If your home has never had to deal with water damage then you are lucky. When there is moisture that has made its way into your home it can be devastating. The water can come from many areas such as a storm that has flooded the area. It can also be from a leaking pipe in the wall or out of one of your appliances. Some people have had a water heater go out and flood the house. There are lots of ways that moisture and flooding can get in the house. When this does happen you want to make sure you know what to do to clean up the mess. Water damage is one of the things that can devastate a home and cause damage to many of your belongings. The good thing is that you can save your carpet from water damage as long as you know what process to take. Tough Carpet Cleaning outlines what it takes to clean your carpets after water damage.
Stop the Leak Causing the Water Damage
One of the first things that you need to do is to stop the water from leaking in the house. This might be stopping a leak from a pipe of appliance that has malfunctioned. It can also be waiting for the rain to stop falling so that it can recede. This step is important so that you don’t do any cleaning that is unnecessary.
Removal of Belongings from Wet Carpet
You need to move what you can off the carpets as soon as possible. The more you allow these heavy items to sit on the carpet it can press the water into the carpet. You need to have an area that you can move the things that can be saved from the water damage and what might need to be taken out to the trash.
Extract Water & Dry Carpets
Now that the water or leak has stopped getting in the house you want to make sure that you start to remove the water. This can be done with a wet dry vacuum that you can usually rent from a home improvement store. You can use it to suck up as much of the water as you can so that it is removed and dumped outside. Then you need to give the water some time to dry out. The best way to do that is to let as much fresh air in the house as you can and set up fans to push the air through the house. This will help to move the drying process along and avoid as much mold and mildew growth as possible.
Carpet Cleaning & Deodorizing
Now that you have the carpets dried out and they are cleared of debris you want to make sure that you have them cleaned. The cleaning will be what can remove any debris and dirt from the water that has rushed in the house. It also will be what removed the mold, mildew and the odor that often comes with water damaged carpets.
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Tough Carpet Cleaning can come to your house and clean your carpets after water damage. Call us today!