Tips for Performing Commercial Water Damage Restoration in Forbing

2/11/2022 (Permalink)

The key to keeping your Forbing business open following a water damaging event--Call SERVPRO

SERVPRO Can Perform Commercial Water Damage Repair in your Forbing Motel

A fast response is vital when water damage strikes a commercial property like a motel. Every day that your motel (or other commercial structure) remains closed, there is a loss of revenue and productivity. That’s why you need SERVPRO on the job. We can handle the water damage so that you can reopen your doors to your customers sooner.

Performing commercial water damage restoration in your Forbing property requires specialized products, equipment, and strategies. Our SERVPRO technicians know the mechanism of moisture movement and can devise an effective drying plan for the situation in your motel.

Moisture migrates in 4 ways, including:

• Liquid flow – This causes the highest amount of moisture to get into an area within a short time. Examples are large overflowing appliances and a broken main water supply.
• Vapor diffusion – In this situation, moisture moves in a manner that attempts to equalize pressure. Water vapor pressure then causes moisture to move through airspaces. This could be in voids with materials or in a room.
• Air transport – This is where air movement carries the moisture through openings.
• Capillary suction – This is water absorption, and it can happen in wood and concrete.

Our SERVPRO technicians can carefully pre-inspect all aspects of the ruined areas and start to mitigate the loss. We can check floors and walls for standing water and remove it using electrical submersible pumps. We also use penetrating moisture meters to determine the extent of water penetration in floors, carpets, ceilings, and walls. These moisture meters operate on the principle of electrical conductivity by penetrating the materials we are testing. The presence of moisture influences the electrical conductivity of the material between the probes. The moisture meter measures it and displays it on a digital or analog readout.

Our SERVPRO team can also position dehumidifiers in your commercial property so that humid, moist air moves to the units while warm, dry air discharged from the units circulates back to the damp areas. Dry air functions like a sponge by absorbing moisture from wet materials. We try to address the wetness and restoration of the rooms in your motel on a case-by-case basis. Our goal is to restore availability, prevent cancellation of reservations, and keep your business in business.

SERVPRO of South Shreveport is ready to help you recover from commercial water damage. Call us any time at (318) 865-4655.