out of your residence as much as possible. You can reach our SERVPRO of Reading team 24/7 by calling (610) 779-8189.

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