How Does Water Mitigation Help Wet Covina Carpets?

9/8/2021 (Permalink)

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SERVPRO Has an Array of Professional Water Damage Remediation Equipment to Help Covina Property Owners

A carpet with water damage in a Covina home is not automatically in need of replacement. Several factors determine if it indeed has restoration potential, such as:

• The type of water absorbed
• The length of time that passed before the cleanup began
• Materials the carpet is made of

When SERVPRO handles water mitigation of Covina carpets, the technicians do a careful inspection. Some carpets can shrink when exposed to water and others have dyes that can bleed. The techs perform fiber tests to narrow down the type of construction materials. 

Water Detection Equipment

There are different kinds of devices used during the initial inspection to determine the water's origination point and migration path. The moisture sensor detects moisture in both carpets and padding. The unit has a needle-like probe that penetrates the carpet and can tell the SERVPRO tech if the moisture affected the subfloor underneath. 

When this device comes into contact with moisture, it alerts by displaying a blinking light and an audible signal—the more moisture present results in faster blinking and beeping from the device. 

Handling Water Damage in Carpets

For large-scale water damage in a carpet, the techs extract and set up drying equipment. When only a portion has received the effects of water, SERVPRO techs can use specific drying applications such as floating or tenting to focus drying on a single area. It is not uncommon for the techs to use the moisture meters throughout the drying phase to ensure the carpet and pad are dried completely.

SERVPRO of Azusa / Covina at (626) 387-4111 serves the Covina community for any water mitigation services needed. The trained and certified techs are available 24/7.