Water damaged carpet becomes a breeding ground for most mould and mildew which causes health problems and have big impact on your family’s health.
Water damage can occur anytime and could result in inconvenience and major stress for you. It could occur from flash flooding, heavy downpour, and rainfall, pipe bursts, sink overflow or pipe leakage and much more. No matter how and when it occurs, it makes your carpet wet and increases the possibility of getting stains.
We use rapid carpet restoration method on water damaged carpets, underlays, timber subfloor, concrete subfloor, and plaster walls to bring your belonging to its original condition.
Mould is higher risk associated with water damaged carpet and surroundings that have got wet. When the mould stays wet, it becomes breeding ground and it creates more mould which can also causes de-lamination of carpet that can weaken the glue due the presence of excessive moisture.
The time varies depending upon the water damage that has been caused to the carpet, walls and furnitures. However, the average carpet drying time can range from 3 days to 5 days.
Our preferred method for water damage carpet cleaning.
All the carpet water damage restoration cleaners are professionals and well trained to deal with wet situation and have multiple years of experience in water damage cleanup.Inspection of water damaged areas
Our water damage carpet restoration experts will initially inspect the affected site. They’ll measure the moisture levels in the carpet and surrounding areas to assess the carpet water damage and to decide on an appropriate treatment method for water damage restoration and structural drying.Drying of the affected region
We will use water extraction equipment to fetch the excess water from the carpet and underlays. Our high-tech system for carpet water damage restoration can clean, dry and sanitize the affected carpets and underlays.Air movement and dehumidification
Because of the water damage situation & wet carpet, all the surrounding areas get high humid which could help bacteria to grow and the risk of mould and mildew growth can increase. To prevent the growth of bacteria, mildew, and mould, and also to dry the surroundings including the carpet and underlays, we employ air movement and dehumidification method according to the psychrometric.During this process, we install high-velocity commercial air movers & LGR dehumidifiers and allow it to run continuously for 2-3 days, maybe more depending on the extent of the damage and the structure needs to be dried. We may pull out some carpet edges to position the air movers to dry under the carpet and underlays.
Steam cleaning & sanitisation to improve the odour
In order to remove the excess dirt that could have accumulated because of water running into the carpet, we use the steam cleaning method to clean your carpet. During our steam cleaning process, we sanitize all affected areas with anti-microbial sanitizer and deodorize to kill the bacteria and neutralise the bad odour.Repair or re-stretching of the carpets
We might have to undertake few re-stretching or carpet repair work to get back your carpet to its original condition. It all depends on the extent of the carpet damage. Upon employing above stated method, you will get your carpet better or near to its original condition and in a most hygienic condition that will be safe for your family.Call our team in Melbourne on 1300 887 131 to handle your emergency situation for water damage carpet drying, cleaning and complete restoration.
Why hire us for water damage carpet drying and restoration?
Water damage is critical and an emergency situation. It requires special tools for complete restoration. Drying wet carpet with a house fan is not enough or deodorising it with the perfume or scent is not enough to kill bacteria or stop mould from growing. It needs industrial air movers and LGR dehumidifiers to dry, special equipment for steam cleaning and appropriate sanitisation with anti-microbial to kill bacteria and prevent the growth of mould and mildew.If your attempted carpet and underlays do not get dried up as required, bacteria, mould, and mildew could grow underneath and which causes more damage to your valuable assets as well as occupants health and make the carpet un-useful. You may have to replace carpet soon which could turn expensive in the long run.
Do not ever try to attempt without specialised and required equipment for an emergency water damage situation. It also require special skills to work on water damaged carpets.
The best option is to call professional water damage experts near you. All our technicians are IICRC certified. Call us today on 1300 887 131.
