WATER DAMAGE AFTER FIRE  

Sarasota, Bradenton, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Charlotte County

Time is Critical.  After water has been used to extinguish a fire in your home or business, the moisture that remains in your structure can cause as much damage as the actual blaze did.  If you have had a building fire that was extinguished with water, follow these instructions:

Get the water and moisture out of your structure immediately.  Often, after people have gone through the anguish and stress of a fire in their home or business, they fail to act quickly to address the damage left behind.  The water damage caused by moisture sprayed throughout the interior of your structure, if not addressed immediately, includes:

• Breakdown of your structure, including drywall, baseboards, cabinets and furnishings.
• The growth of mold in your home or business.  In some cases, the process of mold remediation can be as costly as the damage caused by the fire.

Ideally, you should begin to extract all water and moisture from the building within 12 hours of the fire being doused with water.  Physical water visible in puddles on floor areas is not the only moisture that must be extracted.  All water and moisture in carpets, flooring, drywall, furniture, within walls and the structure, must all be dried out and eliminated.  Failure to eliminate all remaining moisture is the cause of mold growth, which can have harmful side affects of people living and working in your building.

Quickly engaging a professional water extraction team can save you significant money by saving you from the need to remove and replace drywall, cabinets, carpets and furnishings.  The Water Damage Experts at Air Movers can be on your property within one hour of your call to us.  Our local and family owned business is on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  We promptly service all of Tampa Bay and Sarasota.