Each and every year there are thousands of homeowners that have to deal with the devastation of a flood in their home. These floods might be the result of malfunctioning appliances, plumbing leaks, or excessive rain or snow. No matter what causes your home to flood the results can be extremely devastating. Do you know what you would do if your house flooded? Heart of Texas Chem-Dry helps families get their house back to normal after a flood.

Stop Source of Flood

The first thing that you will need to do is find the source of the flood. As mentioned above the three causes of floods are malfunctioning appliances, plumbing leaks, or excessive rain or snow. Let’s talk about each of these categories.
Malfunctioning Appliances – The most common type of appliance to cause a flood is your water heater. Water heater floods cause millions of dollars in damages each and every year. Other common appliances that can flood your house are your dishwasher, washing machine, and refrigerator. You will want to turn off the water to your home so that you can deal with the appliance. You will need to get the appliance replaced so that you can get your house back to normal as soon as possible.
Plumbing Leaks – Plumbing leaks can happen at any time. They frequently happen with no warning at all. Your plumbing lines can break or crack. When this happens water will leak in the walls and onto the carpets and flooring. You will want to contact someone immediately to help you with that.
Excessive Rain – If you live somewhere that has excessive rain or snow you may experience flooding at some point. When the weather causes flooding there is not much that you can do to stop it. You have to wait until the weather conditions change to begin dealing with the flood.

Water Damage Restoration Process

It does not matter what type of flooding occurs in your home you will have a mess that needs to be dealt with. Heart of Texas Chem-Dry can send out our professional technicians to help you. First we will help you get all of the water out of your carpet. How long it will take to get all of the water out of your carpet depends on how bad the flood was. The more water that got into your home the longer that it will take to dry carpeting out. It is extremely important to get all of the water dried out it can cause mold or mildew to grow. You definitely do not want mold or mildew in your home! Your family can suffer from health problems if mold or mildew are in your home.

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After the water is extracted, dried out properly and your carpet is cleaned and deodorized, you can begin putting your home back together. Remember – Heart of Texas Chem-Dry is here to help you!