How Can I Remove Water from Under Carpet in My Setauket Church?

5/5/2020 (Permalink)

Did water damage affect your church? SERVPRO knows how to remove the water and dry the carpeting.

Our professionals have practical water removal tools and drying equipment for damaged carpets and padding.  

When carpets get wet, especially in structures that are not highly active every day of the week, several detrimental effects can develop. To protect both this flooring from deterioration and the church's congregation from microbial hazards, you should work to address saturated carpeting at discovery. 

How Do I Find the Leak?  

Our SERVPRO team can help you find the leak and utilize several of our useful tools and machines for water removal in your Setauket church. Where the damage originates might not be where you discover the initial signs of saturation, however. Using technologies like thermal imagery and surface moisture meters, we can identify concentrations of moisture even behind wall systems. 

Can Wet Carpet Get Restored?  

Saturation into a layer of carpeting rarely impacts this top material alone. Migrating water can move from the carpet to its padding underneath, and eventually, impact the subflooring if not appropriately handled. Several tools can help to manage both extraction and drying from carpet flooring systems, including: 

• Carpet Wands – These tools are instrumental in powerful suction of water and trapped moisture in both the fibers of the carpet and the padding underneath it. These wands are not standalone tools, so they require the use of separate extractors providing power and suction. 

• Dehumidifiers – Desiccants are a vital element in reducing moisture content in the damp areas of the church. These units exhaust heated, dry air back into the affected areas, meaning that evaporation of moist materials like carpets, pews, and other fixtures can happen more efficiently. 

• Floating – By playing a low-profile centrifugal air mover between the upper and padding layer of carpets, forced blasts of heated air can dry both layers simultaneously. 

Water losses in your church can be costlier if not addressed quickly. Give our SERVPRO of Port Jefferson team a call today at (631) 476-5300. 

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