We Discuss How To Clean Your Concrete Basement Flooring After A Water Damage Incident In Lakewood

11/17/2019 (Permalink)

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Cleaning Concrete Basement Flooring After Lakewood Water Damage

Concrete flooring common to Lakewood basements can be a challenge to dry and clean. As concrete is considered to be a ‘low evaporative material,’ all drying processes should be expected to be more complex and difficult to accomplish. While water does not easily damage concrete surfaces, failure to dry out this region can lead to persistent moisture concerns in the basement of your house. Cleaning up the concrete to prevent staining or residual films after water loss incidents should happen as soon as drying has gotten primarily under control.
 
Water cleanup for Lakewood homes, especially on concrete flooring in the basement level, must happen as quickly as possible. Like every affected material, prolonged water loss exposure can lead to worsening conditions like the facilitation of mold growth. Drying up a concrete slab requires the use of temperature regulating equipment and specialty drying equipment. In some situations, drying specific types of concrete flooring can leave a chalky calcium deposit along the walking surface that must get cleaned after drying has neared completion.
 
Pressure washing is a method that can get used for cleaning off smaller areas of damaged concrete, but this also can potentially cause problems. As powerful as these units can be, lengthy cleaning processes can leave excess water and moisture in the same problem areas you have just dried. Our SERVPRO team can closely monitor the penetration of newly introduced water to prevent overexposure.
 
Most often, wet cleaning is the standard approach for clearing off lingering deposits, and also addressing potential microbes or fungal colonies. For these scrubbing processes, our SERVPRO cleaning professionals can introduce any one of several potent cleaning products. We can soak cleaning towels in a surface cleaner and scrub away dirt, sediment, microbes, and effervescence.
 
As challenging as cleaning surfaces like concrete might be in the less adequately ventilated basement of your home, our SERVPRO of Jamestown / Olean team can help. We have experience and industry-leading equipment and products that can make these losses “Like it never even happened.” Give our experts a call today at (716) 338-4901.

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