If Foul Odors Remain After A Water Damage Incident In Your Falmouth Home Call Our Crew For Help

7/29/2019 (Permalink)

When water damage strikes, contact SERVPRO of Upper Cape Cod and The Islands at (508) 888-5985.

Fighting Odor After Water Damage In Falmouth Home

Water damage happens in so many ways, but they all have one thing in common: they are unexpected. After cleanup of a water loss, foul odors have the potential to linger.

When SERVPRO tackles water damage in Falmouth homes, our team members have certifications as Water Damage Technicians. They use state-of-the-art moisture detection equipment to ascertain precisely where the water migrated within the home. Whether it was a supply line break in a kitchen with a localized water spill affecting the cabinets and subfloor or a flood in multiple rooms from a water tank seal breach, we have different types of extraction equipment to handle the various porous surfaces such as carpet and upholstered furnishings.

Once our technicians extract the water and clean the restorable things, we dry the property. To facilitate airflow, it is occasionally necessary to drill drainage facilitators known as weep holes in sheetrock. If our technicians performed any controlled demolition techniques during clean up efforts, we have a General Contractor License and can do any reconstruction necessary to return the home to its preloss condition.

After drying, there are sometimes lingering water odors left behind. These musty scents do not go away on their own. Some methods used by our certified Odor Control Technicians include:

    •    Injection: Our technicians inject a deodorizing solution into porous items such as carpeting or upholstery, ideal for spot treatments.
    •    Ultra-low-volume-fogging: A method that uses a heated deodorizing agent that effectively neutralizes deeply embedded odors.
    •    Disinfection: Hand cleaning with our EPA-registered antibacterial and antimicrobial cleaners assist with reducing odors on surfaces.
    •    Pellets: These time-release gel pellets work to overtake water odors.

It's not unusual for a technician to apply multiple methods as water odors have the potential to emanate from numerous sources ranging such as bacteria or mold. We treat until the smell is gone.

When water damage strikes, contact SERVPRO of Upper Cape Cod and The Islands at (508) 888-5985. Our certified specialists are available 24/7, and since we are local, we arrive soon after your initial call because We’re Faster to Any Size Disaster.

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