What to Do When Water Damages Your Commercial Property in King City?

11/18/2020 (Permalink)

If you are a commercial property owner, an emergency, like water damage may stop business activities in their tracks. No matter if the water issues are caused by a burst pipe, flood, major leak, or another cause, water damage is something you should always take seriously.

Determine the Extent of the Water Damage

One of the first things you should do when you find signs of water damage is to determine how serious it is. At this point, just looking for signs of water damage probably won’t be enough.

Water may soak into an array of building materials without creating obvious signs of damage for a while. To determine how far the water has spread, you require a specialized tool to measure moisture in building materials, such as a moisture meter used during a building inspection.

With a moisture meter, you can determine the moisture content level in the items where you found the water damage. When you keep checking the area, you can determine how far the damage has gone. Remember, if you don’t have this device, you can call the professionals who can take care of it for you.

Dry Out the Affected Area

It’s best to call the professionals if you are dealing with extensive water damage. However, after your call to the professionals,  you can make sure the source of water is completely shut down and repaired, move contents out of wet areas, start removing some of the standing water and working with occupants on a temporary location.

It will be necessary to use specialized tools to ensure the entire area is dry. Usually, this requires the help of the professionals because they will have access to the items needed. Some of these tools include:

• Wet vacuums to help quickly remove standing water
• Dehumidifiers or air movers to extract humid air
• Thermohydrometer to track the humidity in a space
• Moisture meters for tracking the content of moisture in the building and nearby items

If your building has a climate control system, then turning the temperature up slightly may help keep the water from condensing, which will help things dry out faster. As the building is dried, you need to keep it sealed against exposure to outside air as much as possible as controlling the indoor environment without the influence of unfavorable outside air will help dry the structure and contents faster.

If there is furniture or other materials that are moisture compromised, remove them from the space and assess their condition. If it is too water-damaged, it will need to be discarded and replaced completely.

Call the Professionals of SERVPRO of Morro Bay to King City

If you are dealing with water of any type in your commercial building, it is important to make sure that you take the right steps and contact the professionals for assistance. They will be able to ensure that the water issue is handled properly and that the issue won’t get any worse. If you fail to take action in a reasonable amount of time, you may discover the issues are permanent.