Knoxville Residences--SERVPRO Equipment and Training--Mitigated Water Damage--Happy Customers!

1/6/2020 (Permalink)

Skilled SERVPRO Technicians, Green Fleet Stocked with Equipment and Supplies--Reasons Why SERVPRO is a Premier Water Damage Restoration Company

Removing Moisture and Surface Water from Knoxville Homes

Because water can affect materials and areas of your Knoxville home in many different ways, the necessary tasks to dry out these surfaces must accommodate the specific circumstances. Understanding how moisture moves throughout the house after a water loss incident can show why so many methods of extraction and drying are ideal for a single residence.

Water removal for Knoxville homes is often the first step in putting your property on the path to dryness; the removal of surface water is not the only concern in a water-damaged house. Water can penetrate materials in two ways, by wicking with direct contact or absorption from the air. Both of these paths present unique challenges for our SERVPRO team working to restore the home.

Understanding how moisture moves can help our restoration professionals to identify the pace of the drying efforts happening in the residence and the success of these ventures. Knowing the specific path water takes to damage structural elements, flooring, and ceiling materials can help to determine the most efficient approach for removing this damaging moisture as efficiently as possible. Four primary processes encompass the ways moisture can move into and out of material.

•    Liquid Flow
•    Air Movement
•    Capillary Suction
•    Vapor Diffusion

While each of these can play a role in the movement of water in your home after a loss incident, the most observed of these would be liquid flow and air movement. Knowing how to address these concerns as they arise can allow our SERVPRO professionals to save our customers time and money on the restoration work that the property needs. We can determine the placement and need for specialty drying tools like drying mats, positive pressure systems, and other useful tools to shorten moisture removal times to a minimum.  

Our technicians can deploy a variety of drying devices like air movers, axial fans, LGR low-grain, and desiccant dehumidifiers to complete the mission of pre-water damage condition to the home.

From the natural flow of damaging water through the house to the absorption of moisture into sensitive materials like drywall and acoustic ceilings, our SERVPRO of Rocky Hill / Sequoyah Hills / South Knoxville team can help with effective drying strategies. We have the expertise to make water loss incidents “Like it never even happened.” Call us today at (865) 862-8907.