Restoring Water Damage In Chicago

4/17/2020 (Permalink)

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Why We Use Evaporative Drying Practices for Chicago Homes

Efficiency is the heart of the work that we do for Chicago homes after water loss incidents because we realize how time-sensitive recovery efforts must be to protect more of the construction materials and contents of your residence. Drying your home involves the perfect blend of sciences like temperature, humidity, and airflow to achieve the maximum evaporation of water in saturated materials and structural elements.

Evaporation has always been a staple of restoring water damage in Chicago homes and has become a centerpiece of recovery efforts when migrating water must get addressed behind surface materials or beyond the immediate rooms where the disaster originated. Evaporative drying practices make the management of moisture removal simpler and more readily monitored so that our SERVPRO professionals always have the right information regarding the progress of drying efforts. Successful evaporation involves the union of temperature, airflow, and humidity levels.

Temperature
Especially during the winter months, drying can slow to a crawl when temperatures inside of the residence are not as warm as they could be. To counteract these sometimes-cooler temperatures in the drying zones, our team bring along portable electric heaters to warm both the entire work area as well as specific points on damaged construction materials to bolster evaporation.

Airflow
Moving air is a vital part of drying because evaporating moisture from damp materials forms a cool-air barrier along the surface of the material. By using axial and centrifugal air movers, we can regulate airflow against the damp surfaces to clear this cool-air barrier and allow warmer, drier air to impact the affected material.

Humidity
As you might expect, evaporation can lead to higher moisture content in the damaged environments of your home. Our SERVPRO professionals have multiple dehumidifiers that can pull this moisture from the air and reduce the relative humidity levels in the structure.

Evaporative drying is the fastest and most efficient method our SERVPRO of West Loop / Bucktown / Greektown team uses to remove moisture from materials and contents in the house after a water loss. To make these disasters, “Like it never even happened,” give us a call today at (773) 434-9100.

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