Water Elimination

When your house has been flooded, the first step is to drain away the excess water. In doing this, we use powerful water pumps. It is worth noting that the removal of the excess water will enable us reach the carpets and the submerged surfaces like walls and floors and the furniture. It is necessary to dry them as fast as possible to beat the 48 hrs most require to grow so you must not delay in arranging water extraction.

There are a number of reasons your house may be flooded

• Overflow of a river or other water body
• Bursting of water pipes
• Back flow of a sewer line
• Toilet back flow
• Spillage of water from facilities such as dishwashers
• An old hot water tank breaking down
• Leakage of water from a raised swimming pool
• Water use to fight fire or prevent it reaching your house may flood your house
• Heavy rains may cause damage to your basement wall letting the water in
• A problem in your neighbouring apartment or business premises could lead to spillage of water into your place

Water from the sewage and floods could cause harm to your health and should be got rid of together with any thing that cannot be salvaged.

For flooding that is at the floor caused by say broken pipe or faulty dishwasher, the sub floor is drained first followed by drying. We use high grade equipment so we can easily deal with porous surface e.g. linoleum and the like. This averts mold growth.

The drying of carpets and padding needs be done in one day. We start with removal of water followed with strong dehumidifying equipment and introduction of hot air to speed up the drying. To save your carpet it is necessary organize for quick action.

It is crucial to drain basement water as quickly as possible because evaporating moisture will cause mold growth in the overlying home or premise. It is very important to drain the water that is in an area with electrical appliances.

After flooding, some items will have to be discarded. Our main goal is to avert any mold growth and water draining is just the beginning of that which should be done within two days. If delayed the molds will proliferate very fast and my cause you to lose even more infected items.