Steps to Recover Water Damaged Carpets in Dover Homes

3/8/2022 (Permalink)

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Water Cleanup for Dover Homes Involves Several Restorative Approaches for Saturated Carpeting.

Porous Carpets Absorb Moisture

Getting water cleanup in Dover homes started means finding suitable solutions for compromised carpeting. This layer of flooring is highly porous and absorbent, making any standing water concerns more challenging. Much of the moisture has been immediately absorbed into the carpet and the padding layer underneath. Fast response to these situations ensures that we can reduce the likelihood of subflooring becoming damaged by this saturation.

Extracting and Drying Carpets and Padding

Several methods for extracting and drying both carpet layers and the padding underneath. Some of these include: 

• Carpet Wands – One of the most used elements in removing water trapped in carpets are wands for wet vacuums or truck-mount extractors. These powerful devices pull moisture from both the carpet and padding layers underneath.

• Weighted Extraction – Utilizing the weight of the operating technician, these plate extractors press carpets and padding against the subflooring material to force moisture to the surface for extraction.

• Floating the Carpet – Thorough drying of the carpets and their respective padding happens by detaching the material from the tacking strips along the edges of the room and placing centrifugal air movers between the layers to dry both simultaneously.

Deep Cleaning Carpet Fibers

After much of the drying has occurred, we can implement deep cleaning solutions. With both bonnet cleaning and hot water extraction, we can penetrate the backing material on carpets and free trapped soils at this base to improve the appearance of carpeting after water exposure.

The carpet can be one of the most heavily damaged areas after water loss incidents occur. It is essential to provide both extraction and thorough cleaning of these flooring materials to preserve their colorfastness and original bright appearance. We work quickly to dry and clean flooring after damages. Give our SERVPRO of Dover / Stillwater team a call today at (973) 810-2825.