SERVPRO Restores Water Damage Efficiently in Edgewater Homes

1/13/2025 (Permalink)

After water damage, you can trust that your Edgewater home is in good hands with our experienced technicians at SERVPRO.

Trust SERVPRO® for Water Damage Cleanup of Your Edgewater Home  

A water incident due to burst pipes or ceiling leaks can impact your property's aesthetics and structural integrity. You need professionals like SERVPRO to assess and restore the water damage to your Edgewater property before it can cause such long-term issues.  

SERVPRO’s highly trained technicians understand the science behind water damage to your Edgewater home and use advanced techniques and tools during cleanup. Our techs create ideal drying conditions to speed up the restoration and prevent secondary damage to your property. 

Key Factors for Drying During Water Cleanup  

SERVPRO techs follow the IICRC S500 guidelines during the water restoration of Edgewater homes. We speed up the drying process by managing the following three psychrometric conditions, abbreviated as HAT: 

• Humidity: SERVPRO techs use dehumidifying equipment to lower the humidity level of the drying air. Lowering the humidity decreases the vapor pressure, speeding up the drying rate. 
• Airflow: As a wet material dries, it creates a cool, saturated boundary layer directly above the surface, decreasing the drying rate. SERVPRO techs use air movers to disturb this layer and replace the cool, saturated air with warmer, drier air, increasing evaporation. 

• Temperature: Increasing the drying air temperature increases the energy within the water molecules, increasing the drying rate. SERVPRO techs use portable heating equipment to achieve this. 

Understanding the science behind the drying process allows SERVPRO techs to create an effective drying plan that quickly dries your home and restores it from water damage “like it never even happened.”

Type of Drying Systems We Use During Water Restoration 

Our techs use two types of drying systems to remove moisture from the drying air as fast as possible:

• The open system: It uses outside air to reduce the humidity of the indoor air. SERVPRO techs open doors and windows and use air movers to create continuous ventilation. However, this system is only effective if the humidity of the outside air is lower than the inside air.  

• The close system: Techs control the indoor environment using air movers and dehumidifiers. We establish drying zones and isolate the affected areas. 

Call SERVPRO of Fort Lee today.