Water Damage Repairs Include Demolition Reconstruction

The aftermath of significant water damage causes further despair when repair requirements multiply because of controlled demolition techniques during mitigation and remediation. Partial tear outs can be demoralizing when facing the chaos and disruption of flooding and leaks. Lightspeed of Daytona Beach shares clear explanations for why we target some building materials for removal or substantial alteration during a water disaster restoration project. We also commit to wrapping, rebuilding, and reconstruction of demolished materials into our overall water damage repair plan.

Hidden Water Destroys the Integrity of Your Home

Predicting where water from leaks and flooding will migrate inside a property is impossible. As it drains through cracks and crevices, it remains inside, slowly destroying porous materials. Water might hide in subflooring beneath your feet or pool behind walls, causing warping and deterioration. Fluids contained by ceiling tiles or gypsum boards can threaten to collapse overhead or from every side. Mold spores use hidden moisture to proliferate into colonies that consume organic structures and create airborne respiratory irritants that adversely affect susceptible and allergic occupants.

Controlled Demolition Is Crucial for Water Removal

You cannot relax after standing water “disappears”  from view. Instead, you must partner with the professionals from Lightspeed of Daytona Beach to find and extract liquid water. Our IICRC-trained technicians use sensitive moisture detection and metering tools to locate liquids, including thermal imaging equipment that uses temperature fluctuations to pinpoint hidden water. Controlled partial demolition helps release trapped water by:

  • Punching weep holes in ceilings, working gradually from each side of a room into the center to avoid a sudden and disastrous breakthrough

  • Drilling or cutting holes at the base of walls to encourage drainage where technicians can capture and contain the fluids

  • Removing or lifting portions of flooring to expose caches of water for extraction with wet vacuums or floor mats 

All the above interventions are reversible after fluid removal. Our crew addresses each demolition intervention, filling the holes or cuts and reseating flooring as part of the water damage repairs. 

Opening Building Cavities Accelerates Structural Drying

Wet structures require rapid drying to prevent further deterioration and mold growth. Lightspeed of Daytona Beach speeds evaporation through techniques that allow warmth and air movement to reach the saturated materials, facilitating the vaporization of absorbed liquids. Once airborne, dehumidifiers can capture, condense, or reabsorb the water vapor for disposal. Often, we use flood cuts to obtain access to wet cavities. Flood cuts can seem drastic, with entire sections of drywall or plaster sawn and removed from floor level to several inches above the water line. However, our reconstruction crews successfully installed new drywall over the cutout sections. The water damage repairs are invisible after installation, mudding, sanding, and a coat of paint.

Our professional water damage repairs include rebuilding after controlled demolition. Call Lightspeed Restoration of Daytona Beach at (386) 232-5359 to learn how we manage all aspects of water disaster recovery.

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