Posts Tagged ‘Miami Water Damage’

Carpets Must be Thoroughly Dried to Prevent Health Conditions

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The importance of thoroughly drying carpets after water damage cannot be stressed enough. There are important steps to follow if the homeowner prefers do it yourself methods instead of hiring professionals. The homeowner must realize that interior fibers of the carpet may still contain moisture even if the surface appears dry. This moisture causes the growth of bacteria, viruses, parasites, mold, and mildew. Respiratory infections, asthma, internal bleeding, and even death can occur from this growth. The removal of mold is an expensive and time-consuming process that must be dealt with by professionals.

The damaged carpet must be removed from the room and laid outside in the sunlight. If the rug is too large to accomplish this, it must be rolled up from the floor so towels can dry the carpet and floor underneath. Oftentimes the padding must be removed and discarded since it will be unsalvageable. Circulating air by using fans, dehumidifiers, heaters, and air conditioners also helps the drying process. Keeping doors and windows open allows sunlight to warm and dry the carpet. This do it yourself process can take two or more days to complete. Another method is to rent a wet/dry vacuum to extract the excess water from the carpet.

Water damage results from the broken water pipes of a dishwasher, washing machine, sink, or bathtub. Rain water can leak from the roof onto the floor and carpet in the room below. Backup of the commode in the bathroom can leave a terrible aftermath not only in the bathroom but nearby rooms. It is important to wear protective clothing such as rubber gloves and boots, and face and eye protection from any splash while cleaning. A bleach and water solution must be properly applied to sanitize and disinfect the area affected by this type of damage.

Leaving moist carpet in a room can also damage the floor itself whether it is concrete, tile, laminate, or hardwood. Dry rotted floors cause even more problems. The importance of thoroughly drying carpets after water damage can be a heavy burden on homeowners. If excess moisture is not removed promptly and properly, the health and well being of family members can be affected as well as further damage to the home itself.

Call us today for a free consultation 800-516-8059 or by email at: info@superrestoration.com

In your service,

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
1 800 516 8059

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How Infrared Thermal Imaging Helps People Hurt by Water Damage

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Infrared thermal imaging is is a technology which involves cameras that see infrared light rather than the light that is visible to the human eye. Infrared light is the type of light that transmits heat from one place to another. When you feel the warmth of the sunlight on your skin, this is the resultfire of infrared light. Because infrared light is emitted by anything that contains heat, including objects at room temperature, infrared light can be used by thermal imaging technology to see in the dark. It can also be used to see the difference in temperature between different objects.

Because water retains its temperature more resiliently than most materials within the home, it is usually either warmer or cooler than the surrounding materials, depending on where the water is coming from. Buildings that are saturated with water can be easily located in this way. Within the building or home that is suffering from water damage, infrared thermal imaging can be used to easily locate building materials which have become wet. Wet materials stand out against the surrounding environment due to their differing temperatures. In this way, assessments of the true damage to a building or home can be made easily and quickly. Water damage that is hidden from plain view, in the ceiling or behind the drywall, can be seen with infrared cameras.

Mitigating water damage has become much easier as a result, allowing trained professionals to quickly asses which areas of the building need to be inspected further with other equipment such as moisture meters. However, infrared cameras are only useful for people skilled with using them. They do not tell the person who is using them whether or not something is wet directly, the only tell them if something is hotter or colder than the surrounding environment. It takes a skilled professional to use this information to make an educated guess about whether or not building materials may be saturated with water.

Call us today for a free consultation 800-516-8059 or by email at: info@superrestoration.com

In your service,

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
1 800 516 8059

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Storm Response

Monday, May 10th, 2010

The weather can turn ugly on a dime and Mother Nature can wreak havoc on your home and your lives. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or any severe weather storm can produce enough water to damage everything you own and love. Storm drains and sewage systems overflow at a moment’s notice and the contamination can be devastating enough to produce water-borne toxins that could permanently damage a home if not professionally and expediently cleaned and sanitized.

