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Water damage happens a lot of different ways.Ways such as your sink overflowing, you toilet, your dishwasher or washing machine can all overflow.You don’t expect it to happen, but if it does, you have to take some quick steps to stop any more damage.  Eventually you will want to call a water damage cleanup company, but before they get there, do these important steps.  This is coming from years of experience as a water damage San Diego company.

First thing you want to do is stop any possibility of electrocutions.You need to turn off the power in the flooded areas.  The water damage service company should be able to walk you through how to do that.

Second, you will want to stop any more water.  You do this by shutting off the water source of the flooding.

Third, you have to protect your furnishings from any more damage.Leaving any furnishings in water will turn something that can easily repaired into a costly item that needs to be replaced.Remove them from the wet area as quick as possible.

Those are the steps you want to do as soon as possible before you call any water damage company.Now once you done all those steps and have called a good water damage cleanup company, here are a couple of more things you want tod do.

You will want to start soaking up as much water as possible with a mop or a large towel to soak up as much of the water as possible.  Remember, the longer any wall or furniture or flooring is exposed to water, the greater the damage can be including mold damage.

Next, you have to wipe off all the moisture from any furniture.  Once again the idea is to try and minimize the damage as much as possible

Also you have to remove any wet area rugs, or whatever else you find on the floor of the wet areas.

Finally, closet door or dresser drawers that you have the ability to open to allow air cirulation you want to do.

Doing these things will allow you to minimize as much damage as possible prior to calling the water damage repair company.   This will also minimize the costs and save you a lot of money in the long run.