Professional Service is Recommended for Water Damage Cleanup
There are few things more beautiful than water. Rain and waves are popular audio tracks for relaxation CDs, ponds, streams and lakes adorn most landscape artwork and every fantasy of mermaids includes a waterfall. Our bodies are two-thirds water and water-words, such as “flow” or “liquidity” have made it into every subject from art and design to financial markets. However, buildings are not made of water, and while they are built to withstand rain and storms under usual conditions no building is made impervious to floods and broken pipes.
A calm lake or a babbling brook are the gentle varieties that make it easy to ignore water’s more destructive nature. Given enough time, it can wear away stone. When water rages with enough force, nothing in it’s path will stand. Water given enough time or water that appears with force will do the sort of damage that requires specialized repair if any man-made structure is to be saved.
Lifting tiles or bubbling wallpaper can be subtle signs that a pipe is seeping inside the walls. Mold exposure can cause long-term illnesses in families that aren’t even aware they are effected if water trapped deep inside the wood and insulation of the home is allowed to remain and only the visible flood damage is addressed. If there is sufficient water in the studs or foundation of a structure, the entire building can crumble slowly until there is nothing left to save.
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A few towels are all that’s needed in most cases when a toilet overflows or the bathtub splashes over on to the bathroom floor. Calling a professional is a good idea if it’s any more than a few-towel job or if there’s any question as to where the water is coming from. The single drop on the dining room table represents much more than a drop as the drywall ceiling, the wood beams above them and all the insulation surrounding the broken roof tile would have to be saturated for that drop to make itself known. Simply fixing the shingle and leaving the rest to dry out without proper attention could result in mold or wood-rot costing thousands of dollars and the family’s health.
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Austin is not known for floods, tidal waves or heavy rainfall but that doesn’t mean that local homeowners are immune to water damage. It is possible, in fact, for the rarity of the problem to be a contributing factor in how ill-prepared most people are to addressing it and more Austin homeowners may fall victim to the problems that passivity can bring when water damage is left alone. If a problem requires more than a few towels, water damage restoration experts are needed to clean, repair, restore and sanitize the area, even using steam to kill any bacteria or toxins that may have developed in the stagnating water so that the home and the family in it can be safe.
