Water Damage | What Causes And Its Effects

Water damage includes any sort of destruction or loss caused by excessive water intrusion. It can be instantaneous, fast and destructive such as flooding or maybe slow such as damaging surfaces by water spots, rotting of wood, rusting of iron, the growth of molds and delaminating of some surfaces. You have to know that destruction and damage become more serious if the water is contaminated, unsanitary and delay in restoration services.

There are thousands of causes of water damage. It occurs when a large amount of water accumulates in the area where it should not in a normal situation. Floods, melting of snow and heavy rain are the reasons for sudden and catastrophic water damage. The excessive water in any area can lead to further damages including accumulation of water in basement areas, destruction of homes and offices.

If the water damage is not frequently and properly treated, the effects of it could be serious and threatening to health. The immediate water damage includes soaking of furniture, electric appliances, and other items. If not quickly treated and restored, long term and damaging effects will be obvious. It can cause corrosion of steel and iron and rot of wood and furniture.

• Mold growth

After any water damage, it takes only one to two days for molds to grow and spread on items that contain moisture or wet. It can embed in the fine mesh of carpets, rugs, clothing and even walls. The molds are highly toxic entities causing harmful and toxic effects on health and many breathing and allergic conditions to sensitive persons.

• Damaged electrical appliances and wiring

Whatever the reason and severity of water damage, you must turn off the electrical appliances and power source to avoid the explosion. If the wiring is damaged during water damage, the risk of electric shock and explosion will be higher. There must be a need for rewiring and installing new appliances if necessary to get back to a normal routine. This type of damage can leave you devoid of house utilities for a longer time. Even a small leakage of water in the basement can lead to destructive damage to your house appliances.

To avoid long term effects, it is important to hire a professional team for complete restoration of flooded basement damage. If the home or office withstands water damage, it must be clean immediately without any delay to save your furniture, rugs, carpets and other belongings from soaking up in unsanitary water. Timely clean up will also prevent you from pathogenic and harmful molds.

IBX Services as professional water damage restoration services offer complete cleanup of the property and removal of all the damaged items. We use some steps adopted by the team to complete the restoration process.

• Inspection
• Water removal
• Drying
• Cleaning
• Restoration

IBX Services is always ready to help you. Feel free to call us at +1-416-252-5959!