Selecting A Restoration Services Company

By Author: Kathryn Barnes
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When natural calamities or other damaging conditions happen to your home, you may wish to employ a company that specializes in disaster restoration services. NC residents, and others around the country, have several options to choose from. To choose a company from all those available can be a daunting task. However, it is easy if you analyze the condition of your home after the incident and review the services each company provides. The best way to lower your stress level during this difficult period is to hire a full service company that can take care of the situation completely.

If your home suffered a fire, you will wish to ask each company about their success rate with fire and water damage repair. In terms of fire damage, the company should offer services such as emergency securing, or the temporary restructuring of the household structure to prevent further collapse, and emergency packing, which involves the storage and relocation of household contents when the structure becomes inhabitable. Does the company also offer contents cleaning? This covers clothes, televisions, ...
... wooden furniture, upholstered furniture, appliances, electronic devices, and dry-clean-only items. What about upholstering and refinishing? In the case of damaged wooden furniture this service can restore and repair your furniture to its original condition. If you have damaged appliances and electronics, is the company you are considering able to repair those damaged items? In the case of severe household damage, choose a company that also offers burnt damage removal, area and structure cleaning, deodorization with the use of encapsulation and ozone generators. Depending on the structural damage, you may need a remediation company that can also do residential and commercial construction. There are companies that offer all of these services as well as storage of the contents of your home while the repairs are being completed.

In the case of bathroom leaks, tornado damage, toilet overflows, shower leaks, sink leaks, roof leaks, sprinkler system malfunctions, pipe leaks, and door or window leaks, you will need a company that specializes in water damage remediation. Such companies offer services to determine the source of the leaks using hydrometers, thermal imaging cameras, and moisture detection meters. By detecting the source of water leaks they can work to contaminate the damage. Annual moisture detection surveys should also be a service the company you choose can provide. This will help to document and monitor the progress of the moisture elimination methods used. A company skilled in water damage repairs will offer services to dry affected areas. Such services include air movement, which uses air movers to quickly evaporate even hard-to-reach areas, dehumidification, which uses a desiccant dehumidifier unit and a refrigerant to remove moisture, and heat drying, which uses self-contained gas heating systems to facilitate evaporation of affected areas.
Lastly, if your home has suffered any damage due to mold and mildew outbreaks inside the house, you will need to analyze the various certified mold remediation companies available. Look at the services each company has to offer. The range of services available for such instances includes the detection of the contamination areas, containment set-ups to isolate the affected areas, establishment of negative pressure on the areas, removal and cleaning of contaminated building materials, and cleansing of affected surfaces. The company should also conduct post remediation verification routines to track and note the progression of the methods and services.