Water damage in your home is an annoying situation to find yourself dealing with when you get home, but if not correctly cared for, it can cause extremely costly repairs and health issues. If left unchecked, water damage can lead to shifting foundations, mold, and the destruction of the wooden support structure holding up your home. So even if it looks like a bit of discoloration, you should have it checked out before it's too late.
Dos & Don'ts of
Water/Flood Damage
Do put our number (419) 504-1601 into your contacts and speed dial.
Do call us for names of vendors whom we know to be proven to handle water/flood damage.
Do find the source of Water/Flood damage and if possible safely stop it, or at least try to mitigate further damages from occurring.
Do dry-up the water, after documenting the damage. Drying-up the water may prevent it from penetrating floors, walls, baseboards, and cabinets. If the loss is more than you can dry-out, consider contacting a professional water remediation company who will come and install fans, blowers, scrubbers and other machines to try to save your property from further damage.
Do understand that the smoke from fires carry cancer causing droplets from all sorts of plastics that melt and burn. Many of the burned plastic coatings of electrical wiring have the possibility of causing lung cancer.
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Don’t keep heavily water damaged belongings. Even when standing water is dried-up, your floors, walls, and possessions may likely remain wet. These items might need to be discarded or your home may start experiencing mold (which can travel through air conditioning systems). If black mold proliferates, you may be jeopardizing your health.
Don’t throw away any damaged items until the insurance adjuster has had an opportunity to come and assess the damage.
Don’t hesitate, if needed, to hire a mold remediation company after a water loss to perform mold remediation or after remediating with a water dry-out company, get a mold test after repairs/replacements to ensure that your home is mold free
Don’t start any work until you and the insurer agree on the Scope of Loss. Without this, you may jeopardize having enough in your final settlement to restore your property to its pre-loss condition.
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