Flood Restoration
Tips & Hints
Things you could do before our emergency teams arrive
- Try to find and stop the water intrusion source.
- Try to identify the extent of the water damaged area. You can do this by tracing the pathways of the water to find where the damage has spread.
- Plan and start the clean up by collecting items from the floor. Find a spare room where some of the household/office items may need to be stored temporarily while the restoration is in progress. The basic idea here is to move and protect your personal belongings/documents from water damage.
Don't
- Use your household vacuum to remove water (electrical shock may occur).
- Leave books, magazines or other coloured items on wet carpets or floors as they may stain the carpet.
- Use TVs or other household appliances while standing on wet carpets or floors, especially not on wet concrete floors
- Leave wet fabrics in place; dry as soon as possible
- Turn on ceiling fixtures if ceiling is wet, and keep out of rooms where ceilings are sagging from retained water
- Dont try to DIY as it is usually a expensive misake call the experts
Do
- Make sure an appropriate, licensed service company has been called to eliminate the water source or make necessary repairs as required.
- Turn off circuit breakers supplying electricity to wet areas; unplug and remove any small electrical devices on the wet carpet.
- Remove Oriental rugs or other coloured rugs from wet wall-to-wall carpeting
- Remove valuable paintings and art objects to a safe, dry place.
- Place aluminium foil or wood blocks between furniture legs and wet carpeting
- Hang draperies and pin up furniture skirts to prevent watermarks, dye marks.
- Make plans for restoration crew to move large furniture to specified dry areas, if necessary.
- Gather loose items, toys, etc. from floors
- Call the flood experts Auckland Carpet Steam "n Dry on 09 376 7007
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