The water you can see is the easy part. What soaked in decides how this ends.
Water near electricity? Stay out of that area.
Wet materials that are not drying? Call now to book a visit in Marietta or Cobb County.
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Structural drying in Marietta deals with moisture that has moved into drywall, subfloor, insulation and framing. Those materials hold water long after the floor looks dry, and Georgia summer humidity makes them slower to release it.
Drying follows water extraction. Standing water is dealt with first. Structural drying may then use air movers, dehumidifiers and other drying methods, depending on what remains wet.
Step 1
Say what got wet and how long ago. Carpet, hardwood, drywall and subfloor all behave differently.
Step 2
Ask about the earliest available appointment in Cobb County.
Step 3
Structural drying may use air movers, dehumidifiers and moisture readings, depending on what is wet and how the job is handled on site.
Georgia summer air is humid, so opening windows helps only when the outside air is drier than the air indoors. On humid days that air may be no drier than the air inside.
Dehumidifiers pull moisture out of the air so wet materials can release theirs. Air movers keep air moving across surfaces so that exchange keeps happening.
Moisture meters can show whether material that feels dry is still holding water. Readings can also be compared with unaffected material nearby.
This matters most where the wet part is out of sight. A wet crawl space under the house or the cavity behind a baseboard can stay damp out of sight while the room above feels normal.
Wet materials that are not drying? Call now to book a visit in Marietta or Cobb County.
(770) 637-1843Wet materials may dry without further trouble, but moisture can also stay trapped inside a wall or under flooring where it is hard to see. Odor, staining or other problems may show up later.
EPA guidance says water-damaged areas and materials should be dried within 24 to 48 hours to help prevent mold growth. That is not a guarantee, but it is why mold removal in Marietta and drying are so closely linked.
Carpet and pad hold a great deal of water and sit directly on subfloor. Hardwood can cup or lift as it takes on moisture and then move again as it dries.
Where the two meet along a hallway, the transition strip is where water can cross from one to the other, so the dry-looking room next door is worth checking too. It shows up in basement water at floor level, where carpet meets a stair edge or a doorway.
Not sure whether it is dry? See what to watch for in the first hours after water damage.
Georgia summer air is humid, so opening windows helps only when the outside air is drier than the air indoors. Dehumidifiers pull moisture out of the air so wet materials can release theirs.
Moisture meters can show whether material that feels dry is still holding moisture. Readings can also be compared with unaffected material nearby.
Wet materials may dry without further trouble, but moisture can also stay trapped inside a wall or under flooring where it is hard to see. Odor, staining or other problems may show up later.
Moisture left inside materials can cause odor, staining or other problems later. Structural drying in Marietta is aimed at that.
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