Water Damage Restoration & Water Extraction
Having a water damage in your Valrico home can be a traumatic experience. And having the water extraction company in your house, and the water damage cleanup cost can be even more traumatic.
Traditionally, in Valrico a water damage restoration company would come into your home and extract the water damaged carpet. Next, they then rip out the carpet, the drywall, your cabinets, a water damaged ceiling and any other structural material that they thought was damaged. Then everything would have to be restore or replaced by a contractor. This can take weeks or months of time and cause you major headaches.
Trying to take care of the water damage yourself can lead to further damage from mold growth or termite infestation.
The Latest Water Damage Technology
Today, with newer, proven drying technology, most water damages can be successfully dried, without the hassle of removing any of the building materials. This is including the carpet and water damage ceiling. This saves not only thousands of dollars, but weeks or months of headaches.
Water damage today is an exact science. Buildings can be successfully dried over and over again. In fact, the water damage schools that teach applied structural drying have been flooded thousands of times, and water damaged materials dried successfully over and over again with no microbial growth or other damages.
So why aren’t all the Valrico area water damage restoration companies using this new technology?
Why do we do it? We made a commitment to our clients when we started this company in 1985 to provide the best service possible. The new technology calls for Thermal Imaging Inspection of the building, which can locate hidden moisture in the wall cavities. The thermal inspection tells us where the moisture is so that we can direct the equipment to the precise area to be dried.
Thermal Imaging
The thermal images we have on our site are of a home that had the hot water heater rupture in the attic from a pipe break. It flooded the second and first floors. The thermal images show all the hidden water damage in the walls, a water damaged ceiling, studs and insulation.
The digital photos of the same home show no indication of damage. We were able to dry this unit in two days. The baseboards were removed and holes drilled to force dehumidified air into wall cavities. The restorations consisted of replacing the baseboards, and caulking the 3/16’s inch holes we drilled above the casings to dry the walls behind the vanity upstairs.
If these clients had called in other water damage restoration companies in Valrico, the clients would have been out of their homes for 3 to 6 months because the drywall and ceiling would have had to be removed and replaced, and the cost would have been around $60,000. The homeowners cost was less than 5% of that amount, and their home was back to normal in less than a week.
Why you should choose Accent American
It takes a lot of time and money to obtain the required certifications, and there is a large investment in equipment. And the company makes less money using the newer technology. Many so-called water damage restoration companies in Valrico are actually general contractors. General contractors usually have no real training or certification in water damage restoration. Our certification and training and our methods can really decrease the water damage clean up costs.
When can you use it
This technology can be utilized on 90% of all fresh water damage claims. This is because 90% of all claims are from a broken pipe, roof leaks or wind driven rain through windows. If you have sewage or rising waters from rivers and streams this is an entirely different category of water loss and we approach totally differently due to bacterial contaminants which may be present in the water.
Many people are worried about mold in their homes. The best way to prevent mold is to dry the building quickly. If you suspect water damage in your home, you should have a thermal imaging inspection done by a qualified inspector. Call only properly certified Valrico water damage restoration companies like Accent American.
