What to do if you have Wet Carpet or Water Damage to your Home or Business

What to do if you have Wet Carpet or Water Damage to your Home or Business in Melbourne As the winter sets in we are getting more and more calls from concerned residents and business operators across major suburbs in Melbourne wanting advice on the best way to manage water ingress to their property. The issue often resolves around water backflow from blocked gutters or roof leaks from damaged tiles after storms or simply poorly maintained roofs and gutters that cannot cope with heavy storms.

It is often the leafy suburbs in Melbourne that have are affected with water damage after heavy rain and freak storm; suburbs like Ivanhoe, Kew, Kensington, South Yarra, Malvern, Toorak and Hawthorn. However, we are finding that water damage and flooding can occur anywhere in Melbourne, so no one is safe and everyone should check there gutters and roof tiles to make sure they are in good condition and able to cope with heavy storms, winds and rain.

If you are unfortunate to have been affected by water damage to your home you should make sure you speak with an IICRC approved and certified water damage restoration company in Melbourne. At Capital

Facility Services we are IICRC certified and have over 20 years experience. We can take your call 24/7 and will ask you a range of questions to help us understand your issue so we can advise you on the best action to take. We aim to be at you water damaged location within and hour and work with your insurance company to make the restoration process as seamless as possible.

We can organise to make safe your premises to stop the water ingress and can then commence the restoration program. This might include drying we carpet, replacing water damaged floors, drying wet walls and ceilings, replacing joinery, restoring roofs and gutters to name a few.

Remember drying your wet carpet particularly where large areas are flooded is not something you can do yourself successfully and the longer your carpet remains wet the more likely you will have issues of mould appear, the more likely the water damage bill will increase significantly to fix damage that could have been avoided if managed properly.

Capital Facility Services can be reached 24/7 for all water damage and flooded carpet issues across Melbourne on 1300 554 418. Our aim is to be at your location within 1 hour across Melbourne and to provide you with immediate advice on what to do.