Water Damage Restoration Los Angeles - Why Use a Water Damage Restoration Company?
While in the midst of a recent job, the insurance adjuster came out and
asked why we are continuing to dry when the floor looked dry upon the
adjuster's visual inspection. An insurance adjuster, presumedly, is
better qualified and has more experience in water damage restoration
than a homeowner who is dealing with an emergency remediation service
for the first, and hopefully final, time. The sincere question of said
adjuster prompted this article as if someone who is supposed to be
professionally educated and experienced in this arena does not
understand what dry means, then it stands to reason that the in duress
homeowner does not know and can reasonably question the time and effort
we expend in doing a professional water damage remediation.
Water Damage Restoration Los Angeles - Let's face it, money is always a
consideration. Any person, in a purely fiduciary and cost accounting
point of view, could make the reasonable determination that removing
water from a structure can be accomplished by simply using a store
rented machine, a shop wet vacuum, or by any carpet cleaning service
found in the phone book. This reasonable and cost controlling assumption
that any of the water removal methodologies just outlined is correct as
any of the aforementioned water removal methods should be able to
remove the top layer of water but NONE of those water removal methods
can remove the water that has penetrated the flooring, base boards, or
drywall. Unfortunately, the moisture not removed by these methods is,
often times, the underlying catalyst for costly structural damage and
can create the optimal conditions for mold growth. While this approach
to save money is understood and appreciated, this approach is
unnecessary as, in many cases, a professional water damage remediation
company can handle such work for little to no out-of-pocket cost to the
homeowner.
In addition to the cost savings the professional water damage
remediation company may afford the homeowner, a professionally trained
and intra-industry certified company will know the industry established
dry standard for the region they serve and will ensure that the moisture
content of the affected area will be dried to the established drying
standard and not to a level that looks, feels, and otherwise appears dry
upon a casual inspection. The benefit of this is simple... the
potential for structural damage is abated and the potential for mold
growth is minimized thus saving the homeowner untold expenses in home
repair and medical costs.
Water Damage Restoration Los Angeles - So what does dry mean? When is
something dry? Dry does not mean a moisture content of zero as even in
the desert there is moisture - if you know where to look and how to
extract it. Dry, in the context of water damage remediation, refers to a
point in the intra-industry drying standard at which the moisture
content is stated to be dry. Each region, by virtue of its unique
ecology, has its own established drying standard. The outline of each
region is beyond the scope of this article but any interested party can
easily find the established drying standard for their region online. It
is to this point that a professional water damage remediation company
will dry to, or beyond, to ensure your home indemnified to its preloss
condition. Then, and only then, is your affected home / structure able
to be deemed as dry.
As outlined in this article, there really is a lot that goes into a
water damage remediation service... far more then is apparent at first
glance. Now that you have a reasonable understanding of the time, money,
and risk you can offset via the contracting a professional water damage
restoration company, you now know that your fiduciary responsibility
and cost saving intent is BEST served by using a professional water
damage remediation company whenever water damage occurs.