Many times in a commercial space you are dealing with high ceilings. Since water tends to be cooler than dry surfaces, using an infrared camera to scope these hard to reach places is the ideal piece of equipment to locate wet surfaces

When a hot water heater blows and the water rushes out from the utility closet into your family room, remember, although the carpet may be wet, the majority of the moisture is in the pad below 

Although there are many projects around the house that a handy Do-It-Yourselfer can attack, there are certain projects better left to your local SERVPRO.

This was a water damage that, unfortunately, turned into a mold remediation project.

When SERVPRO of North Morris County is called out on a water loss, moisture measurements are taken to see just how far the water has migrated, and what structural materials have been affected.

In the particular case, it was necessary to remove only the wall of two adjacent rooms.

Many people assume when a carpet is water damaged, the carpet must be replaced. However, many times when "clean" water has affected a carpet, we can use a technique called "floating" the carpet.

In this scenario, we lift the carpet, remove typically inexpensive padding, and run air underneath. This evaporates the moisture into the air and is removed by an industrial strength dehumidifier.

Whether a wood floor is removed or not has much to do with whether the floor is "crowning" of "buckling".

Typically, the former can be dried out and brought back to salvageable condition. The latter, as in this case, needs to be removed and replaced.