Water Mitigation Strategies for Eagan Household Contents

Enhance On-Site Water Extraction While Saving Possessions 

Flooding, leaks, or appliance malfunctions do not damage only your home's structural components and building materials in Eagan. Water mitigation efforts must also protect household goods, furnishings, and personal property. Failure to address damage to contents results in significant increases in recovery costs and long-term disruption to your living circumstances. 

Sadly, many items with sentimental and familial value will ultimately deteriorate and risk disposal unless removed and evaluated for restoration. Structural and building material strategies slow down and become less effective when technicians must work around or move wet contents. Sodden contents also raise the relative humidity inside your home.

Risks to Household Contents without Water Mitigation

Removing the items from standing water and high humidity is necessary to halt progressive deterioration from liquid and absorbed moisture. It is not enough to store contents away from the spaces affected by the leaks and flooding while still in or near the house. The potential for rain, snow, high winds, and temperature extremes ranging from below zero to the high 90s at different times in Minnesota demands a safe, secure, and climate-controlled landing place for your water-soaked household possessions elsewhere.

Residential Content Water Mitigation Pack-Out

Fortunately for Eagan residents, the IICRC-certified crews at Lightspeed Restoration of Twin Cities East Metro organize reliable transport from a water-damaged home to an environment where experts can appropriately evaluate and store vulnerable property. During contents pack-out, workers collect clothing, documents, books, pictures, textiles, dishes, furniture, rugs, knick-knacks, toys, lighting, electronics, and more, documenting and securing objects as follows:

• Workers box and label smaller and loose items.

• Tags, labels, and digital photography identify larger and oddly shaped items. 

• Lightspeed creates a master inventory for all articles in the pack-out, permitting tracing of each piece of property throughout the process.

Services Provided for Property Packed-Out

Contents Processing Technicians (CPT) professionals at Lightspeed's production facility examine and assess the boxed and well-inventoried items brought from your home and clean, dry, and restore many belongings. Meticulous records ensure your insurance carrier is aware of the expectations for and costs of water mitigation interventions, protecting you from as much out-of-pocket loss as possible. Various strategies bring contents back to their previous appearance and function, such as:

• Specialized cleaning equipment pulls contaminated water from upholstery and floor and window coverings.

• Immersion and ultrasonic tanks dislodge mud and dirt from non-porous items.

• Industrial laundry machines remove soiling and other contaminants from clothing and textiles, followed by drying techniques appropriate to the materials.

• Contained pods accelerate drying, facilitating air movement, heat adjustments, and dehumidification.

• Niche interventions, such as freeze drying and sublimation for wet papers, pictures, and books or drying chambers for electronics, mitigate water damage to these delicate materials. 

Count on Lightspeed Restoration of Twin Cities East Metro for residential water mitigation in Eagan. Call us at (651) 459-2662 to explore your contents and structural water recovery options.