The Science Behind the Equipment Used for Flood Water Removal in Loudon

10/7/2019 (Permalink)

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Flood Damage Technicians from Loudon Spell Out Equipment Calculations

Storms that strike the Loudon region can cause water to pour into your home. Whenever building materials get wet on the inside of any structure on your property, it is vital to call in a professional flood damage restoration company such as SERVPRO. Our team knows that time is critical when dealing with your wet building materials and contents. We can arrive promptly and begin mitigation efforts right away.

During most flood damage projects in Loudon, our SERVPRO team utilizes a variety of specialized industrial equipment. For example, we have instruments that test materials inside your house for moisture content. We then have access to extraction equipment that can enable us to remove any water while it is still a liquid. Then, during the drying stage, we can set up a combination of air movers and dehumidifiers to speed up the natural evaporation process and structural drying.

However, to properly utilize all of our advanced technology, our technicians must know a few calculations. We often use standard formulas to figure out how to best use the equipment we set up. We can apply sciences, including psychrometrics, to speed up the drying phase and eliminate the possibilities of mold growth on any of your organic materials.

In some situations, a severe storm can leave standing water inside your structure. When this occurs, our SERVPRO technicians can set up submersible pumps to suck up the water and pump it into one of your sewage drains. To figure out how long pumping the water requires, we determine how much water is present by calculating the cubic footage of the standing water. Since there are 7.48 gallons of water in a cubic foot of liquid, we multiply the cubic footage of water present by 7.48 to get the number of gallons present. Then, we divide it by the pump's gallons per hour rating so that we can figure out how much time pumping water requires.

When determining how many air movers to use in a specific area, our IICRC certified crew uses standard calculations given to us by the certification program. The general rule is that we install one air mover in every affected room. If carpets are wet, we set up one air mover for every 50-70 square feet of the affected area.

Getting the calculations right can help us speed up the overall restoration process. To get help from professionals in the restoration industry, call SERVPRO of Loudon & Roane Counties at (865) 986-3015. We are here to help you return your home to the way it was before the devastation of the storm and make it seem, "Like it never even happened."

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