Water Damage from Spring Time Activities Can Lead to Moldy Areas in Your Wetumpka House

4/26/2018 (Permalink)

Kids and pets can carry water from outdoors into your home, leading to minor water damage that can easily develop into mold damage.

Rely on SERVPRO to Restore Your Home after Water Damage Leaves Mold Damage in Your Home

Spring is here in Wetumpka, and many people want to enjoy the warm weather. Taking the children, pets, or yourself out to parks and nearby wooded areas often mean at least a bit of time near a lake or stream. When the family dog enjoys swimming, or the kids want to wade in the water, pets and clothing often end up wet.

Bringing everyone home after a fun day outdoors around Wetumpka can mean water from the lake gets deposited on sofas or carpets, or inside laundry hampers, leading to water damage. Pets can spread water to their bedding, near their food bowls, and anywhere else they venture. Even though this damage remains small and isolated, it can lead to mold damage.

The water from natural bodies of water often contain microbes ready to do damage once they come inside your home. We at SERVPRO also love being outside and know that the fun found there can help bond families together. However, water damage and moldy conditions can help create stress when homeowners worry about the safety of their home. We can help keep any health effects of mold minimized by remediating the problem.

Before addressing the mold, however, we must eliminate the moisture and humidity caused by the water brought into your home. Our extraction equipment comes in many sizes, from flood-water removal pumps to desiccant machines that dry the air. Once the air's humidity levels return to normal, we can begin using our air scrubbers and other mold-extraction equipment to perform professional mold remediation services in your home. The elimination of moisture keeps water damage from developing while keeping conditions too dry for mold and other microbes to grow.

SERVPRO of Prattville wants to help your family avoid any of the health effects mold presents while protecting your home from the possibility of water damage. Contact us at (334) 358-1186 if you live in or near the Tallassee, Elmore, or Autaugaville communities so we can help restore your home to pre-disaster condition.  

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