No More Mistakes with Flood Damage Remediation in Ridge

4/14/2022 (Permalink)

When flooding affects your home or business, quick water removal is key to successful results. Contact SERVPRO right away.

Flood Damage Gurus in Ridge Define Chemical Terms Used in the Restoration Industry

The state of New York sits on the east coast, making the region susceptible to being negatively affected by tropical storms coming off of the Atlantic and their after-effects. Many conditions created during thunderstorms can ruin things on your property and cause you extensive flood damage. Once a storm hits your neighborhood and you notice problems, the best idea is to call in a professional restoration company such as SERVPRO.

Mitigating flood damage in Ridge takes the proper know-how and industrially advanced equipment. Our SERVPRO technicians have experience dealing with various types of restoration projects, and we have the appropriate training to put the industry's most advanced technology into use. In addition to the equipment and tools of the trade we have at our disposal, we also use a variety of chemical products during restoration to make sure to transform your house back to the way it was before the storm caused destruction, "Like it never even happened."

When utilizing chemicals to aid us in our restoration efforts, it helps you, the homeowner, to have some basic knowledge of the terminology used when describing chemical products in the industry.

The following is a list of some of the terms our IICRC trained team employs in the mitigation business and what they mean:

• Antimicrobial - Antimicrobials can be defined as "against microbes," and they are used to prevent the development of microorganisms like fungi.
• Disinfectants - These chemical products are antimicrobials that can destroy 99% of organisms they come into contact with, but they may not be useful when attempting to eliminate fungal or bacterial spores.
• Sanitizers - Sanitizers are antimicrobial chemicals designed to bring the level of microorganisms down to a level that is considered acceptable by public health authorities.
• Sterilizers - A sterilizer destroys all microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi spores, but they can only be used on surfaces not made from organic materials.
• -stats - Mildewstats and fungistats prevent the growth of fungi on organic materials but do not necessarily kill them.
• -cides - Biocides are chemical agents that are constructed to kill living organisms. For example, sporicides are made to destroy and control bacterial and fungal reproductive spores.

Knowing all of the proper terms of any trade can be rough, but if you call in our highly trained team of professionals to help you with your restoration project, we can take care of all the technical parts of the process. We can be reached 24 hours a day and seven days a week by calling SERVPRO of Port Jefferson at (631) 476-5300.