There are many reasons why you may find your carpet soaking wet. Perhaps an extreme weather event has caused copious amounts of rainfall in a short period of time, thus causing flash flooding, which, unfortunately, is very common. In other cases, you may have had a plumbing failure, which caused large amounts of water to be dumped inside of your home. Once again, this is not an uncommon occurrence. Regardless of the situation, if you’re left with a flood damage restoration in Lee County FL, then you’re going to have to call somebody to take care of the situation as quickly as possible.
One of the reasons why you want to have the situation taken care of quickly is that a wet carpet can create a number of different problems. This can allow water to sit too long in your carpet, and one of the first things you’ll notice is a horrible odor. The moisture can mix in with the dirt and dust that has been trapped in the carpet fibers and, if left to sit, especially in areas where there is no ventilation, it will cause some extremely unpleasant odors to build up within your home or business.
In addition to the odor, you run the possibility of having harmful, if not fatal, types of mold growing on the backing of your carpet, as well is the carpet padding underneath. This type of mold is not only unpleasant, but even for people who are healthy, if it isn’t taking care of, it can cause a number of different health related issues. In some cases, especially with young children and the elderly, if the mold were to develop into toxic mold, this type of mold can actually kill.
Lastly, extracting water from a wet carpet will help you save the carpet. Even if the carpet has been submerged in water, the carpet can be cleaned and professionally dried. You may find that your carpet will survive even the worst flooding incidents.
If you have flood damage restoration in Lee County FL, you need to do something about it immediately. Captain’s Complete Restoration can come out, extract as much water as necessary and begin professionally drying the area in order to avoid odors, mold and avoid you having to spend big money on replacing your carpets.
