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By: Gene Rhodes

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By Gene Rhodes 

When you are dealing with flooding or water damage you need to know that qualified help is on the way, and that your home will get back to normal as fast as possible. Most major insurance carriers will allow the following services on a pre-approved basis with a set dollar limit not to be exceeded until further approval is granted.

Your hotel room is your home away from home, with a few exceptions — hundreds of strangers from every corner of the world have slept there, and the hotel staff may not have the same standards of cleanliness that you do at home. It's nice to have someone fold up your towels and make your bed while you're out exploring the world, but in terms of sanitization, a neatly made bed does not equal a germ-free room.

If your home isn't water tight, this isn't something you can ignore. Beyond the possibility of mold, long-term water damage can cause rot, which can lead to all kinds of expensive repairs to the structure of your home. Water damage can never be 100 percent completely prevented from starting in a home, so think and act ahead and consider these ten areas in your home to watch. The average homeowner is more likely to experience a water damage related loss than nearly any other type of major claim including fire.

Recognize an Ethical Issue

1. Is there something wrong personally, interpersonally, or socially? Could the conflict, the situation, or the decision be damaging to people or to the community?
2. Does the issue go beyond legal or institutional concerns? What does it do to people, who have dignity, rights, and hopes for a better life together?

Now that we've looked at the four fundamental questions that will guide the restorative drying process, we're ready to examine the first basic step: evaluation

Just like the first part of your visit to a doctor is to gather or update your medical history, the first step of the restorative structural drying process is to conduct a thorough evaluation of the water-damaged property.

Last time we left off asking these questions for the process of restorative structural drying;

1. What is wet?

2. How wet is it?

3. Is it drying? and

4. Is it dry?

The first question, "what is wet?" is not as simple as it sounds. The answer to this question rarely stops at what we can see or feel. For example, we may be able to see that the carpet is wet, but we also need to know if the sub-floor beneath the carpet is wet. We may be able to see that the drywall is wet, but we also need to know if the insulation is wet. Some things we can see, like the bubbled drywall tape or the obvious water staining on the ceiling. But some things we can't see. In addition to the obvious areas like walls, ceilings and floors, a restorative drying specialist will also evaluate adjacent and hidden areas for water migration and saturation. Such areas might include the interior of wall cavities, the areas under cabinets or fixtures and the HVAC system. Here a technician looks for water inside the ducting by lifting a floor register cover.