Water damage restoration for Council Bluffs homes and businesses

Drying the structure, not just the surface

A water loss in Council Bluffs usually ends up in the basement, and basements here are tough to dry. Stone and brick foundations in the older parts of town, block walls in postwar homes and thick concrete slabs all hold water deeper than drywall does. The restoration team starts every job by mapping the moisture with pinless meters and thermal imaging, then extracts the standing water so drying works on wet material instead of a puddle.

From there, air movers go in at the evaporation load of each room and LGR dehumidifiers pull that water out of the air. Readings are logged every day. The equipment stays until the wet materials read within 2 to 4 points of a dry reference in the same building, which is the drying goal under the IICRC S500 standard.

Sewage and storm water get a different protocol: containment, HEPA air scrubbers, removal of porous materials and an EPA-registered antimicrobial before drying begins.