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If You’ve Suffered Flood Damage, You Need Quality Water Damage Restoration in Vancouver

Flooding damage can happen to a home or business from many sources, ranging from natural disasters to burst water pipes.  However, it occurs, one thing is for certain:  the physical removal of standing water is only the first step in the damage-control process.  To truly restore your property, you need a water extraction service capable of rapid thorough cleanup.

Without finding a company capable of providing the water damage restoration in Vancouver you need, you could be facing a host of new problems.

Three Reasons Water Extraction Services Are Needed After Flood Damage

1 – Removing any immediate contamination

How clean was the water which flooded your property?  If it came from an incoming water pipe, you’re probably OK – but if it’s from any other source, it could easily be contaminated by harmful microorganisms, chemicals, or other hazards.  Worst of all would be flooding due to a burst sewage pipe, which could make everything it touches extremely dangerous.

Services providing water damage restoration in Vancouver can help sterilize your property and remove any dangerous elements.

2 – Preventing long-term mold and mildew.

Another major danger from flood damage doesn’t come immediately, but rather in the weeks afterward: mold and mildew.  Any parts of your property which are allowed to remain soaked will become havens for mold and mildew.  Many forms, such as black mold, are extremely dangerous and can even render a building uninhabitable.

A mold infestation is extremely difficult to remove once it takes hold.  Water extraction services can ensure this doesn’t happen.

3 – Understanding the full extent of the damage done.

Flood damage can be extremely subtle, in that it can create problems which take a while to notice.  Small cracks in a basement foundation, or weakened support beams, could go overlooked during the immediate aftermath of the flooding – then grow into larger problems over time.

A good water remediation service will go over your property with the proverbial fine-toothed comb, examining everything affected by the water and evaluating the extent of the damage done.  They’ll spot these subtler problems and warn you so that you can take action.

Recently Flooded?  Get the Water Damage Restoration In Vancouver You Need!

Since 1923, Malkin Restoration has been relied on by generation after generation of Vancouverites to clean up their properties after flooding or fire.  If you’ve had damage, don’t wait!  Contact us for an appointment.