Mitigation Advice for water damage

Mitigation Advice for water damage, contains FREE information. About how to mitigate your damages from a water leak or flood. When you are doing the job yourself, or using a professional. You also need professional knowledge to guide your decisions. This post will do just that. When you take the time to read all the post on my website and view the videos on my YouTube channel. You will be gaining knowledge that comes from years of experience. You will find Links at the bottom of post.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

• Most importantly, to prevent unnecessary damages turn the water off when you have a pipe leak. Do this right away to stop the flow of water.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

Certainly, you must do your part to avoid unnecessary damages. When you just leave the water running, you are not mitigating the the damage. This can appear to the Insurance company, that you left it on to cause more damage. Because, the Insurance Company, can claim you neglected to do your part. They certainly may consider not honoring your claim.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

To prevent electrical shock, turn off the power to rooms when they have water damage. If you are unsure what breaker to turn off, also turn the main breaker off.

Use caution, walking from wet carpeting to hard surface floors, may be very slippery.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

Report Claim to Insurance Company

• I recommend you call your Insurance Company right away. If there is to much water for you to mop up. The better Insurance Companies, will have preferred restoration contractors they use. The Adjuster will call them for you, and request the contractor to contact you. When the contractor calls, they will question you about the extent of the damages. When there is water damage the contractor needs to know what and how much equipment to bring. He also has to determine how many workers he will need to aid in the moving of any furniture. The contractors first priority is the water removal. The sooner water removal is completed, the less damages you will have in your home.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

Confirm Coverage

• Confirm with the adjuster that you have a covered lose.

Remember, it does not matter who calls out the restoration company. You as the homeowner are responsible for the bill if your claim is denied. Yes, in most cases the Insurance will pay their part, less the deductible, if it is a covered lose. You should not have a problem. Double check, to protect yourself, always confirm it is a covered loss. If your claim is denied and you think it should be covered, contact a public adjuster that has good reviews.

Mitigation Advice for water damage

Protect Personal Items

• When you have a flood, don’t wait, make sure none of your important papers are sitting in water.

• Pick up any magazines, newspapers, etc. off the wet carpet or flooring. These items when left on wet areas will stain the floor and carpeting.

• Certainly, if you are able, move light furniture and other light items to dry area. Items that are irreplaceable should get priority. Most importantly, do not attempt to move items that could cause injury to yourself.

• Once again, only if you are able, lift and place plastic sheets or heavy-duty Styrofoam under furniture legs. Because this helps prevent staining of the carpeting or flooring. While also helping to protect the furniture.

• When there is water on the floor, make sure there are no wet boxes. Sitting on the floor in closets or spare rooms. If there are any wet boxes, Certainly, check contents of boxes for damages.

• When ever there is water against a wall, always check the other side of any wet walls. Because water may have seeped into the adjoining room. You will need to check for wet spots on the wall and carpet. Some times the carpet may feel dry, however, the backing of the carpet and the pad maybe wet. Pull the carpet up next to the wall, and check to see if the padding is wet. When the pad is wet it must be removed and replaced with new pad.

Because the carpet is wet, does not mean it can’t be saved. That is providing it has no damages. But when carpeting has separation, stains, shrinkage, mold, odors, it may not be possible to save it.

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Mitigation Advice for water damage

It is important to realize, every home is different, for many reasons. Reasons like when you have different building materials involved. Other factors are furniture, some are made of pressed wood which will swell. While other furniture may be fine. There are so many different types of water damage claims all of which cause different damages.

When there is so many different problems that can arise, it is not possible to cover all your damages without being there.

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