Traveling Water

3/1/2018 (Permalink)

The biggest mistake made by unit owners during water damages is to assume that if there is no visible water then there are no affected materials. Yet, water travels through porous materials in unbelievable ways.  On the initial day of the water loss, walls may read dry. But the next day the walls can show that they are wet due to the water traveling its way down through the drywall. That is why it is important to let SERVPRO technicians perform proper inspections each day that they return to the unit to monitor the equipment already in place. A thorough inspection is done with the use of infrared cameras that detect humidity and moisture meters that penetrate the surface of materials that may possibly be affected.