What to Do with Unwanted Water in Your Nashville Home! Simple, Call SERVPRO for Removal and Drying

9/21/2018 (Permalink)

Nashville's Water Damage Team Explains How Dehumidifiers Work

Problems with water occur across the country a lot more frequently than you would ever realize and even your home in Nashville is at risk. The second most regularly filed insurance claims in the U.S. are water damage claims. There are several ways that water can negatively affect your house including pipe breaks and broken appliances. If a water pipe running through your building gets only an eighth inch crack in the pipe, approximately 250 gallons of water per day or over ten gallons per hour can flow into your dwelling. Excessive moisture can also cause numerous other issues with a structure, which means that about 20% of all insurance claims filed are related to water damage of some kind.
 
Once a pipe breaks, calling in a professional mitigation team like SERVPRO is essential to reduce the severity of the issues. Once a mishap happens to your home in Nashville, the water damage can get worse and worse the longer it sits there without being treated. After 48 hours, moisture can cause mold to start forming, making the overall situation much more severe. Therefore, our team tries the best we can to remove moisture within that 48-hour period so that you do not develop fungal problems.
 
Air movers and dehumidifiers can help speed up the natural evaporation and drying process significantly. The air movers keep the wet air moving away from the damp surface so that water will not stop evaporating from the solid material. The dehumidifiers then remove the water from the air and dispense it into your sewage drain in liquid form. The machines then pump out hot, dry air so that the air movers can use it in its circular air flow motion.
 
Refrigerant dehumidifiers LGR's push wet air across cold coils so that the water vapor cools and condenses. Desiccant dehumidifiers pull damp air across a silica gel that absorbs the water molecules. The machine then pushes hot air past the silica so that it removes the water from the silica. If our SERVPRO crew does not set up enough dehumidifiers, then the air movers will push around the wet air and problems can arise in other places meaning that secondary damage could take place. Improper placement and use of dehus can actually result in "indoor rain." If there are too many dehumidifiers compared to air movers, then the drying process may not be as fast as it could be.
 
If you ever find yourself in need of filing a water-related insurance claim, call SERVPRO of Madison / Goodlettsville at (615) 868-5324 24 hours a day for help with the recovery of your property.

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