Water Restoration for Wood Flooring in Norwich Homes

6/16/2022 (Permalink)

Water restoration services for Norwich by SERVPRO are top-notch. We will have your home back to preloss condition ASAP.

Specific Actions Help Flooring Water Restoration

Wood flooring is an everyday staple for modern and older homes in the region. When water damage impacts these elements, this flooring type can absorb moisture while simultaneously being affected by pooling on the surface. Responding technicians must address multiple conditions to preserve wet wood flooring.

Clearing Surface Water

The first obstacle for water restoration in Norwich homes when the wood flooring is affected is addressing the standing water concerns. Pooling is detrimental to the flooring and any exposed materials nearby. Our SERVPRO Green Fleet arrives with multiple extraction devices to resolve up to several feet of standing water after extreme disasters. With interior home flooring, standard extraction and water removal tools can include:

• Pumps
• Wet vacuums
• Squeegee wands
• Toweling/mopping

Assessing Absorption and Saturation

With the water mostly resolved on the surface, our technicians need to assess the severity of the situation. Many homeowners might not realize the volume of sophisticated tools available to our SERVPRO team for moisture detection and migration tracking. For flooring, we would often consider using surface moisture meters and penetrating models to see if more significant exposure threats have impacted beyond a plank's outermost layer. Thermal imagery can also show cooler spots that might indicate the presence of water before greater drying measures get underway.

Drying Mats

The drying mat is among the more efficient restoration tools for removing water trapped in wood plank flooring. When placed perpendicularly across several plank seams, these drying tools can influence a wide area of the material. Through capillary suction, water is drawn to the surface for extraction and drying by our team.

Drying and restoring wood flooring should begin as soon as possible if the material is to be preserved. Our SERVPRO of Norwich and Windham County team has a rapid response to start mitigation actions. Call us now at (860) 887-0447.