Unexpected Ways We Stop Water Damage in Its Tracks 

Water mitigation techniques are critical first steps to prevent further damage when you face damage to your Brentwood home from flooding, leaks, spillage, appliance malfunctions, or other disasters. Mitigation efforts secure and stabilize spaces by stopping and containing the influx of water, setting the stage for the efficient moisture extraction and structural drying needed to return your home to its previous condition. Obvious techniques for halting water incursion include:

  • Shutting off supply lines.

  • Setting up baffles and barriers (sandbags) to prevent further water spread.

  • Extraction wanding equipment is used to prevent moisture from wicking into dry areas of carpeting.

  • Other water mitigation methods outlined below can surprise homeowners, yet professionals commonly recommend them.

Content Pack-Out as a Water Mitigation Strategy

Homeowners understandably worry most about the destruction of building materials after a water disaster. However, furnishings, household goods, and personal property are not immune to water damage. Furthermore, rooms full of wet contents present significant obstacles to fast and thorough professional water extraction and drying efforts inside your house. LightSpeed Restoration of West Nashville offers content pack-out as one of many Brentwood water mitigation services. A pack-out achieves water mitigation by:

  • Stopping water damage spread from soaked, porous materials that otherwise would drip and seep fluids onto structural surfaces after technicians completed extraction and drying.

  • Preventing persistently high humidity levels as water retained in saturated contents evaporates. Excessive humidity slows structural drying and can expose building materials to progressive deterioration and the risk of mold. 

  • Eliminating the need to constantly move heavy and soaked items so technicians can perform extraction and set up drying perimeters efficiently.

Specific Water Mitigation Needs of Contents

A pack-out also allows expert evaluation of wet contents by LightSpeed Restoration of West Nashville's Contents Processing Technicians (CPT), certified by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). Replacing the contents of a home is prohibitively expensive and can be heartbreaking to homeowners who value their possessions and heirlooms and need access to important paperwork. Fortunately, after our technicians inventory, pack, and transport your contents to our production facility, our CPTs evaluate the items' conditions, planning water mitigation and restoration tactics that:

  • Speedily cease continuing water damage by lifting items out of pooled fluids, permitting air flow to help dry things out.

  • Provide optimum conditions for extracting absorbed fluids and drying through climate-controlled workspaces. Heated and dehumidified air rapidly facilitates evaporation.

  • Temporality pauses the corrosive effects of water on cellulose-based (wood pulp) contents. We store papers, pictures, and documents at sub-zero temperatures in anticipation of freeze-drying using high-pressure vacuum chambers that use sublimation to manage water damage, forcing water to transform from a solid (ice) to a vapor without an intervening liquid phase.

LightSpeed Restoration of West Nashville has a broad range of water mitigation resources needed to stop ongoing damage and prepare your home for remediation and restoration. Call (615) 800-6950 to schedule an assessment and explore water damage recovery options.

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