WATER DAMAGE NASHVILLE

Welcome to the site of Water Damage Nashville. It is likely you are looking for a water damage expert since you are on our site. The primary reason we named our company Water Damage Nashville is our true specialty is water damage.

If you have water damage it is likely you are in a hurry to find a restoration company. If you are not in a hurry to find a water damage restoration company, you should be. Each hour that passes the probability of mold forming increases greatly. Your homeowner insurance company is well aware of the risks involved with waiting to call a water damage restoration service. That is why homeowner insurance companies will deny your claim if you wait too long to report the water damage. Our water damage restoration company works directly with homeowner insurance companies to make sure the water damage removal process is performed up to the insurance company’s standards. If you need a water damage restoration company right away, call us today. You can also find out more about water damage or our company below. Thank you for considering Water Damage Nashville.

WATER REMOVAL and WATER DAMAGE RESPONSE

Timing is Everything

Water Damage Nashville is an expert water removal, water damage, and restoration company. If you have a water damage emergency call us immediately. Do not wait. Time is of the essence.

The two things that determine the extent of the water damage in your home are:

The amount of water within your property.
The amount of time in which the water is left within the property.

The more water that is within your property, the more water can spread and be absorbed by the porous materials within the property. Water will travel to the lowest point within your property. Therefore the only thing that will stop water from spreading is absorption or pooling. The weight and mass of water on top of water forces water to constantly spread until it is able to find a path downward. That is why water can do so much damage to a property.

The amount of time in which the water is left within the property will determine the extent of the damage to your property. Most people don't know that drywall rot and mold can develop in as little as two days. Once mold starts to develop, that is when the restoration process becomes more intensive. Mold means it will take longer to restore your property. It also means it will cost more to complete the restoration project.

SAVE MONEY

When you work with an expert company like Water Damage Nashville, you will save money. Our experience will ensure that you stay I compliance with your insurance company. Staying in compliance with your insurance means you will not have to pay anything out of pocket. Choosing the wrong company can end up costing you a great deal more in out of pocket costs.

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HIDDEN DAMAGE

You may have read the first part of our homepage. It discusses absorption and how water spreads. However, it is important for us to reiterate the fact that water absorbs into anything that is porous. Your drywall, flooring, subflooring, carpet, and even concrete foundation can be porous. All of this moisture cannot be seen with the naked eye. Additionally, cannot be felt easily. The water seeps into all the places that you cannot access without removing materials. Cleaning up what can only be seen will lead to extensive property damage and mold. We use specialized equipment to detect damage that otherwise cannot be seen.

It is imperative that you call Water Damage Nashville immediately. We will take care of everything for you. We will work with your insurance agency and get the water removed quickly so it is unable to spread and cause more damage. Then we will start the process of drying out your property quickly.

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YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

Your insurance company expects you to act quickly in the aftermath of water damage. They do not want your property to be damaged more than necessary. Water Damage Nashville takes care of this entire process for you so you will not be held liable for a lack of adequate response. Your insurance company will require extensive documentation throughout the water extraction and water damage cleanup process. It is extremely important during the selling process of your home too. If you have a flooded property today and sell your home two years from now, you will still have to provide careful documentation to the potential buyers. The more detailed the documentation process is, the easier it will be to sell your home. Additionally the right documentation will allow you to avoid lowering your asking price for your property.

NO CHARGE INSPECTION

We will not charge you for the inspection process. Homeowners insurance will cover the cost of the water removal and restoration. Call Water Damage Nashville today.

Every moment counts when water damage strikes your home or business.

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CAN IT BE SAVED?

The most common questions we are asked have to do with whether or not certain materials can be salvaged. It is certainly a reasonable question to ask. However, it is a hard question to answer because there are so many variables involved. There is a wide range of: materials, water exposure levels, and reactions to water. This section of our homepage is dedicated to the most common materials we are asked about and the likelihood of them being salvaged.

Hardwood Floors

First and foremost, do not attempt to fix your own hardwood floors if you have had severe water damage to your home. Some techniques have been known to cause more harm to a floor.