The worst scenario, left unattended, is that water-producing mold, mildew and bacteria will spread like the plague throughout your home. When the storms of life overwhelm you, call an expert like Super Restoration who will know how and where to begin the restoration and healing process.

Oftentimes, these storm disasters cause fires which can devastate a residence or business even if the structure is left standing and virtually untouched by the flames. The smell of soot and smoke can overwhelm a structure, the contents and the smell can linger long after the fire has been put out. Super Restoration’s skilled technicians will remove all the soot and smoke that is left behind so you won’t be left out in the heat or the cold.

Because every man or woman’s home is their castle and no two castles are the same size, no job is too big or too small for Super Restoration. Every castle may not have been created equal, but they are equally important for the folks who are suffering from a catastrophic event.

Super Restoration has all the right stuff from drying equipment to high-powered extraction vehicles and even a state-of-the-art facility to house, clean and restore your contents. The certified technicians have the expertise to restore your home or business to the original condition. One phone call is all it takes to start rebuilding your residence or business and your life. The compassionate staff at Super Restoration understands that you want and need to be kept in the loop and fully involved and informed every rebuilding step of the way. Whether it is relocating your belongings to our state-of-the-art facility for cleaning and restoration, or the disposable of those contents that cannot be salvaged, we can handle all of your needs but we won’t make a move without informing you first.

Rest assured, when bad weather wreaks havoc in your life and trouble strikes your residence or your business, Super Restoration is your number one 24 Hour Emergency Response Specialists.

Call us today for a free consultation 800-516-8059 or by email at: info@superrestoration.com

In your service,

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
1 800 516 8059

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Structural Drying

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Super Restoration is the company to call when flood, tornadoes, storms or burst pipes have caused excessive moisture and water to soak the walls and floors of your home or office. This is not a situation that can be fixed with do-it-yourself measures even though you have done everything you can. The water mains are turned off, the storm is passed but now you have to deal with the consequences. You need professional help with the equipment to dry all the different sections of the structure as well as treat the mold and mildew that will have started forming immediately.

Structural drying is required as soon as possible after a water disaster. The longer the time laps from the flood, the larger the damaged area becomes because mold and rot will continue to grow and spread into other areas. Saturated building materials need to be removed as quickly as possible and the remaining structure needs to be dried to prevent collapse. Quick mitigation of water damaged structures will ultimately reduce the expenses for rebuilding as well as the costs to the insurance company.

Super Restoration knows buildings in South Florida and what is the best way for structural drying and mitigation. They know what materials need to be immediately extracted and what can be dried in place. They know where and how to make openings in walls, ceilings and floors so internal areas can be thoroughly dried. Their equipment includes dryers, fans and dehumidifiers to dry every corner. Some areas may not look like they have been affected by the moisture but Super Restoration knows that the building materials may have become moist, just enough to start growing mold and mildew, even if they don’t look wet or were not directly affected by the flood.

There is no guesswork for Super Restoration. They provide accurate documentation concerning your home or business which includes moisture readings, digital photos, a complete written report of everything they did and infrared images all of which are standard procedure that will give you the confidence that the job was correctly done. These documents will help you later if faulty workmanship is the cause of your troubles.

Super Restoration guarantees their work. Once they have dried your structure there will be no secondary damages. Every day they are working to mitigate your damage they will use infrared imaging to be sure all of the moisture is gone. With structural drying speed is very important and Super Restoration is ready 24/7.

In your service,

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
1 800 516 8059

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The Dangers of Water, Mold and Fire Damage

Monday, April 12th, 2010

 Even the most cautious and prepared homeowners may find themselves in a position of having standing water in their home. There’s only so much you can to protect your home from hurricanes and regional flooding. Pipes can burst unexpectedly, even when you are away on vacation. And when a house has standing water, mold is the next course of evolution. Unless the water is thoroughly and properly dried, mold can be left with a prime surface for growing. Often unseen and undetected, the spores released can migrate through carpets and soft sheetrock walls, causing serious physical ailments. Even with smoke alarms and other preventions in place, your home can still fall victim to fire. Defective appliances can find their way into any home and kitchen accidents can happen even with the most careful chefs at work. Whether the tragedy affecting your home is water, mold or fire damage, Super Restoration can help you rescue your home.

