Water Damage Restoration in Melbourne, FL
Fay dropped 27.65 inches on north Melbourne.
Parts of the city sat in it for days.
Water in a Melbourne home soaks into the slab, climbs the block and sits behind the drywall while the room looks dry. We answer the phone 24/7, pull the water out, dry the structure with commercial equipment and seal where it got in.
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What does water damage restoration involve?
Water damage restoration involves pumping out standing water, cutting out soaked drywall and carpet pad, running dehumidifiers and air movers until meter readings show the walls and slab are dry, then putting the room back together. A complete job also finds and fixes where the water came in.
Water Damage in Melbourne
What Fay taught Melbourne about standing water
Tropical Storm Fay stalled over Brevard County in August 2008 and dropped 27.65 inches of rain on north Melbourne, according to the National Weather Service office in Melbourne. On August 20 alone the city took 18.21 inches, a one-day record. Off John Rodes Boulevard, the Lamplighter Village community sat in close to five feet of water. Afterward the county drew up plans for five 48-inch drainage pipes under the highway near Eau Gallie Boulevard to give that water somewhere to go.
After a flood, the street drains long before the house does. Water that sat against the walls for a day has soaked into the slab and the bottom courses of block. The drywall fastened over them can feel dry at the surface while the back of it stays wet for weeks. Drying a Melbourne house properly means reading the moisture inside those walls and running equipment until the numbers come down.
Flat Ground That Drains Slowly
West of US-1, much of Melbourne, West Melbourne and Palm Bay is flat. Runoff there depends on retention ponds, ditches and creeks such as Crane Creek and Turkey Creek. When a long rain fills them, yards and streets have nowhere left to shed water, so it sits against the slabs until the system catches up.
Old Drain Lines Under the Slab
Homes from Melbourne's 1960s building boom often still have their original cast iron drain lines under the slab. Those pipes corrode from the inside. A drain that cracks under a bathroom feeds water into the slab and the base of the walls for weeks before anyone sees a damp floor.
Our Process
How we handle water damage in Melbourne
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Call Any Hour
Call 888-603-MOLD at any hour and a person answers. We tell you where to shut off the water and what to move, then schedule the crew.
Our guide on preventing mold after a flood covers what to do in the first two days.
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Extract
We pump out standing water and pull up soaked carpet and pad. Getting the bulk of the water out first shortens the drying that follows.
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Open the Walls
We cut the drywall above the water line and take out wet insulation and baseboards. That lets the block and the slab edge behind them dry.
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Dry to a Logged Standard
Dehumidifiers and air movers run until meter readings in the walls and slab reach a dry standard. We log every reading, which gives your insurer a record.
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Seal the Way In
If the water came through the foundation, we waterproof the block before the walls close up. If a pipe or an appliance failed, we tell you exactly what broke.
Our mold work runs under Florida mold remediator license MRSR5565. Our foundation waterproofing carries a lifetime warranty against water coming through the section we treat.
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