Water Damage Restoration
If you have water damage in your home or business, Bio Clean 911 experts will protect your property and possessions, minimize the damage and reduce restoration costs. Bio Clean 911 will remove all water, dry the structure and personal items, and put your property back to its pre-loss condition. We work directly with your insurance company to quickly clean up any and all water damage.
By responding to water damage and high moisture quickly, Bio Clean prevents the growth of mold and other harmful and dangerous contaminants. Whenever you are dealing with the devastating effects of water damage, immediate action is of the utmost importance. Bio Clean 911 will have a team of certified water restoration technicians onsite quickly to immediately access the situation and take immediate action in order to limit the damage.
Water Damage Restoration Process
1. Ensuring Safety
Water damage to a home can be the result of a handful of causes: flooding, broken pipes, groundwater rise, malfunctioning appliances, fire (water from firefighters), etc. Whatever the cause, it is important to ensure the safety of you and your family, here are common safety water hazards.
- Electrical hazard: if not turned off immediately, electricity can kill or seriously harm anyone contacting water;
- Structural Integrity Risks: the risk that a ceiling can collapse under the weight of water.
- Bacterial & Microbial Hazard: there is a serious risk of contamination in the case of category 3 water damage and flooding.
2. Contact with Water Repair Professionals
After the most important concern – your family’s safety is addressed, call Bio Clean 911 to dispatch water restoration technicians immediately. We can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a single phone call to 1-800-530-1541. We pride ourselves in having one of the best response times in the industry and can usually be onsite (within the St. Louis area) in under 60 minutes.
3. Tackling Water Source and Planning Mitigation
Once our technicians arrive onsite, we will identify the source of the water and shut it off to prevent further damage. Then, our water mitigation professionals will inspect the damage and devise a restoration protocol depending on the class (severity) and type of water damage you have:
- Category 1: “white” clean water;
- Category 2: “grey” water with a significant degree of contaminants, or
- Category 3: grossly unsanitary “black” water
4. Contents Cleaning
The next step is moving the contents of your home or business to an undamaged area or out of the dwelling entirely. This will help save the items and make them easier to restore. At the same time, it will provide the necessary access to the premises for fast and efficient water restoration work. We document each and every piece of your possessions.
5. Water Removal and Drying
The water removal begins with the extraction of the water with the use of extraction machines that remove the vast majority of the water. Once the extraction process is complete, the drying and dehumidification phase begins. Our water damage mitigation experts will monitor the progress of drying using moisture meters and hygrometers.
Bio Clean 911 uses state of the art equipment including an array of industrial dehumidifiers, and containment set up to properly dry only the affected parts of your home.
5. Cleaning and Repairs
Once the structure has been properly and thoroughly dried, it will be cleaned, deodorized, and sanitized (a necessary step in case of ‘gray” and “black” water damage). When the premises are fully clean, we start restoring your home or business to its pre-loss condition. Bio Clean 911 employees a team of carpenters that can rebuild your home from the ground up if necessary. This allows us to tackle not only minor issues but also full-scale renovation needs. We repair:
- Walls, ceilings, framing, and trim work
- Doors, windows, and cabinets
- Flooring (carpet, wood, stone, marble, etc.)
- Joist systems and support beams
- Hard to reach areas (cracks, weld joints, etc.)
- Any surface (wood, brick, concrete, metal, etc.)
What Is Water Damage
Water often damages a home far worse than homeowners ever believe. Water will be absorbed by the wood and begin to warp and expand the wood damaging the flooring and structure. As the wood expands it can also start damaging other items, such as the drywall, cabinets, and cabinets. Structure damage is one thing, but water also causes mold growth. Water is one of the key ingredients needed for mold to grow. The longer you let water sit, the more damage water can cause.