Water will take the easiest path of travel. This is a well-known fact. What people don’t always realize is that the easiest path of travel may well be straight up a sheetrock wall. When standing water is present in a home, it can easily wick up the sheetrock, creating further damage. It will spread quickly through carpets and into any lower levels. It may seem like a simple matter to dry the floor, but getting the underlying padding and subfloor dry can pose a greater challenge. Yet drying these hidden areas fully and quickly is vital to preventing the growth of mold. Super Restoration will respond to your call quickly, with the right equipment to clear the water and moisture from your home.

Southern Florida has warm temperatures and high humidity, which encourages the growth of mold to begin with. Once mold establishes itself in a home it does not take long to spread and cause extensive damage. With Super Restoration you can rest assured that the mold will not be given the chance to take hold. Any existing mold will be thoroughly and safely removed and the areas cleaned.

In addition to checking all affected areas for mold, the subfloor, structural materials and crawl spaces must be inspected for damage. Rot that occurs due to water damage can continue to spread even after the standing water is removed. And anyplace that remains even slightly damp afterwards can easily become a breeding ground for potentially toxic mold. Trust Super Restoration to check your home so that you won’t have to worry about hidden damage.

Fire can completely destroy a home. But even a small kitchen fire that you were able to extinguish with your home extinguisher can leave behind serious challenges. Smoke and soot can leave an unhealthy film on appliances and furnishings that can create breathing problems. Sheetrock walls can absorb the smoke, causing further damage and a smell that persists long after the fire was put out. The smoke can also react with metal building materials in the house, creating unsafe conditions. Super Restoration specializes in clearing soot and smoke from your home, leaving you with a fresh, safe, clean environment.

Water, mold and fire have the potential to make your home uninhabitable. When tragedy strikes your home, call Super Restoration so that you can rest easy knowing that your house will be clean, safe and secure for many more years to come.

In your service,

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
1 800 516 8059

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Super Restoration Can Service All Your Water Extraction and Mitigation Needs

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Fire is one of a mankind’s biggest fears. While water damage usually doesn’t rank high on a person’s concerns, it can happen far more often than fire, and although the damage caused by fire typically is finished when the fire is out, water damage can continue to harm structures, businesses, homes and even people for years to come. Super Restoration’s high-tech specialists are ready 24 hours a day 7 days a week to respond to your water extraction and mitigation needs.

The problem with water damage is that many people try to take care of it themselves. While they may be able to remove the water they see and things look and feel dry, many times water has penetrated the structure into places they can’t see. Without being able to properly determine if things are really dry, they often stop, and that is a major mistake because soon mold and mildew will begin to grow where it can be seen. Additionally, the remaining water in the structure can continue to cause structural damage, unseen to the owner’s eyes. Super Restoration has the correct equipment that can check the moisture levels in every area and to also thoroughly remove water from and dry hidden places.

Time is of the essence when water damage has occurred. If the property owner is lucky, it happens when someone is onsite and can help prevent its spread. Often it happens at night or when people are not there, whether it is due to rain water, floodwaters, broken plumbing, or even hurricane. Removing the water from the structure as soon as possible to help prevent further damage is Super Restoration’s specialty. They have worked with thousands of people in the South Florida area to help them save their property from continued damage due to water encroachment. Their staff of professionals have not only the necessary training, they also have the experience that is needed to assess and properly service any situation, whether it is a basement parking area or a penthouse on the 80th floor of a building.

No matter what the situation or the cause, water damage is something that, if not taken care of quickly and professionally, can be a major headache for many property owners. Instead of rolling the dice and trying to take care of it by themselves, property owners should call a professional, and in the South Florida area, the best choice is Super Restoration.

