Proper Water Removal and Dehumidifying in Your Durham Home

7/6/2021 (Permalink)

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Equipment Needed to Dry Out Your Property After Water Damage Efficiently

From damaged pipes to excess rain, water damage can wreak havoc on your belongings and your home. Even though it always happens when you least expect it, your reaction time is critical during an emergency. You need water removal in your house fast, which means you need professional help as well.

The water removal experts in Durham should be the first ones you call. We can arrive at your home fast with powerful, industrial equipment which extracts the water from your home as quickly as possible. When carpeting has been affected, we need to take special care to dry thoroughly to prevent mold growth underneath the padding where it is not visible.

One piece of equipment that SERVPRO technicians use to dry out your home and carpeting again is dehumidifiers. We consider both the capacity of the dehumidifier and the nature of the environment to figure out the requirements needed for your situation. We look at how many absorbent or porous materials are present, such as carpeting. The more porous materials present, the more moisture has been absorbed and evaporates into the air. In a case like this, we need more dehumidification to balance the evaporation.

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We then calculate the dehumidifier capacity so we know exactly what equipment we need for the job. Once this is done and the drying process continues into additional days, we increase or decrease the amount of drying equipment based on monitoring the air conditioning in your home and the moisture content readings of the wet carpeting and your structure.

Each situation is different, and the amount of carpeting is present and how long it was saturated makes a difference. The accurate measure of a balanced drying system when we monitor is how fast your structure and contents are drying. If the moisture levels are lowering and the relative humidity is moving downwards steadily, the system is working. If the humidity is high and the moisture content of the carpeting and other materials is not reducing, we need to examine the situation to determine a more efficient drying system.

SERVPRO of North Durham monitors our machines closely daily. You can, therefore, be sure that once you call us at (919) 467-0880 in the areas of Durham, Gorman, and Rougemont, your home is restored to its original condition before the water removal emergency.