Phases of Drywall Recovery in Water-Damaged Matteson Homes

11/5/2019 (Permalink)

Let SERVPRO help you through all phases of your Matteson water damage.

We will get you past the water, especially when it comes to your Matteson home.

Protecting construction materials in your Matteson home after a water loss incident requires a keen understanding of the migration of damage and how to best protect the majority of exposed materials. Drywall is particularly susceptible to water damage or flooding, as the porosity of the material allows for almost immediate penetration. Despite the fast response of our professional restorers, protecting drywall might not always be feasible or in the best interest of the homeowner.

To best protect structural elements in your house, often the best solution involves both flood cuts and repairing walls in a Matteson property. Once the drywall has become exposed to standing water from flooding or substantial flood loss, it can begin to distort and deteriorate within 24 hours. Our SERVPRO team has a full division of licensed contractors that can work alongside our mitigation efforts to offer real-time protection for your home’s construction materials like sheetrock and paneling.

Controlled demolition is a tactic used by our qualified contractors that can remove only the portions of drywall too severely damaged to restore. Flood cuts, as the case usually becomes with this wallboard, involves removing saturated portions of material from the baseboard up the wall until a dry area gets reached. The use of moisture meters and thermal imagery can determine the precise dryline our SERVPRO team can mark. Once removed, our team can access the structural cavities with drying tools like our low-profile air movers, to prevent further demolition.

Because the drywall gets removed in portions rather than entire sheets, the reinstallation of these materials can happen faster and at a reduced price. Efficiency saves our customers in more than just their wallets and helps them get back to preloss conditions and comfortable living in their house after a flood or water loss incident much more quickly.

Flood cuts are a critical element to reducing more considerable losses throughout your home. No matter what caused the damage, you can count on the expertise of our SERVPRO of Matteson-Homewood restorers to make it “Like it never even happened.” Give us a call today at (708) 747-9925.

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