The Best Way to Fix a Hardwood Floor After a Flood

Call a professional water damage company right after the home floods. If you are in Nashville, call Water Damage Nashville. We will determine whether or not your hardwood floor can be salvaged.
Call your insurance agency to make them aware of the damage and start the claim process. (You must call your homeowners insurance company immediately after discovering the water damage. If you don’t it may lead them to deny your water damage claim.)
Have an expert water damage company use their specialized equipment to quickly and safely remove the "bulk water" from the home. Then have them use their specialized drying equipment to dry the floors until they correct water moisture content.

It is important to note that not all hardwood floors will be able to be salvaged during the water damage restoration process.

Wood is not 100% dry and it actually has its own natural moisture content percentage. This moisture content percentage usually stays below 12%. However, when a wood floor has been exposed to excessive amounts of water, the moisture content percentage can reach 40%. Drying out a wood floor is a challenge because wood can retain moisture for weeks or even months. The Environmental Protection Agency states that mold growth can start in as little as 48 hours under the right conditions. Just like with all scenarios with water in your home, time is of the essence. Hardwood floors are no exception.

Types of Hardwood Floors

There are different types of hardwood flooring materials that have to be taken into consideration during the restoration process. The more water the wood is able to absorb, the more difficult it will be to salvage. Harder types of wood, such as oak or maple will absorb water slower. The primary types of hardwood flooring are as follows: Plank Wood, Strip Wood, and Engineered Wood. Each type of wood flooring will react differently to moisture and has its own natural moisture content percentage. Therefore each one requires its own specialized drying process. Some floors that are called hardwood are in fact more composite material than actual wood.

Solid Plank

"Solid Plank" Wood will have the highest potential to be salvaged because it is solid wood.

Maple wood is the most likely to be salvaged because it is so dense. It takes the longest period of time to react to water because it absorbs water at such a slow rate.
Oak while not as dense as Maple wood, is still a very dense and resilient wood. Cupping can start taking place in less than two days from the point of water exposure.
Pine is the least dense and absorbs water faster than both oak and maple. However, pine will not "cup" as severely as oak or pine which can lead individuals to underestimate the damage to pine wood.

Engineered

Engineered wood has one of the lowest potential of being salvaged. There are a few different reasons engineered wood has the lowest probability of being salvaged. First, engineered wood has a beveled edge where water can easily be absorbed. Second, engineered wood has a veneer layer that can be as thin as 1/32 of an inch. That means that it will be unable to be sanded down which is necessary when restoring most wooden floors.

Laminated

Laminate flooring has a material at its core which is very absorbent. Once swelling has started within laminate wood flooring, it will be unable to be salvaged. If there is water under the padding and it is removed quickly, the floor may be able to be salvaged. However, a vast majority of the time it cannot be properly restored.

Parquet Flooring

It is rare for people to want to salvage parquet flooring. Most people simply want to use the restoration process as an opportunity to remove parquet flooring. (Parquet is usually perceived as a dated flooring style.) Parquet flooring is not nailed to the layers below and is attached with glue water will cause it to come loose before it even starts to swell. Parquet flooring has a much lower salvage rate than solid plank wood flooring.

What Happens to Wood Floors When They Are Exposed to Water?

Wood floors can do some really unusual things when they get wet. Some reactions are more severe than others. What happens to wood floors when they get wet?

The most common reactions wood flooring has to moisture are:

Crowning — Crowning is when the middle of a board curves up while the sides of the board curl downward.
Cupping — Cupping is when a board’s edges will curl upward and the middle will be pushed down.
Buckling — Buckling is when the hardwood separates from the subfloor and raises several inches.

Is It Better to Replace the Wood Floors?

It is almost always more cost effective to dry out the wood flooring opposed to replace it entirely. It is certainly less stressful to have it restored than to worry about whether the insurance company will cover the cost of full replacement. However, the condition, cost, and appeal of your wood floor must be considered in the decision. If you had a Parquet floor that you were ready to update before it was water damaged, it may be better to opt not to restore you old floor even if it can be restored.

Drywall

First, property owners usually ask about their floors being saved. Once that subject matter has been addressed, the next question usually has to do with drywall. Those of you who have read the section above about wood floors and found it a complicated subject matter, you are in luck. Drywall is slightly easier subject matter to discuss.

