A Note To Do-It-Yourselfers

12/10/2015 (Permalink)

So your second floor bathroom tub overflows and the water goes from the bathroom to the hallway and, as an added bonus seeps into the unfinished basement below. You quickly mop up what you can and break out a few fans. You think to yourself, "that should take care of it". A day later, you feel the floor with your hand and turn off the fans. Everything is dry... Or is it?

Did you kow that "dry" wood has 10% moisture content or less? Did you know your hand has a moisture content well above 10%. Truth is, without the proper equipment, you cannot really tell when wood or drywall has actually dried completely. Not only that, but that clean bathroom water has picked up contaminants as it passed through the flooring and through the ceiling below in that unfinished basement.

The proper approach includes moisture measurements, the application of an antimicrobial and the type of drying equipment that can sufficiently dry out structural materials. 

To avoid possible complications down the road, your best bet is to hire a professional like SERVPRO of North Morris County.