Setting Drying Goals for San Jose Water Damage

4/3/2023 (Permalink)

We have state-of-the-art equipment necessary to dry water damage in your San Jose home. Call us right away to prevent further damage.

SERVPRO's Efficient Water Removal Mitigates Damage in San Jose

With more than a million residents in San Jose alone, water emergencies happen every day. We are a growing team of restoration professionals certified in water restoration and applied structural drying through the IICRC. We are equipped to help mitigate loss through direct action when disasters strike.

•   Limiting the spread of water
•   Eliminating surface water concerns
•   Protecting wet contents
•   Reducing structural damage

We understand that an urgent response to San Jose water damage can make a difference. Getting mitigation actions started rapidly can ensure that restoration takes less time and ultimately costs the customer less. We keep trailers and production vehicles stocked with extractors, drying equipment, and cleaning products to get mitigative actions started at the first notice of loss.

Thorough Water Damage Estimations

Before much of the restoration work can begin in the household, we must determine the scope of the recovery necessary. Our production manager can meet with the customer to decide on their specific priorities for cleanup and the pre-existing conditions and evaluate the state of contents and personal belongings. Early assessments can provide a detailed plan of restoration to come.

Water Removal Services

Extraction is the approach to resolve pooling on the house floors and reduce the saturation into semi-porous flooring like hardwoods or highly permeable installations like carpeting and padding. Water removal services incorporate several types of extraction units like:

• Submersible Pumps – These machines are best for eliminating standing water damage more significant than a few inches in depth. Electrical and gas-powered units are available, each providing powerful discharging of standing water outside the property.
• Wet Vacuums – If pumps are needed, wet vacuums will likely be. These manage smaller depths of water that are insufficient to maintain prime on submersible units. They are portable, making them ideal for multi-story structures common in the city.
• Specialty Extractors – Units like weighted extractors force trapped moisture out of carpeted floors to prevent unnecessary tear-out.

Surface Drying Goals

Drying water damage involves an extensive assortment of tools and equipment. The process involves a carefully crafted temperature, airflow, and humidity balance to achieve optimal evaporation and moisture removal. Continually monitoring the progress of individual elements allows the team to change conditions like the frequency and placement of air movers to ensure continued high production.

Reducing Humidity Concerns

Moisture content in the environment can slow the drying process. If the air saturation becomes high enough, the drying could stall entirely. We implement several strategies, mostly with powerful dehumidification units, to help humidity below the desired saturation threshold. Processes that help include:

• Condensation – Low-grain refrigerant dehumidifiers pull moist air across cold coils in the machine, causing condensation that can be collected and removed.
• Absorption – Blowers force moist air through a desiccant dehumidifier and a wheel lined with airways and silica gel inside absorbs the moisture and exhausts dry air. 
• Ventilation – Proper ventilation can also help remove and regulate moisture content by venting damp air outside.

Returning Contents After Restoration

Protecting the contents of your home is a vital element of mitigation, but the same care and consideration must go into returning these items where they belong in the house. We do a final inspection of each room's contents for damage before moving them back to their original positions based on our photographic record and customer input.

San Jose water damage happens every day, so our SERVPRO of NE San Jose team must stay prepared for emergency service calls to help. Our talented roster keeps the Green Fleet of vehicles and equipment ready to mobilize 24/7. Call us when disasters strike at (408) 834-7663.