Successful Water Cleanup in Lafayette Depends on Four Factors

3/7/2022 (Permalink)

Have you noticed signs of a water leak in your home? SERVPRO is always on call to restore the damage.

SERVPRO Knows What It Takes to Effectively Address These at Your Lafayette Home

When your Lafayette residence experiences a water-related event, four critical environmental factors determine the time and measures necessary to dry up the resulting mess. These conditions impact the cleanup process because dry air and materials always attract moisture.

As the well-trained experts at SERVPRO know, understanding the factors that slow or accelerate water cleanup in Lafayette is essential to doing your job right. Regardless of what causes your home’s water leak, whether it be ceiling leaks, burst pipes, an appliance malfunction, or another problem, the same environmental characteristics will determine what needs to be done and how long the work is going to take. In performing countless water removal services, our technicians have found that water cleanup is affected by four key things:

• The amount of water needing to evaporate – since water extraction is much more efficient than dehumidification (36,000 gallons/day vs. only 30 gallons/day), the more water remaining after extraction increases the time it is going to take to dry your residence fully
• A home’s interior temperature – hotter air can carry more moisture, attracting increased amounts of it from water-impacted surfaces, so interiors should be kept between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit with heaters, if necessary
• The interior relative humidity, or amount of moisture being carried by air in your house – this should be kept under 60% and reduced to below 40% after the first day of drying to facilitate water cleanup
• Air circulation throughout your home – forcing damp air out and drawing dry air in with air movers speeds evaporation and dries wet surfaces more quickly

So, with all things considered, your knowledgeable neighborhood SERVPRO of Lafayette can complete your water cleanup job in less time than other local services. Contact us at (765) 420-0077 whenever you need us.