What to do When Water Damage Affects the Ceiling in Your Bloomingdale Home

8/7/2023 (Permalink)

SERVPRO water damage restoration experts were called in to assess, and restore, a badly damaged ceiling in Tampa home.

Water Restoration After Ceiling Leaks Must Get Handled Quickly to Preserve Building Materials in Bloomingdale Homes. 

Ceiling leaks do not always immediately present themselves, allowing for degradation of exposed building materials over time while the moisture works its way to the surface of the ceiling drywall below. Our SERVPRO professionals have mitigation and restoration strategies to help every step of the way. 

Water Removal Services and Mitigation

Among the chief steps of water restoration in Bloomingdale homes are mitigation and emergency services. Leading efforts in this stage of the recovery process are water removal services that employ pumps, vacuums, and specialty drying tools to pull standing water from flooring below the leaking portion of the ceiling. 

Controlled Demolition and Broken Plumbing

With a general contractor license, our professionals can simultaneously manage multiple threats to the structure, beginning with controlled demolition of damaged ceiling materials. Accessing the plumbing breach is critical to restoring utility service as soon as possible. Our personnel can also remove and replace damaged portions of plumbing to bring the water lines back to their normal pressure and function fast. 

Thorough Drying and Moisture Monitoring

Drying any property after water damage can be a big undertaking, one that includes several unique evaporative drying tools from our inventory. With structural cavities exposed where the plumbing was repaired, moist materials can be more easily accessed with centrifugal air movers and dehumidification equipment. To track the progress of these drying tools, we rely on monitoring equipment like:

• Thermal imagery
• Surface moisture meters
• Hygrometers

Ceiling leaks can develop without direct knowledge of the property owners, persisting for some time before surfacing on the lower living space of the house. When you need a combination of effective restoration and reconstruction, our SERVPRO of Central Bloomingdale, Fish Hawk team can help. Give us a call today at (813) 460-0204.