In your service,

Rene Vargas
SuperRestoration
1 800 516 8059

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Super Restoration Can Restore Documentation Ruined by Water

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Hello,

Water damage can happen to a home or business at any time. Spills and water leaks are actually quite common. Any resulting loss of vital documentation can have serious consequences. Document restoration means the recovery of information or data from books, papers, and other forms of media that have sustained water damage. Super Restoration can recover important information from documentation damaged by water. Our goal is to restore the document and all of the information it contains to prime condition . Where possible, Super Restoration will return books, papers, and other forms of documentation to a condition that is safe and ready for use.

Many laws require businesses to retain, or maintain, information for a number of years. A copy isn’t appropriate for many forms of documentation such as signed business contracts, tax records, and legal files. Paper documentation that has been damaged by water will stick together and certainly be damaged when it’s pulled apart. Mold will begin to grow on the documentation if it is left to air dry, destroying important information. Those handling documentation that has become moldy are exposed to elevated health risks. Paper documentation will become brittle and subject to damage if it’s left to air dry. Losing vital documentation can cause serious problems for normal business activity. In a worst-case scenario, a company affected by water damage could be forced to go out of business.

Super Restoration utilizes the most modern equipment, technology, and advanced techniques to achieve the best restoration and data recovery possible. Some techniques used to recover documents damaged by water include desiccant drying, refrigerated desiccant drying, and freeze drying. Desiccant drying is accomplished in a sealed container using substances that are hygroscopic in nature. Hygroscopic substances attract molecules of water from their surrounding environment through absorption or adsorption. Adsorption is the sticking of the water molecules to the substance. Freeze drying is a dehydration process. The wet material is frozen to a temperature between minus fifty degrees to minus eighty degrees Celsius. Pressure is reduced and enough heat is added to allow the frozen water particles to evaporate.

Super Restoration specializes in emergency property restoration and recovery. We provide full service solutions with our state-of-the-art facilities. Super Restoration has On-Site Disaster Recovery Teams who are extremely capable and ready to serve your document and data restoration and recovery needs.

Thank You

Rene Vargas
www.SuperRestoration.com
Phone: 1-800-516-8059

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Super Restoration Can Restore Your Property Promptly

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Hello fellow readers,

Whenever a building undergoes a large amount of damage, one always wonders if restoring the building to its previous state is even possible or even affordable. Luckily, there are companies out there that specialize in house restoration, specifically of this nature. Super Restoration does just this, offering to do remediation on mold, fire, and water damaging that can be caused in your home or place of business.

Whether you have experienced a flood or a plumbing leak, Super Restoration will come and extract the water, using the latest equipment to free your building of this horrible inconvenience. Also, they provide mitigation services to prevent any mold or further damage being done. The debris will be removed from the premise and the windows boarded up while the structural drying takes place. This will prevent mold and toxins in the air from forming that could potentially cause health problems with anyone in the building.

When you find large amounts of mold in building, it needs to be taken care of immediately. Mold can cause various health problems and be a real disturbance in day to day life. In order to take care of this, Super Restoration will access the area, determining how much mold is truly there, and remove the contaminated items. After testing for and removing the moisture still in the room, they will seal off the surface where the mold has grown to prevent anything further from growing.

One of the specialties of Super Restoration is fire remediation. This means that all damage caused by a fire, both smoke and soot damage, needs to be taken care of before a building involved in a fire can be considered habitable, once again. We take careful steps, using specialized vacuums and our own personalized techniques to remove the smoke and soot damage. We will remove all the burned debris in order to best to be able to complete this process. Afterward, HEPA air scrubbing treatments will be used to deodorize the room and clean the air of toxins still lingering. It is the attention to detail that really makes this company special.

Remember, if you have an emergency, the restoration needs to begin immediately. These types of remediation processes are not something to be taken lightly. Super Restoration looks forward to helping you with your remediation needs so you can get back to rebuilding your own life, and not just your house or business.

Thank You

Rene Vargas
Super Restoration
www.superrestoration.com

1-800-516-8059

rene@superrestoration.com

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