Drywall can be saved in some instances. However, most of the time if the drywall has been saturated it will be faster and easier to just replace the drywall. The water must be removed within the first 24-48 hours. Additionally, the water must be clear (category 1). If the water is gray (category 2) or black (category 3) it has been contaminated and it should not be salvaged.

Just like in all water damage matters, there are many things to consider when determining whether or not drywall should be kept. If you are in Nashville, our water damage company can give you our expert opinion on whether or not your drywall can be salvaged.

Cabinets

There are several factors that will determine whether or not cabinets can be salvaged. The most important factors to determine whether or not cabinets can be salvaged are: water type, cabinet materials, and time passed.

Water Type

Our company, Water Damage Nashville, has discussed the types of water earlier in this page in regards to drywall. However, we wanted to outline types of water that can cause damage to cabinets because the type of water that penetrates the cabinets matters a great deal. The restoration refers to water in three primary categories.

Category 1 is clear water which is uncontaminated. This water is clear and is usually directly from a fresh water source within the property. If your cabinets have been exposed to this type of water there is a high probability the cabinets will be able to be salvaged. Keep in mind there are still other factors to consider such as time and cabinet materials.
Category 2 water is commonly referred to as gray water. It is water that is contains contaminants. Some of the contaminants within Category 2 water can cause skin irritation and even illness. Cabinets that have been affected by gray water can be saved. However, the probability of being saved will be largely dependent upon the other factors such as time and type of materials.
Category 3 is severely contaminated water. Category 3 water (black water) has a large amount of toxins in the water. So much so that exposure to it can cause serious illness. When black water contaminates cabinets it is considered "level 2 black-water-damage". Cabinets that have been exposed to this type of water are unable to be salvaged.

Materials

The materials in which your cabinets are constructed can drastically increase or decrease the likelihood of saving your cabinets.

Solid Wood — When cabinets are made of solid wood it drastically increases the probability that the cabinets will recover from water damage. The same rule applies for hardwood floors as for cabinets, the harder the wood the slower the absorption rater of water. Basically, harder wood will have less damage. The three most common types of wood in cabinets are Pine and Oak. Oak is a much harder wood than pine so it absorbs less water and therefore usually has less damage. However, pine hides its water damage better than oak which can leave some water damage experts to underestimate the severity of damage.

Wood Veneer — Veneer of any type on cabinets can be a challenge to salvage during water damage restoration projects. Wood veneer is no exception. Wood veneer is a thin layer of almost paper thin wood on top of another type of base wood. When the base wood has absorbed water it will swell. This puts pressure on the veneer which leads to splitting. Once the veneer has started splitting it’s extremely difficult to restore the cabinets to their original appearance. It’s important to remember that cabinet refacing is always an option. If the cabinet drawer fronts and doors have damage but the core cabinet structure does not have water damage, restoration and then refacing may be great option for you.

Medium Density Fiberboard — Medium density fiberboard is the type of material that is used most commonly in bathroom cabinets. These types of cabinets have the lowest probability of being restored because they are not real wood. Their core is simply fiber and is therefore very absorbent.

Plywood Panel — Plywood panel cabinets have a composite materials within. Even though they are made with a composite material they are generally more resilient than medium density fiberboard.

Laminate Veneer — Laminate veneer cabinets are some of the hardest to restore because they involve resins. Resins will become gummy when wet which can prolong the drying process.

Time

Once water has come into contact with your cabinets, time is of the essence. The more time passes after water has permeated the cabinets, the more damage is done. That is one of the prime reasons our water damage restoration company responds to water damage calls around the clock. There is really no time to spare when it comes to water damage.

Mold can start to grow within your cabinets in as little as 48 hours after they have come into contact with water. Not only is mold the issue that causes a battle against the clock, but real wood cabinets can start warping in as little as 48 hours too. As a restoration company we are always battling against the clock.

Call Us Today

Call us today for any and all of your questions regarding water damage and restoration services. Water Damage Nashville is an expert in the water damage removal and restoration industry. Our company will work directly with your insurance agency and claims adjuster. When your home has water damage it can be one of the most stressful times in your life. You will have a lot of things to address within a short period of time. The last thing you will want to do is handle the restoration process. Our company, Water Damage Nashville looks forward to helping you with all of your water damage restoration needs.