Bartlett Water Damage Restoration
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Is your home or business flooded? Is there mold starting to grow on the walls? Are you looking for an advanced, reliable and professional Water Damage Restoration, Fire Damage Restoration and Mold Remediation company ?
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With experience since 1994, our highly trained technitions have the most modern tools available for them to help from Sewer Damage Cleanup to Fire Restoration.
Our Water Removal team will be your one stop company for all your water, sewage damage cleanup, fire damage restoration and Mold Removal needs.
In addition to our water damage restoration services, we also provide extensive Document Drying for those important documents like insurance contracts, guarantees, birth and death documents, wills, social security cards, books to magnetic and micrographic media.
You can reach us at 1-800-222-6815 if you are having any water, sewage, smoke damage, or mold problems!
Preventing Water Damage in Your Bathroom
The bathroom is the most likely area for water damage to occur. A whopping 75% of all household water use occurs in the bathroom. Knowing ways to prevent water damage in your bathroom can help you keep structural maintenance costs at a minimum.
Maintain toilets
The toilet, with your aid, consumes a monstrous 40% of household water use. If you haven’t installed one of those water-conserving toilets yet, you could be flushing down six gallons of water each time you use the toilet, or your toilet could potentially leak six gallons and more if it is damaged.
Make sure the toilet tank doesn’t have any cracks. Replace a cracked tank even if it hasn’t fallen apart yet. Water slowly seeps through the cracks and contributes to the humidity in the air aiding water damage.
The toilet’s tank is fed water through a water pipe. Don’t be lenient and allow dripping to occur no matter how slight. Inside, a rubber flapper regulates water flow during the flushing process. The rubber flapper in the tank should be replaced every two to three years especially when your hand turns black when you touch it.
The base of the toilet is sealed to the toilet floor using a special waterproof sealant. If the sealant doesn’t work anymore, dirty toilet water will leak from the base of the toilet and onto your floor-- or worse, onto your ceiling.
Keep showers and faucets free from drip
Fix any faucets and showers that do not close tight. Dripping can yield gallons of water which will evaporate in the bathroom making it a dank area perfect for the growth of household molds. Dealing with drippy water sources as soon as possible will also save you a lot of money.
Repair leaky plumbing
Because plumbing pipes are behind the wall and hidden from view, leaks can be hard to detect. However, if there is a leak within the wall, the wall will become stained and moist to the touch. You might also hear leaking or water movement. If this happens, go to a professional immediately. If untreated, a leak within your wall can cause extensive water damage to your home.
Dry the bathroom floor
To prevent bathroom floor damage, always dry your bathroom floors. Repair tile grouting if you see it weathering off. As long as there are no leaks from the toilet, sink, bathtub, or plumbing, your bathroom floor should be fine.
If the floor in your bathroom is caving in or feels soft, this could indicate a serious problem. It means that the structure holding your floor up has sustained damage causing it to weaken and cave in. Have it examined straight away.
Drain the bathtub
Make sure your bathtub drainage is not leaking. The mouth of the drain should be sealed at the edges. If the drain opening is coming off, replace it with a new one as soon as you can. This will prevent water from escaping from the drain and seeping to the floor.
After taking a bath, drain your bathtub immediately. The longer you keep water in the tub, the more likely it is to leak if your drain is faulty. Also, it keeps the bathroom moist – something you should avoid to prevent water damage.
Use an exhaust fan
When taking a shower or bath, turn on the exhaust fan if present. Install your exhaust fan so it blows air outside of the house, not into some other part of your home. The exhaust fan helps keep the bathroom ventilated and dry – an added protection against water damage.
