Planned Tear Outs Facilitate Water Damage Drainage and Drying 

No matter their source, unwanted and unexpected fluids spreading throughout your home in Mauldin demand water damage restoration promptly before structural components, building materials, and contents face irreparable harm. You are already overwhelmed by mess and chaos. When disaster recovery professionals recommend demolition as a strategy, you feel shocked and confused about how drilling holes and cutting through building materials does anything but increase the disruption. Lightspeed Restoration of Greenville commits to walking you through each step of the water damage restoration process, explaining the reasoning behind controlled demolition and how it supports the industry’s best practices.    

Why Suggest Demolition Strategies 

Water that intrudes from roof and storm leaks, pipe ruptures, and appliance breakdowns can hide behind walls, under floors, and above ceilings. Locating and addressing this trapped moisture requires giving our technicians access to drain liquids and dry wet materials. When moisture lurks for more than 24 to 48 hours, mold growth can take hold, and materials can weaken and fail, causing permanent damage to your home’s structure. Careful and strategic demolition based on industry standards developed and taught by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and our team’s experience not only allows us to reach and remove water and hasten evaporation but also leaves our rebuilding division a clean slate to replace and repair damaged materials as a foundation for stable and secure restoration.

Controlled Demolition Techniques

  • Punching weep holes in ceilings following concentric circles from room edges to the center releases overhead water slowly and safely while minimizing collapse.

  • Removing baseboards and cutting or drilling holes near the floor permit draining of water held between walls. The openings created can accept hoses that use negative air pressure to suction lingering fluids and positive air pressure to force warm air inside to dry wet surfaces.

  • Flood cuts between studs of drywall or lath and plaster several inches above the waterline let technicians remove crumbling building materials and direct warmed, dry, and moving air into wet building cavities. Dehumidifiers complete applied structural drying.

Reconstruction and Restoration

Demolition starts the process. Once your residence is dry and secure, Lightspeed shifts its focus to rebuilding. We restore what we removed, which can mean reinstalling the original baseboards and spackling smaller drainage holes. Appropriately measured flood cuts speed up the rehanging and mudding of whole sheets of new drywall that are ready for painting and other refinishing. We work closely with you and your insurance company to ensure proper documentation for claims approval, limiting out-of-pocket expenses.

Give Lightspeed Restoration of Greenville a call at (864) 686-8991 for a professional assessment and collaborative, transparent project planning for Mauldin water damage restoration. Technicians are available 24/7 to transform your residence back to its previous appearance and function through reliable research-based water damage restoration services.

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